Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
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Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by sharonl 04.09.13 19:13
THE QUESTION
The Home Secretary Theresa May has sent an official request to Lisbon for permission for Scotland Yard to begin a new investigation in Portugal into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
It follows the disclosure that the Met has identified 38 potential suspects - including 12 Britons - who are “of interest” because of their presence in Portugal when Madeleine vanished".
In relation to the above, please provide the following information:
1. The date the letter to the Portuguese was sent
2. To whom (name of department and person) the letter was sent (the article merely says it was sent 'to Lisbon'), and
3. The full text of the letter.”
THE ANSWER
The Home Secretary did not send the Letter of Request to Portugal.
The letter was sent by the Crown Prosecution Service.
However, the Home Office can confirm in answer to your questions that;
1) The letter was sent on 17 July 2013.
2) The letter was addressed to Magistrat Du Parquet, Procuradoria General de la Republica.
3) The letter itself is exempt from disclosure under sections 27(1)(a), 31(1)(a), and 31(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act.
The reasons why we have taken this decision are:
Section 27(1)(a) - International Relations
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and any other State. It would be a breach of trust to publicly disclose details of ongoing negotiations between two countries.
Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Section 31(1)(b) – Law Enforcement
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the apprehension or prosecution of offenders. This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below:
Information Access Team
Home Office Ground Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
e-mail: info.access@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Matthew Maggs
The Home Secretary Theresa May has sent an official request to Lisbon for permission for Scotland Yard to begin a new investigation in Portugal into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
It follows the disclosure that the Met has identified 38 potential suspects - including 12 Britons - who are “of interest” because of their presence in Portugal when Madeleine vanished".
In relation to the above, please provide the following information:
1. The date the letter to the Portuguese was sent
2. To whom (name of department and person) the letter was sent (the article merely says it was sent 'to Lisbon'), and
3. The full text of the letter.”
THE ANSWER
The Home Secretary did not send the Letter of Request to Portugal.
The letter was sent by the Crown Prosecution Service.
However, the Home Office can confirm in answer to your questions that;
1) The letter was sent on 17 July 2013.
2) The letter was addressed to Magistrat Du Parquet, Procuradoria General de la Republica.
3) The letter itself is exempt from disclosure under sections 27(1)(a), 31(1)(a), and 31(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act.
The reasons why we have taken this decision are:
Section 27(1)(a) - International Relations
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and any other State. It would be a breach of trust to publicly disclose details of ongoing negotiations between two countries.
Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Section 31(1)(b) – Law Enforcement
Information is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to prejudice the apprehension or prosecution of offenders. This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below:
Information Access Team
Home Office Ground Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
e-mail: info.access@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Matthew Maggs
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by aiyoyo 04.09.13 19:25
Thanks Sharonl for posting that.
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Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
:This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 19:30
Hmmm, not even persons of interest, but SUSPECTS.......interesting. Thanks for posting sharonl 
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 19:31
Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Buildersbum 04.09.13 19:48
This is fantastic news...could we really believe that this really could be the start of justice for Madeleine Beth McCann
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by aiyoyo 04.09.13 19:51
The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by davel 04.09.13 20:05
Did you have the same feeling re the Tony bennet trial...I imagine you didaiyoyo wrote:The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Liz Eagles 04.09.13 20:29
What are your views on this information davel?davel wrote:Did you have the same feeling re the Tony bennet trial...I imagine you didaiyoyo wrote:The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by aiyoyo 04.09.13 20:52
Hello Kevin.......! Did you not notice a dishonest lawyer stood in the way of Justice in that case?davel wrote:Did you have the same feeling re the Tony bennet trial...I imagine you didaiyoyo wrote:The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
In this case, did you also conveniently forget Isabel Duarte had to back down on the books she held onto tightly for dear life and look what happened ! It's a pretty damn good indication.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by davel 04.09.13 21:01
I wonder why Amaral didn't ask for his assets to be released at the same time as the books. Probably because the question of libel had not been addressed. I think Amaral looks like a broken man who knows he is beaten.aiyoyo wrote:Hello Kevin.......! Did you not notice a dishonest lawyer stood in the way of Justice in that case?davel wrote:Did you have the same feeling re the Tony bennet trial...I imagine you didaiyoyo wrote:The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
In this case, did you also conveniently forget Isabel Duarte had to back down on the books she held onto tightly for dear life and look what happened ! It's a pretty damn good indication.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by aiyoyo 04.09.13 21:11
Err...which two so and so were spotted with tears running down their tensed faces in the public recently ?
Broken in spirit maybe because he's victimised, but not quite the same as that odious pair scare shitless of the Police coming for them.....
Who's going to laugh at the steps of Court ? Not the absent pair, that is for SURE.
Broken in spirit maybe because he's victimised, but not quite the same as that odious pair scare shitless of the Police coming for them.....
Who's going to laugh at the steps of Court ? Not the absent pair, that is for SURE.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 21:45
What if the real and only point of the investigation in Portugal is to take away attention from the lawsuit against Amaral. One strategic arrest on the day of the trial, and maybe another one if he wins on the day of the verdict?
A release of the suspect afterwards, but then the press will have forgotten the trial.
A release of the suspect afterwards, but then the press will have forgotten the trial.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Buildersbum 04.09.13 22:22
Yes wouldn't you and your friends love to believe that, if only it were truedavel wrote:I wonder why Amaral didn't ask for his assets to be released at the same time as the books. Probably because the question of libel had not been addressed. I think Amaral looks like a broken man who knows he is beaten.aiyoyo wrote:Hello Kevin.......! Did you not notice a dishonest lawyer stood in the way of Justice in that case?davel wrote:Did you have the same feeling re the Tony bennet trial...I imagine you didaiyoyo wrote:The conclusion of the libel trial in Portugal is a foregone one, I am almost 100% certain of it.candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
Press coverage of Amaral on the steps of Court with his victorious speech will be debris compared to the asteroid news of arrest of the several suspects !
In this case, did you also conveniently forget Isabel Duarte had to back down on the books she held onto tightly for dear life and look what happened ! It's a pretty damn good indication.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Woofer 04.09.13 22:32
Davel - Goncalo isn`t beaten - he`s been ill - didn`t you realise?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 22:37
I think that most people would not look their best if a pair of vicious hate-filled individuals, together with their influential friends, forced them out of their job and then tried to bankrupt them when they tried to put their side of the story over.
DaveL, could you at least make an effort to spell "Bennett" correctly?
DaveL, could you at least make an effort to spell "Bennett" correctly?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by MissesWillYa 04.09.13 22:43
I've seen a few posters reference Amaral's illness; can someone tell me what's wrong with him? I also saw a mention of his weight loss, is that related to illness? I'm sorry to hear he's been ill, poor guy.Woofer wrote:Davel - Goncalo isn`t beaten - he`s been ill - didn`t you realise?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by marconi 04.09.13 22:44
candyfloss wrote:Think it is the calm before the storm aiyoyo, the trial is looming, it will sure be busy when that starts.aiyoyo wrote:Thanks Sharonl for posting that.This is music to the ears.....SEVERAL ?This is an ongoing police investigation with several suspects at large.
Err...where is every body ? So quiet - No reaction at this news ? HELLO! !!!!!! Anyone home ?
POLICIA JUDICIARIA AND SCOTLAND YARD!
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by marconi 04.09.13 23:05
was I right or was I right?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 23:09
Apologies - it may be too late in the day for me and all the flickering emoticons in your previous post have done my head in - but what is it you're asking if you're right about?
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by marconi 04.09.13 23:13
I was right about the honesty of the Yard in the review and now in the investigation.
I Always believed it could not be a whitewash.
I Always believed it could not be a whitewash.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 23:14
Time will tell.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Guest 04.09.13 23:48
A propos Dr. Gonçalo Amaral: little birds have whispered in my ear that he's doing just fine.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by MissesWillYa 05.09.13 0:06
Good to know.Châtelaine wrote:A propos Dr. Gonçalo Amaral: little birds have whispered in my ear that he's doing just fine.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by lj 05.09.13 1:33
What make you think it is NOT a whitewash? The fact that an idiot at the home-office abusively uses the words suspects??marconi wrote:I was right about the honesty of the Yard in the review and now in the investigation.
I Always believed it could not be a whitewash.
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Re: Home Office replies to a Freedom of Information Act request about the 'Letter to Portugal'
by Seek truth 05.09.13 6:48
Oh Yes,lj wrote:What make you think it is NOT a whitewash? The fact that an idiot at the home-office abusively uses the words suspects??marconi wrote:I was right about the honesty of the Yard in the review and now in the investigation.
I Always believed it could not be a whitewash.
but a whitewash can not last forever, could end now.
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