Moved: Post by haroldd2 >>> MCCANN CONNECTIONS - Ex-MI5 man Henri Exton, Sir Philip Green & Margaret Hodge

Some snippets of biographic information on Henri Oxton:

Born in Belgium in 1951, Exton had been a highly effective undercover officer for the Manchester police. A maverick and dynamic figure, he successfully infiltrated gangs of football hooligans in the 1980's. While not popular among his colleagues, in 1991 he was seconded to work on MI5 undercover operations against drug dealers, gangsters and terrorists, and was later awarded the Queen's Police Medal for 'outstanding bravery'. By all accounts, the charismatic Exton was a dedicated officer. But in November 2002, the stress appeared to have overcome his judgement when he was arrested for shoplifting.

While working on an MI5 surveillance, Exton was caught leaving a tax-free shopping area at Manchester airport with a bottle of perfume he had not paid for. The police were called and he was given the option of the offence being dealt with under caution or to face prosecution. He chose a police caution and so in effect admitted his guilt. Exton was sacked, but was furious about the way he had been treated and threatened to sue MI5. He later set up his own consulting company and moved to Bury in Lancashire.

While Exton, however flawed, was the genuine article as an investigator, Halligen was a very different character.
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Meanwhile, Exton was running the surveillance teams in Portugal and often paying his operatives upfront, so would occasionally be out-of-pocket because Halligen had not transferred funds.
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Exton genuinely believed that progress was being made and substantial and credible reports on child trafficking were submitted.
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For the McCanns it was a bitter experience, Exton has returned to Cheshire and, like so many people, is owed money by Halligen.
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Also on the guest list from England were Palmer, Aspinall and Henri Exton, a former national head of undercover operations for the police.

For the McCanns it was a bitter experience, Exton has returned to Cheshire and, like so many people, is owed money by Halligen.
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Also on the guest list from England were Palmer, Aspinall and Henri Exton, a former national head of undercover operations for the police.
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Madeleine had been missing for a year when Brian Kennedy, the millionaire philanthropist who had invested heavily in a fund to find the little girl, contacted Halligen's firm via Exton.
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So the detective work on the ground was done by Exton and other contractors, who produced a series of reports pointing to new leads.
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Exton, who was more than £100,000 out of pocket, switched his investigation into Halligen himself.
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Exton and Aspinall called in a forensic accountant to look at the books and the results were alarming.
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Having amassed a file of evidence, Exton called in the FBI, which is now seeking the "secret agent".
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Another alleged victim is Henri Exton - former national head of police undercover operations. He is said to be owed £100,000.
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Former MI5 undercover operations chief Henri Exton, 62, who led the Oakley probe, said the fund took legal action to stop his team divulging its findings.

He said: "A letter came from their lawyers binding us to confidentiality."

It stopped him handing the report to Scotland Yard's Operation Grange team until detectives had written permission from the fund, he added.

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Henri-Exton/1430962873

sallypelt wrote:While Exton, however flawed, was the genuine article as an investigator

Former MI5 undercover operations chief Henri Exton, 62, who led the Oakley probe, said the fund took legal action to stop his team divulging its findings. He said: "A letter came from their lawyers binding us to confidentiality." It stopped him handing the report to Scotland Yard's Operation Grange team until detectives had written permission from the fund, he added.

@ sallypelt

Thank you for posting the links, but I don't buy any of the part snipped above.

This man...who was former Head of MI5's Covert Intelligence Unit...was too afraid to tell Scotland Yard about e-fits of a genuine suspect??!!

Come on, I'm not buying it for one moment!

The whole 'Halligen bad, Exton good' thing is just spin and nonsense.

Let him speak on the record, and under oath, and tell us all about those dodgy 'Smithman' e-fits he did, for starters.

THEN we might get some truth!