Feb 12th 2018: Breaking news: Scotland Yard asks HO for even more money

by **Jill Havern** 12.02.18 16:55

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by Mark Willis 12.02.18 16:56

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Well there's a surprise. no comment

by Mark Willis 12.02.18 17:01

BREAKING NEWS: Scotland Yard asks the Home Office for more money in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
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[size=9]PUBLISHED: 16:40, 12 February 2018 | UPDATED: 16:52, 12 February 2018
Scotland Yard has asked the Home Office for more money in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who went missing from the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.
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by MayMuse 12.02.18 17:24

Tiresome, predictable and unjustifiable when they are not even looking at the prime suspects, how long can this go on for?

MSM must rub their hands in glee at all the revenue accumulated in the name of McCann ....?

Madeleine unfortunately it seems is not considered by the looks of all this carry on?

There is no just in justice!

IMO

by **sandancer** 12.02.18 18:17

Perverting the Course of Justice

Misconduct in Public Office .

There are times I am embarrassed to be British .

by polyenne 12.02.18 18:24

Can anyone with a legal background comment please.......I’m led to believe that, if the “Operation” is closed, it becomes open to Freedom of Information requests.

by **Jill Havern** 12.02.18 18:40

DCI Nicola "I nick 'em so quick they're nicked before they know they've been nicked" Wall.

I wonder what her self-promoting catchphrase is for her c.v. these days?

DCI Nicola "I'm up to Candy Crush level 1895" Wall. gamer

by **sandancer** 12.02.18 18:50

Get'emGonçalo wrote:DCI Nicola "I nick 'em so quick they're nicked before they know they've been nicked" Wall.

I wonder what her self-promoting catchphrase is for her c.v. these days?

DCI Nicola "I'm up to Candy Crush level 1895" Wall.

Would she really want Operation Grange on her c.v ?

by Breda 12.02.18 19:48

Dear God, there's no end to this charade

by **Ladyinred** 12.02.18 20:07

The HO could respond with an emphatic no. But it won't.

I wonder who released this news to the press.

It's like a weird game.

Poor Madeleine.

by AskTheDogsSandra 12.02.18 20:21

Grange has only asked for the money, it hasn't been stated yet that they've got it.

No doubt they will get it though.

Amazing timing that the McCanns got their story in the press last week about possibly having to use their Fund money. It looks like they knew this press release was coming.

At least they can keep their siphoned-off money safe and in a high interest account instead of spending it or paying Mr Amaral.

Who says crime doesn't pay?

by willowthewisp 12.02.18 20:51

The Government provide the funds,it is up to the Police to"Investigate Criminality",Operation Grange haven't found an abductor yet,but they're working on it!
You know it just takes time to fit all of the "Credibility"together as if it actually did happen Eleven yrs ago with all those fading memories of who was where and when they were there?
Due to the scaling down of the number of Police Officers on the case,this of course impinges on how long it now takes to decipher the information they are looking at.
The ECHR haven't reported on the position of the McCann parents case yet,I wonder if that has any bearing as to how they proceed?
Operation Grange was instigated by David Cameron,Rebekah Brooks,a" Review",nine years after the parents sought a"Civil case"against Mr Goncalo Amaral, in 2008,the Supreme Court of Portugal upheld the case in favour of the former Portugal PJ Detective,against the parents,as of yet they have not exchanged the costs to Mr Amaral or his legal Team!
Various UK Governments have tossed and turned this"Hot potato" so it is unrecognisable,which no doubt suits their cause.
Don't think they will match the spending of over One billion pounds of government funds,unsolved Murder of Daniel Morgan, March 1987,31 yrs ago,eh Rupert and your cohorts!?

by Guest 12.02.18 20:58

Breaking news? More like breaking wind..

by Guest 13.02.18 7:39

Breaking bad.

by polyenne 13.02.18 7:52

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by polyenne 13.02.18 7:56

“Right now we are committed to taking the current inquiry as far as we possibly can (doesn't exactly inspire confidence that it'll be to the bitter end) and we are confident that will happen (I'm sure you are). Ultimately this, and the previous work, gives all of us the very best chance of getting the answers – although we must, of course, remember that no investigation can guarantee to provide a definitive conclusion (BOOOOM ! and there you have it - the real truth),” the Met police said last year.

by Guest 13.02.18 12:17

Sky News

More funding for Madeleine McCann search requested by police

Scotland Yard clearly feels the search hasn't come to the end of the line, according to Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt.

19:16, UK, Monday 12 February 2018

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have requested more money from the Home Office, Sky News has learned.

Funding for the Scotland Yard probe is due to run out at the end of March but officers have now asked that extra cash be provided to keep it going until the end of September, Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said.

Scotland Yard is "keen to continue its investigation", he explained.

"The situation at the moment is that there is Home Office funding to keep Scotland Yard's part of the joint investigation with the Portuguese going until the end of March," he said.

"But Scotland Yard has asked for more money."

It is not known how much cash is being requested, and Martin Brunt said it "may be some time" before Home Office ministers make a decision.

"Clearly Scotland Yard feels it hasn't come to the end of the line," he added.

:: What happened to Madeleine McCann? Six possible theories examined

Madeleine was three years of age when she went missing in Praia da Luz in the Algarve in 2007.

Last May, on the tenth anniversary of her disappearance, Scotland Yard said it had one critical piece of work still to do, but did not say what it was.

Martin Brunt said that as he understood it, it was a "final theory that was very complicated", and involved "a lot of sensitive diplomacy".

It was "likely to take some time to find the clues, if they were there".

The investigation team, which once numbered 30 officers, is now down to four.

The Home Office said in a statement: "Resources required are reviewed regularly, with careful consideration given before any new funding is allocated.

"The Metropolitan Police has made a further application for funding, which is currently being considered."

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by **Jill Havern** 13.02.18 12:34

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by polyenne 13.02.18 12:39

Clues are always there, you just gotta find 'em. Isn't the clue in the profession of detective ?

by **Jill Havern** 13.02.18 12:56

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by polyenne 13.02.18 13:23

I'm not on Twitter but have been following a few on-line threads. It certainly seems to me that the groundswell of (Twitter) opinion is loaded against the McCanns. Is that a fair assumption ?

On that basis, any development that thrusts the case back into the news cannot be a good thing for them.

by MayMuse 13.02.18 15:00

See Gamble is still defending the McCann's and not the child?

No mention of Madeleine, you know the little innocent child who was the one who paid the highest price!

The McCanns price was sold out to the highest bidders!
IMO

by JRP 13.02.18 16:04

CEOP should be CEOPP Child Exploitation and Online Parent Protection

by **Jill Havern** 13.02.18 17:44

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by Mark Willis 13.02.18 19:49

Verdi wrote:Breaking news? More like breaking wind..

...it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.. whacky

by MayMuse 13.02.18 19:49

Reduced to three officers in Oct 2015, thought it was four?

SY demands??? Will they publish a breakdown of costs to the public showing exactly where these millions have gone?

See that link above has the video of the McCanns 10yr anniversary interview....

What a promotional scam!!!!

IMO

by Guest 13.02.18 20:01

Fake investigation.

by MayMuse 13.02.18 20:19

BlueBag wrote:Fake investigation.

Yes I now believe so!
Money laundering in some form also springs to mind or we're just being fed a line , unsure but it all smacks of untruths!

by Doug D 13.02.18 21:03

I'm in the Algarve at the moment and it came up on News24 or whatever the Portuguese channel is, which I couldn't understand.

I really don't think Grange have got a clue what to do with the 'investigation' as it's clearly nonsense, but they just don't know how to end it.

by Guest 13.02.18 21:20

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He really is taking a gamble with the McCanns.

Another gatekeeper methinks - on the inside or on the outside is a matter for conjecture. Maybe Cambodia has all the answers prisoner