Mirror: British police preparing to interview suspects

Madeleine McCann: British police preparing to interview suspects and begin digging in Portugal
May 22, 2014 20:54 By David Collins
Scotland Yard detectives are prepare to join their Portuguese counterparts to start a major operation on the ground in Praia da Luz

British police hunting Madeleine McCann missing Madeleine McCann will begin quizzing suspects and digging for clues within weeks.

Scotland Yard today announced “a substantial phase of operational activity” as officers prepared to join Portuguese counterparts at the resort where the three-year-old vanished in 2007.

Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the activity would be led by local police with the involvement of UK officers.

British police have said they are seeking an intruder who sexually abused five girls between 2004 and 2006 in villas occupied by UK families in the Algarve. They will sit in as any potential suspects are interviewed by local officers.

Forensic teams will use ground-penetrating radar to examine sites where earth has been disturbed. They will then bring in diggers.

Detectives are said to be focussing on two areas near the apartment where the McCanns stayed.

New aerial photographs are likely to be taken and officers will hunt for changes in vegetation, rock disturbance, odd depressions or piles of soil.

Hi-tech tools can detect changes in magnetic fields caused by disturbed earth and changes to soil resistance caused by a body.

Mr Rowley said officers were working through every credible line of inquiry as part of the “slog of a major investigation”.

He went on: “A thorough serious crime investigation works systematically through all the credible possibilities and often in an investigation you will have more than one credible possibility.

“Therefore, just because we’re doing a substantial phase of work in the forthcoming weeks, it doesn’t mean that it’s going to immediately lead to answers that will explain everything. What you will see is normal police activity.

“Similarly, this should not be seen as a sign that the investigation is nearing a conclusion.

“The very fact that we are in the position of moving towards substantial activity shows the relationship between the Met and its Portuguese colleagues is working.”

Mr Rowley said Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate would be kept up to date throughout the activity led by the Met’s Det Chief Insp Andy Redwood.



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Perhaps the Hounders and Haters ought to set up a coach trip. They wouldn't want to miss that.

Oh yes! They have been trying to get one going for ages.

Bennett could organize the whole thing. They could sing their songs written by Pretendy and Bennett socks on the bus. Pass the hat around for Gonc collections. Take their buckets and spades and gallons of duty free booze. In the evenings they get to play Cluedo according to their er...'research'.

Brilliant idea, Sabot and it's one they could probably agree with the pros on.   

I could say more, Lily, but I'd better not as it would be in bad taste so I shall leave that to Ho Ho.

They should take Zoe Pillock with them, she'd rant all the way south.   

She could do it in a rap style for them in keeping with the onboard entertainment.   

She'll be too drunk by the time they get to the ferry port.

They better put padlocks on the other bottles then.   

My friends, this was taken from The Portugal Resident newspaper:

http://portugalresident.com/madeleine-case-nearing-a-crossroads

Thanks, Pedro. And look at this from Myths:

http://stopthemyths.prophpbb.com/post233414.html#p233414

The writer, Len Port is now a member of the Morais forum. It was bad enough him being so closely linked to Gonzo, but being a hate site member as well? Anything he's got to say can go in the same bin as Muttonbell, Textusa, Smiffy, Bushmeat Brown and all the rest of the hatebloggers.

ETA, yes, there he is on the index page of MCF:

Our newest member lenport

Poor old JCL will be in raptures at sharing forum space with such a forker zeleb.

you welcome bb1, thank you.

I wrote two comments contradicting insane Daisy1946, but, as expected, they were not accepted.

That Daisy character is a notorious hater, Pedro - she uses a variety of socks to spew her bile.

bb1, I agree with you.