'Tempo of Madeleine McCann inquiry moving forwards,' say detectives

They are back in Portugal. Remember the last time they were there? The hounders and forkers were doing their best speculation.

Not to wonder why there were not people of note meeting them. PretendyPete had things to say about that. You would think he would know what really happens wouldn't you? Was he relegated to being in charge of stationary at the station?

Sauces say he got that job after being promoted from cleaning the toilets.  

He did well then.

for me, this is what is truly important:

"The development came as a senior Scotland Yard officer said the “tempo” of the inquiry into the missing toddler was “moving forward.”

He said: “Clearly the investigative tempo is moving forward as we are progressing the investigation and the work we are asking the Portuguese to undertake for us. We are carrying on our liaison at all levels.”

Members of the inquiry team, including Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, were in Portugal again today on a “routine visit”.

My friends, this was taken from ITV news:

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-02-13/mccann-detectives-request-help-from-portuguese-police/

At least it is good to be reminded that they are moving forward.

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 2h
Officer leading Met Police #McCann probe is in Portugal tonight liaisng with senior Portuguese detectives.

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 2h
Met police focused on theory Madeleine #McCann was snatched by burglars

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 2h
Met cops send third letter of request for Portuguese police assistance with inquiries in Madeleine #McCann investigation

That should get the armchair defectives chewing carpets again.

They got a rest from it for a while.     

My friends, this was taken from Jornal de Notícias newspaper:

http://m.jn.pt/m/newsArticle?contentId=3685349&page=1

Englishmen want to question more people in the Madeleine case

British police will send to Portugal the third letter rogatory on the Madeleine McCann case. The decision was communicated to the Judicial Police in a meeting, this Thursday, in Faro.

The Scotland Yard detectives will ask more people to be heard of about forty who consider "of interest" to the investigation into the disappearance of the child in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve in 2007.

Source of PJ confirms the meeting that served as the previous ones, about the judicial cooperation between the two countries.

This new request for assistance comes at a time that are yet to comply with the representations contained in the second letter rogatory, including inquiries to three former employees of the village where the child disappeared, searches and analyzes bank accounts.

thank you bb1, waiting for more update about the issue.

My friends, this was taken from The Leicester Mercury newspaper:

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Madeleine-McCann-detectives-return-Portugal/story-20527433-detail/story.html

British police have left Portugal after liaising with local officers investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

A Scotland Yard team flew to the Algarve after British authorities sent a letter to Portuguese police requesting help with tracking down and interviewing three burglars who were in the area when Madeleine, from Rothley, vanished.

Madeleine was three when she disappeared in 2007 from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Algarve.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading the investigation for the Metropolitan Police, made the trip with three colleagues.

They held meetings with senior members of Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria and are believed to have discussed leads recently identified by the Operation Grange investigation team in the UK.

Last week, Portugal’s attorney general's office acknowledged they had formally received a letter of request from the British authorities for assistance in their inquiries.

It was reported that the request concerned assistance to arrest three suspects who were carrying out burglaries at the Ocean Club complex in Praia de Luz, in the Algarve, where the McCanns were staying.

Police have said the possibility that Madeleine had been snatched by burglars as part of a bungled break-in was a key line of inquiry.

Between January and May 2007, when Madeleine went missing, there was a four-fold increase in the number of burglaries in the area.

Scotland Yard launched a new investigation into Madeleine's disappearance last July, two years into a review of the case, and made renewed appeals for information.

Mobile phone records show that the men made numerous calls to each other in the hours after Kate and Gerry McCann discovered their daughter had disappeared from her room.

No arrests have been made since the Met set up Operation Grange in 2011 to review the case.


Portuguese police reopened their investigation last year, more than three years after it had been shelved.

Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Madeleine-McCann-detectives-return-Portugal/story-20527433-detail/story.html#ixzz2tFiuaCHx

Thank you Bonny.

thank you bb1.

My friends, this was taken from The Daiy Mail, newspaper:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559216/Madeleine-McCann-case-moving-forward-Deputy-Assistant-Commissioner-Martin-Hewitt-says-amid-reports-police-closing-three-prime-suspects.html

Thank you, Pedro - I haven't seen anything in the Sundays so far.

you welcome bb1.

My friends, this was taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/ultima-hora/pressao-inglesa-sobre-judiciaria-por-caso-maddie

Three English police officers were in the Algarve

English Pressure on the PJ for “Maddie” case

Scotland Yard sent a third letter of request in spite of the fact that the second letter has not yet arrived at the PJ.

15 February 2014, 19h51
In the space of three weeks, the British investigators were in the Algarve twice for meetings described as "routine".

In spite of the fact that the PJ has still not complied with any of the inquiries requested in the second letter of request sent to the Portuguese authorities, within the scope of the investigation into the Maddie case, Scotland Yard has now announced that it will send a third legal request, with more inquiries of alleged suspects.

After another visit by the English pólice, for a routine meeting, the day before yesterday, as reported by CM, this new request for help is seen as a sign of “pressure” on the Portuguese police.

According to findings by CM, the second letter of request has still not officially arrived to the Faro PJ police officers.

“The English police can make a request for an understanding. The Public Ministry, under Portuguese law, could refuse to authorise”, a legal source told CM.

According to the English press, the commissionaire Martin Hewitt, who is coordinating the British investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann – which occurred on 3rd May 2007, in Praia da Luz – “a letter with detailed requests was sent” on Friday, a legal action that is “part of an on-going process”. He added that they “are procedures to enable the investigation to continue successfully”.

a legal source told CM

The 'legal source' isn't Team Gonc sh*t-stirring, perchance?

about: "In spite of the fact that the PJ has still not complied with any of the inquiries requested in the second letter of request sent to the Portuguese authority", What is the PJ waiting to cooperate? Don't they want Madeleine or her abductors found? If not .....Why not? weird behaviour.