Carole Malone Article - New Clue Madness

TheTruthWillOut wrote:What I find a bit surprising is SY have only managed to go through 25% of the files in 1 year with 30 odd officers.

The PJ mostly worked on the case for ~7 months and later did the rogatory interviews. Does anyone know how many officers worked on the case in Portugal?

TheTruthWillOut wrote:Sorry Nina, that has gone right over my head! What do you mean?

PeterMac wrote:In one sense the PJ did cock up the enquiry - when they did not take second statements from the T7 and then, crucially, when they let the McCs go home before interviewing them again, under caution, and separately, with no chance to compare notes in between.
That was not good. If one of my DI s had done that I would not have been pleased.
I suspect this is what Sr Amaral is now beating himself up about.
A golden opportunity, lost.
As my old DI used to say, "Fetch him in. And fetch his grandmother in"

Spaniel wrote:

PeterMac wrote:In one sense the PJ did cock up the enquiry - when they did not take second statements from the T7 and then, crucially, when they let the McCs go home before interviewing them again, under caution, and separately, with no chance to compare notes in between.
That was not good. If one of my DI s had done that I would not have been pleased.
I suspect this is what Sr Amaral is now beating himself up about.
A golden opportunity, lost.
As my old DI used to say, "Fetch him in. And fetch his grandmother in"

In only one sense PeterMac? You must know it was worse than that.

PJ keeping the parents informed of operations, until enlightened by LP.

Given warning to appear for interview the previous night instead of a swoop to two separate police stations.

Allowed phones and texting out of the police station. .... I'm sure there are many more.

Had it been handled as here in the UK, we would all be talking about something else by now.

Amaral had at that time, his mind on many other things. He's changed and has become a sober citizen no doubt, but he feels bitter that he missed out. He is unlikely to get a second bite of the cherry, but although the Mc's are still a thorn in his side, I think he's become a better man for it, and thank God he's removed the ridiculous earring.

candyfloss wrote:

TheTruthWillOut wrote:What I find a bit surprising is SY have only managed to go through 25% of the files in 1 year with 30 odd officers.

The PJ mostly worked on the case for ~7 months and later did the rogatory interviews. Does anyone know how many officers worked on the case in Portugal?

I thought they shelved the case in July/August 2008. Around 15 months later, and released the files.

PeterMac wrote:In one sense the PJ did cock up the enquiry - when they did not take second statements from the T7 and then, crucially, when they let the McCs go home before interviewing them again, under caution, and separately, with no chance to compare notes in between.
That was not good. If one of my DI s had done that I would not have been pleased.
I suspect this is what Sr Amaral is now beating himself up about.
A golden opportunity, lost.
As my old DI used to say, "Fetch him in. And fetch his grandmother in"

candyfloss wrote:
In a memorandum dated 24 October 2007 (Processo Volume XIII, Page 3909) reference is made to a document written by Dr David Payne which document had been read carefully by British Detective Constable Mike Marshall, the author of the memorandum.
The document written by Dr Payne is not in the DVD.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/KATERINA-PAYNE-INCIDENT.htm

Spaniel wrote:I've no time for the Malone woman unlike the rest of you here.

She had nothing else to hit Amaral with apart from his weight at one point. Her, who was paid a small fortune to appear on "Fat Club" TV, trying to lose weight. Pot v Kettle.