Metodo 3 Met police follow new leads - 30 boxes taken

by Guest 14.12.11 12:25

Where is this news coming from?

CerebralisCerebralis

Metodo 3 agency boss says there are up to 8 important leads in 30 boxes of doc's taken by Met investigating Madeleine #McCann case.Righto!

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@ElementaryForceElementary Force

@Cerebralis 'M3 and 30 boxes taken by Met' < who is reporting this?? #mccann

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by Me 14.12.11 12:32

candyfloss wrote:Where is this news coming from?

CerebralisCerebralis

Metodo 3 agency boss says there are up to 8 important leads in 30 boxes of doc's taken by Met investigating Madeleine #McCann case.Righto!

52 minutes ago

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@ElementaryForceElementary Force

@Cerebralis 'M3 and 30 boxes taken by Met' < who is reporting this?? #mccann

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Which rather begs the questions:

1) Why didn't Metodo 3 follow them up if they were that important?
2) Why didn't metodo 3 pass them onto the PJ so they could look into them and re-open the case if necessary?
3) Why haven't the Team publicised these leads if they are so important?

by Guest 14.12.11 12:44

From a Barcelona based journalist or so it says on profile.........

Tom Worden

@tom_worden

Barcelona-based journalist

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tom_wordenTom Worden

Agency boss says there are up to 8 important leads in 30 boxes of documents taken by Met Police officers investigating Madeleine McCann case

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tom_wordenTom Worden

4 Met Police officers investigating Madeleine McCann case met with private eyes from Metodo 3 agency at their Barcelona offices yesterday

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tom_wordenTom Worden

Scotland Yard detectives are examining up to 8 new leads in Madeleine McCann investigation after meeting private detectives in Barcelona

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by Guest 14.12.11 12:47

Article by Tom Worden just published.............

Maddy police 'following eight major new leads'

Tom Worden in Barcelona and Justin Davenport
14 Dec 2011

Scotland Yard detectives searching for Madeleine McCann are examining up to eight "very important" new leads after meeting Spanish private investigators, it was claimed today.

Four officers yesterday visited the Barcelona HQ of Metodo 3, the agency employed to look for her by Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry for six months after she vanished.

The British officers, from a 30-strong Met team reviewing the case, took away 30 boxes of documents compiled by the private detectives.
The agency's director, Francisco Marco, said there were "six, seven or eight very important leads" within the files which he claimed could help police to solve the case.
Madeleine, of Rothley in Leicestershire, disappeared from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal in May 2007. She was days short of her fourth birthday.
It is the second visit by British officers, who were in Barcelona last month. Mr Marco said on Spanish TV today: "We have provided them with all the documents and information we have collated worldwide about Madeleine's disappearance so they can continue the investigations we carried out in Spain, Morocco and the rest of the world.
"I think there are six, seven or eight very important leads in there."
He claimed Portuguese police ignored the leads for political reasons, and that when his investigators visited Portugal, "we were never allowed to do a proper job. The English police are now continuing with an investigation which should never have been closed".
Asked if he believed Madeleine is still alive, Mr Marco said: "When we were investigating we were always trying to find a living child. Hopefully for the parents she will be found alive."
Madeleine's parents, who have younger twins, a boy and a girl, hired Metodo 3 to find Madeleine four months after she vanished, for a reported £50,000 a month.
The agency, which it was claimed had 40 staff working on the case, sent a team to Morocco to chase up leads that she might have been smuggled out of Portugal.
Today Mr Marco said he still believed that was "very possibly" what happened to her but he refused to give more details on the leads.

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by Guest 14.12.11 12:51

asking an interesting question...............

travis_tillyTravisTilly

@skymartinbrunt No-Metodo3 claim 8 new leads. Have the Met seized 30 boxes of evidence? If so, why? Why r Met3 sitting on new leads? #mccann

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by Guest 14.12.11 12:55

I'm thinking SY are gathering evidence for 'attempting to pervert the course of justice' myself. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by Guest 14.12.11 12:57

Coincidence again? This story appears the same day Crone gives us details of how the diary came to be published. thinking

by Me 14.12.11 13:00

Stella wrote:I'm thinking SY are gathering evidence for 'attempting to pervert the course of justice' myself. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

If it is actually true that this has happened then the only reason i can see is that they are covering every angle.

Because there's nothing credible in the files to suggest the abduction theory should be pursued over and above further investigation of the T9.

by Guest 14.12.11 13:01

missypuddleduckMeadow

@tom_worden so do we believe this info wasn't acted upon by the McCanns or their various representatives, including PJ, LP.

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by Guest 14.12.11 13:05

tom_wordenTom Worden

@veniviedivici A Barcelona paper has published photos of the British police officers leaving Método 3's offices carrying the boxes

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by aiyoyo 14.12.11 13:08

Oh dear, in all the 4-1/2 years only a few leads were spinned in the press, now all of a sudden just as the MET arrived on the scene Metedo 3 has not one, not two, but EIGHT NEW LEADS!

Since they are paid 50K a month why didn't they follow up the EIGHT very important leads?

Why did they allow MET to sieze 30 boxes from their office - what will they be left to work with to earn their 50K a month remuneration?

Seems to me SY is investigating the mccanns PIs hence their Fund more than anything else!

Let's see whether they wheel out the pink machine? When that happens it is a sign they need professional help to control what comes out of the media and it will be their made-up facts (incidentally that bit is gerry cliche).

by Guest 14.12.11 13:10

Me wrote:
Stella wrote:I'm thinking SY are gathering evidence for 'attempting to pervert the course of justice' myself. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

If it is actually true that this has happened then the only reason i can see is that they are covering every angle.

Because there's nothing credible in the files to suggest the abduction theory should be pursued over and above further investigation of the T9.

Yep, it looks like it. They must be going for fraud, UK trial, as opposed to Homicide, PT trial.

by **PeterMac** 14.12.11 13:12

candyfloss wrote:Coincidence again? This story appears the same day Crone gives us details of how the diary came to be published.

There are no coincidences in this story.
It has been timed to hit the papers at exactly the right time to bury the bad news that the diary was officially released.

by Guest 14.12.11 13:18

It will be all over the front pages tomorrow then? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by aiyoyo 14.12.11 13:22

Now kate is going to find a hole to 'climb into' (her words) and wishing they didn't invite themselves to LI!

Any one any idea how one can climb into a hole? You can crawl, drop, fall into a hole, but CLIMB?

eta: no amount of front page headlines are going to overshadow news about their dairy, because the 'mental rape' of kate made a hugh impact on people's mind and they are going to zoom right in to the small prints about their official release.

Oh dear, they are caught lying under oath insinuating it was the Portugal Police who did it and wanted it investigated - there's the result of over edging the puddings.

by Liz Eagles 14.12.11 13:40

aiyoyo wrote:Now kate is going to find a hole to 'climb into' (her words) and wishing they didn't invite themselves to LI!

Any one any idea how one can climb into a hole? You can crawl, drop, fall into a hole, but CLIMB?

eta: no amount of front page headlines are going to overshadow news about their dairy, because the 'mental rape' of kate made a hugh impact on people's mind and they are going to zoom right in to the small prints about their official release.

Oh dear, they are caught lying under oath insinuating it was the Portugal Police who did it and wanted it investigated - there's the result of over edging the puddings.

I know I'm digressing but you made a remark about climbing into a hole....I wondered the same at the time...who CLIMBS into a hole...it's not a normal turn of phrase is it? glad to know it wasn't just me that thought that.

by Liz Eagles 14.12.11 13:44

PeterMac wrote:
candyfloss wrote:Coincidence again? This story appears the same day Crone gives us details of how the diary came to be published. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
There are no coincidences in this story.
It has been timed to hit the papers at exactly the right time to bury the bad news that the diary was officially released.

You are probably right.

by Guest 14.12.11 13:56

candyfloss wrote:Where is this news coming from?

CerebralisCerebralis

Metodo 3 agency boss says there are up to 8 important leads in 30 boxes of doc's taken by Met investigating Madeleine #McCann case.Righto!

52 minutes ago

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@ElementaryForceElementary Force

@Cerebralis 'M3 and 30 boxes taken by Met' < who is reporting this?? #mccann

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Candyfloss, do you have an exact time of this release of information, by any chance?

We should compare it with the time of the LI release of info, just to see how close it was. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by Guest 14.12.11 14:00

With thanks to Joana Morais - the story without the spin!! No mention of 8 new leads etc., they took away boxes accumulated from 6 months investigation...............that's more like it. Wonder what is in those boxes and were Metodo 3 forced into handing them over?

Scotland Yard searches for clues about Madeleine McCann in Barcelona

14 December 2011 | Posted by Joana Morais Leave a Comment

Agents from the Scotland Yard and from the Spanish National Police carry boxes with documents given by the detectives agency, yesterday in Barcelona

by Makya Navarro (Madrid)

Police from the Scotland Yard search for clues about the mysterious disappearance of the little girl, Madeleine McCann, which occurred in May 3, 2007 at the Portuguese Algarve, where she was on holidays with her parents. The little girl disappeared a few days before her fourth birthday.

The British agents collected yesterday from the investigative agency Método 3 various boxes with copies of all the documentation that this private detectives accumulated during the six months they have worked for the parents of the girl. The London Metropolitan police reopened last May the review by order of the prime minister, David Cameron, and due to the request made by the parents.

Since then, Scotland Yard, reviews the investigations that were carried out accordingly.
They also have available a copy of the Portuguese police investigations, that archived the case in July of 2008 due to lack of evidence.

Scotland Yard has allocated thirty people to this new investigation.
In the night of her disappearance, Madeleine slept in a bungalow in Praia da Luz with her two siblings whilst her parents dined at the near by bar.

Neither the police investigation, nor the private searches supported by the parents, nor the noisy media circus created around the dozens of alleged clues of the most varied kind have been able to explain what happened.

in El Periódico de Cataluña, 14 December 2011
At the time of this post this is the only online article in Spanish that mentions Scotland Yard and the Spanish detective agency Método 3 (PDF in Spanish here)

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by Guest 14.12.11 15:43

Yet more spin, won't print whole article but the bit below is funny, he can't even remember how many important leads there are the article heading says....................
Eight strong leads in Madeleine McCann's disappearance were ignored by Portuguese police says private detective

well was it 6, 7 or 8 as in the title laughat

Afterwards the agency's director, Francisco Marco, said there were 'six, seven or eight very important leads' within the files that could help police locate Madeleine.

Mr Marco also criticised Portuguese police for failing to follow up those leads, and for shelving the Madeleine investigation.

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by Guest 14.12.11 15:51

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If the McCanns' private detectives had "strong leads", why ignore them and only NOW pass them to Scotland Yard? Bizarre [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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Or even Leicestershire Police if they didn't want to deal with the PJ. But no they hung on to these leads until SY came knocking on their door. thinking

by Angelique 14.12.11 15:56

aiyoyo wrote:Oh dear, in all the 4-1/2 years only a few leads were spinned in the press, now all of a sudden just as the MET arrived on the scene Metedo 3 has not one, not two, but EIGHT NEW LEADS!

Since they are paid 50K a month why didn't they follow up the EIGHT very important leads?

Why did they allow MET to sieze 30 boxes from their office - what will they be left to work with to earn their 50K a month remuneration?

Seems to me SY is investigating the mccanns PIs hence their Fund more than anything else!

Let's see whether they wheel out the pink machine? When that happens it is a sign they need professional help to control what comes out of the media and it will be their made-up facts (incidentally that bit is gerry cliche).

aiyoyo

Is it just possible the reason is because as soon as cameroon said "Yes to a Review" they furiously started typing!

by jd 14.12.11 17:25

I wonder if this is bait to get people who disagree with their theory to entrap them into libel sueing

by Cheshire Cat 14.12.11 17:45

aiyoyo wrote:
Oh dear, they are caught lying under oath insinuating it was the Portugal Police who did it and wanted it investigated - there's the result of over edging the puddings.

Are you listening to this Goncalo and Pat ?

by Cheshire Cat 14.12.11 17:57

Time to revisit McCann Files on M3. Makes very interesting reading:

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According to Clarence Mitchell, Metodo 3 have been active in Portugal, which is illegal under Portuguese law, but Mr Mitchell claims Alipio Ribeiro has been turning a blind eye to it.

Metodo 3 managing director Francisco Marco, 35, exclusively told the News of the World: "I'm certain Madeleine was kidnapped. And I'm also sure her parents had nothing to do with her disappearance.

"My own view is the most likely place to find her is Morocco. We're working very hard on all information indicating that. But I stress that we are following up EVERYTHING."

The highly-respected Spanish detective agency Metodo 3 have NEVER FAILED to find a missing person they've hunted—including a teenage boy they rescued after he was abducted by a pervert.

by TrollAng 14.12.11 18:30

Are they saying they used this agency to dig for information & then didn't bother following up on it? Isn't that an admission that the fund hasn't financed any search since?

by Cheshire Cat 14.12.11 18:41

candyfloss wrote:Article by Tom Worden just published.............

Maddy police 'following eight major new leads'

Tom Worden in Barcelona and Justin Davenport
14 Dec 2011

Scotland Yard detectives searching for Madeleine McCann are examining up to eight "very important" new leads after meeting Spanish private investigators, it was claimed today.

Four officers yesterday visited the Barcelona HQ of Metodo 3, the agency employed to look for her by Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry for six months after she vanished.

The British officers, from a 30-strong Met team reviewing the case, took away 30 boxes of documents compiled by the private detectives.
The agency's director, Francisco Marco, said there were "six, seven or eight very important leads" within the files which he claimed could help police to solve the case.
Madeleine, of Rothley in Leicestershire, disappeared from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal in May 2007. She was days short of her fourth birthday.
It is the second visit by British officers, who were in Barcelona last month. Mr Marco said on Spanish TV today: "We have provided them with all the documents and information we have collated worldwide about Madeleine's disappearance so they can continue the investigations we carried out in Spain, Morocco and the rest of the world.
"I think there are six, seven or eight very important leads in there."
He claimed Portuguese police ignored the leads for political reasons, and that when his investigators visited Portugal, "we were never allowed to do a proper job. The English police are now continuing with an investigation which should never have been closed".
Asked if he believed Madeleine is still alive, Mr Marco said: "When we were investigating we were always trying to find a living child. Hopefully for the parents she will be found alive."
Madeleine's parents, who have younger twins, a boy and a girl, hired Metodo 3 to find Madeleine four months after she vanished, for a reported £50,000 a month.
The agency, which it was claimed had 40 staff working on the case, sent a team to Morocco to chase up leads that she might have been smuggled out of Portugal.
Today Mr Marco said he still believed that was "very possibly" what happened to her but he refused to give more details on the leads.

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WHY DIDN'T MR MARCO REPORT THESE EIGHT STRONG LEADS TO CEOP AND JIM GAMBLE FOLLOWING JIMS INTERNATIONAL VIDEO APPEAL ?

by **Nina** 14.12.11 18:52

Didn't M3 liaise with Kate and Gerry and then Dave re the 5/6/7/8 important new leads, that are by now not new leads? And, if SY had not visited M3 would these 5/6/7/8 new leads ever have seen the light of day?

by crewman 14.12.11 22:18

When policemen are seen walking out of a private office with boxes under their arms, it looks more like a seizure of pertinent documentation that it does a mutual "co-operation" between equal partners.

This SY investigation is getting quite interesting now.....

by Guest 14.12.11 22:47

Nothing on any front pages about Leveson and and diary, but we get this in 2 papers...............

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