'WE NEED TO CATCH THEM' Madeleine McCann case must be solved to stop it happening again, ex Met detective tells Good Morning Britain

'WE NEED TO CATCH THEM'


Madeleine McCann case must be solved to stop it happening again, ex Met detective tells Good Morning Britain

Maddie McCann went missing more than a decade ago while on a family holiday in Portugal, with almost £12m poured into the Met Police investigation to find her

By Brittany Vonow
28th September 2018, 8:12 am
Updated: 28th September 2018, 8:17 am


MADELEINE McCann's disappearance must be solved to stop it from happening again, a former Met detective has warned.
The little girl disappeared more than a decade ago, with almost £12million funnelled into the Scotland Yard investigation.

But former counter-terror detective David Videcette warned every lead into the little girl's disappearance needed to be investigated, whatever the cost.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the seasoned cop warned: "If she had been abducted, then we need to catch whoever did that because it will happen again.

"However much money we spend on this case, we'll save on the next case if we catch that person and that's where we need to look at."

Mr Videcette added that the success of an investigation could not be based on the cost - adding: "Good investigations take time."

The debate comes after it was revealed Met Police had applied to the Home Office for another round of funding to continue their investigations into Maddie's disappearance.

Madeleine was three, nearly four, when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Portugal on May 3, 2007.

Her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, had left her sleeping with her siblings while they had dinner at the hotel's restaurant - only realising about 10pm that she was gone.

Since then, there have been reported sightings of the youngster, who would be aged 15 now, across the world.

Mr Videcette pointed out the investigation had not been handed an "open chequebook", saying police would always be justifying what the money would be spent on.

But founding member of Scotland Yard's undercover unit Peter Bleksley argued: "There has to be a point where they say 'you know what we have to put this file in the too difficult tray because quite frankly we are unable to solve it'.

"How much more money has to be ploughed into this, are there still live investigate threads that are going to potentially lead to some kind of resolution 11 years on."

He added: "At some stage, this has to stop."

The debate sparked a reaction online, with many agreeing with Mr Videcette's logic that the perpetrators needed to be caught.
One wrote: "Finally someone talking sense regarding the investigation costs for the Maddie McCann case... ‘the offender needs to be stopped, they will do it again’ thank you David I totally agreed with everything you said."


But another added: "They're still not one iota further forward than they were the day she disappeared. There is no justification for continuing with this investigation."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7367714/madeleine-mccann-missing-case-must-be-solved-met-police-detective/

Er, they're hiding in plain sight

'Book 'em Danno....'

Only at the weekend



They don't make shows like that anymore, the good old days when cops were cops, not shackled by political correctness.

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I dunno - you young whippersnappers ^^^

There is a mention of an ex-police officer, Peter Bleksley, in the article above

There's a very informative article on CMOMM about him. I can't link to the article on the 'phone I'm using. It is titled:

Peter Blekskey of the 'Express': Some info

Tony Bennett wrote:There is a mention of an ex-police officer, Peter Bleksley, in the article above

There's a very informative article on CMOMM about him. I can't link to the article on the 'phone I'm using. It is titled:

Peter Blekskey of the 'Express': Some info

Is this the link, Tony?

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t9432-peter-bleksley-of-the-express-some-info?highlight=Bleksley

Goodness, what a load of rubbish this is.  From that opening post, I get:

Madeline was abducted
This is the only case of abduction that the Met are aware of
There is only one abductor and he has to be caught
They must keep putting money into this one case to stop it happening again - the abductor has had 11 years to re-offend, and if he has, Madeleine is not the only case as this nonsense seems to imply.

sharonl wrote:Goodness, what a load of rubbish this is.  From that opening post, I get:

Madeline was abducted
This is the only case of abduction that the Met are aware of
There is only one abductor and he has to be caught
They must keep putting money into this one case to stop it happening again - the abductor has had 11 years to re-offend, and if he has, Madeleine is not the only case as this nonsense seems to imply.

Note the Plural?

So Not a "Serial-Abductor"then Mr Rowley!