Madeleine McCann Missing-Praia Da Luz, Portugal 3/05/07 #2

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Scotland Yard detectives have flown to Spain to investigate whether Madeleine McCann was abducted and smuggled across the border from Portugal before being delivered to a Victoria Beckham lookalike.

The officers, who visited Barcelona last month, are believed to be re-examining reports that the well-dressed woman asked businessman at the city's marina if he was there to deliver her 'new daughter' shortly after the youngster's disappearance.
The man, who was chaperoning his brother on a stag party, was too shocked to reply and the woman repeated the question twice more. A second member of the party also spoke to the woman before she left.

Private detectives hired by the McCanns have always believed that the incident in Barcelona could be significant
Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3, 2007 as her parents Kate and Gerry dined with friends nearby. The incident with the woman happened on May 7

The theory is that the child may have been snatched by a paedophile gang and smuggled into Spain – an hour’s drive away from her family’s holiday flat.
Private detectives hired by the McCanns have always believed that the suspicious incident in the Spanish port could be significant.

They made a public appeal for information about the woman, said to have an Australian or New Zealand accent and able to speak fluent Spanish, who approached the Britons drinking in a bar at 2am.

One man was approached by the woman, who was reportedly between 30 and 35, in the belief that he was someone she was expecting to meet.
He described her as appearing ‘agitated’.
 
Madeline, from Rothley, Leicestershire, vanished from the Algarve holiday resort four years ago. She was asleep in the family's holiday apartment with her brother and sister when she vanished shortly before her fourth birthday.

The detectives who flew to Barcelona spent three days with their Spanish colleagues and are among 30 Metropolitan Police officers carrying out a review of her case. They are also examining possible sightings of Madeleine after she vanished.

There were a number of sightings of children matching her description in Spain shortly after she disappeared, and Portuguese authorities were criticised for not alerting border and police officials until 12 hours after she went missing.
In July, Scotland Yard said it would examine all the evidence connected to the case, including material gathered by private investigators, after a request by David Cameron.

Detectives then spent months reading a huge file of case material that had to be translated from Portuguese to English.

Yesterday police played down any suggestion of a breakthrough in the case, but Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann said they were ‘pleased that the review is making progress’.

A Met police spokesman said: ‘There has been very good co-operation with Portuguese authorities and liaison will continue.
‘Officers have travelled to Portugal three times in connection with the investigative review, and three officers travelled to Barcelona. They are continuing to discuss how to take it forward and we are hopeful that we will be able to do that.’
 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070550/Madeleine-McCann-Police-open-probe-Victoria-Beckham-lookalike.html#ixzz1flBdajyz

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The Metropolitan Police officers flew to Barcelona to follow up on a report regarding a Victoria Beckham lookalike, who was spotted in Spain shortly after the three-year-old girl went missing in Portugal in May 2007.

Around 30 detectives are re-examining the case at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron in the hope of discovering new leads, according to The Sun.
 
The significance of last month's three-day trip to Spain was played down by the Met when it stressed there was no specific new information.
 
The investigators also visited Portugal three times. Portuguese police closed the case in 2008 with no conclusive findings
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http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/261878/20111206/madeleine-mccann-probe-scotland-yard-detectives-head.htm

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MADELEINE DETECTIVE FLY TO SPAIN

Detectives will fly to Spain to pursue leads Madeleine McCann was kidnapped by organised criminals
Sunday December 11,2011
By James Murray


SCOTLAND Yard detectives will fly to Spain to pursue leads that Madeleine McCann was kidnapped to order by organised criminals.
 

When three officers flew to Barcelona for two days last month they met detectives from Spain’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit.

One theory being considered is that Madeleine’s abduction was part of a sophisticated child kidnap racket, possibly involving Spanish gypsies.

 The McCann’s private investigator Dave Edgar has had discussions with Scotland Yard about a woman in Barcelona who has never been traced.

 Four days after Madeleine vanished from Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007, the woman, a Victoria Beckham lookalike, spoke to a British man on a stag night and asked him a strange question along the lines of: “Have you got her? Have you got the child?”  ::snipping2:: 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/289212/Madeleine-detective-fly-to-Spain

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Eight strong leads in Madeleine McCann's disappearance were ignored by Portuguese police, says private detective
30 boxes of files handed over to Scotland Yard
Agency followed leads in Spain and Morocco

Portuguese police criticised for closing case

By Tom Worden

 International investigation: Francisco Marco, head of the Metodo 3 agency, said his team followed leads worldwide
Scotland Yard detectives searching for Madeleine McCann are examining up to eight 'very important' new leads after meeting private investigators in Spain, it emerged today.
Yesterday four detectives visited the Barcelona headquarters of Metodo 3 - a Spanish agency that spent six months working for Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry.

The British officers - from a 30-strong Metropolitan Police team carrying out a review of the case - took away around 30 boxes of documents compiled by the private investigators.

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.   ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074091/Private-detective-says-leads-Madeleine-McCanns-disappearance-ignored-Portuguese-police.html#ixzz1gY02Wsp7

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Thank You so much Toler for your updates..

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http://patbrownprofiling.blogspot.com/2011/12/criminal-profiling-topic-of-day-why.html
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Criminal Profiling Topic of the Day: Why Madeleine McCann is Likely Dead

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SCOTLAND YARD detectives have been given a vast dossier of unpublished details about possible sightings of Madeleine McCann that might provide a breakthrough in the four-year hunt.
Today the Sunday Express can reveal that among the Spanish private detective agency’s secret files are key “sightings” of Madeleine in Morocco.

Metodo 3 director general Francisco Marco Fernandez last week gave 30 boxes of documents to four Yard detectives at his office in Barcelona.

 Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, the private eye said: “I think this could be a significant moment in the effort to discoverwhat happened to the child. I am very glad all our leads will now be looked at by the Yard because they are important.


“There were about eight interesting leads which they will examine but I cannot say any more because I have agreed total secrecy with Scotland Yard.”  ::snipping2:: 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/290600/Madeleine-Secret-files-reveal-four-sightings-in-Morocco

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SCOTLAND YARD detectives have been given a vast dossier of unpublished details about possible sightings of Madeleine McCann that might provide a breakthrough in the four-year hunt.
Today the Sunday Express can reveal that among the Spanish private detective agency’s secret files are key “sightings” of Madeleine in Morocco.

Metodo 3 director general Francisco Marco Fernandez last week gave 30 boxes of documents to four Yard detectives at his office in Barcelona.

 Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, the private eye said: “I think this could be a significant moment in the effort to discoverwhat happened to the child. I am very glad all our leads will now be looked at by the Yard because they are important.


“There were about eight interesting leads which they will examine but I cannot say any more because I have agreed total secrecy with Scotland Yard.”  ::snipping2:: 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/290600/Madeleine-Secret-files-reveal-four-sightings-in-Morocco

Thanks Toler.  I just pray these leads result in bringing Madeleine home.

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The parents of missing Leicestershire girl Madeleine McCann have thanked supporters for their help, saying they will move into 2012 with "renewed energy and continued hope".


In a message on the Find Madeleine website, Kate and Gerry McCann said they had ended the year on a positive note, with the launch of the Government's Missing Children and Adults' Strategy earlier this month.

And last week, Spanish private detectives claimed to have handed Scotland Yard "important leads" in the search for the couple's daughter. Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3 2007 as her parents dined with friends nearby.

Writing on their website on Wednesday, Mr and Mrs McCann said: "It's Christmas - again. A time of mixed emotions for our family and many others in similar positions around the world. A time to hold together. Thank you to all our supporters for your help throughout the year and for remaining united with us in our longing and determination to find Madeleine.

"The year has ended on a positive note. Our search for Madeleine and the Metropolitan Police review of the case are progressing well. In addition, this December saw a landmark event for the protection of, and support for, missing children and their families left behind.

"The Government's Missing Children and Adults' Strategy aims to reduce the number of people who go missing; to protect the missing whilst they are away, and to give families access to support, similar to victims of crime."   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/mccanns_thank_supporters_for_help_1_3356469

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The fund supporting the search for missing Madeleine McCann dwindled to £125,000 last year, official accounts show.
The amount raised for Madeleine's Fund, set up by parents Kate and Gerry McCann, dropped from £233,099 in 2009-10 to £177,534 in 2010-11.

At the end of March last year the balance stood at £125,175, down from £470,034 a year earlier, according to newly-published accounts filed with Companies House.

The McCanns, both 43, from Rothley, Leicestershire, had feared that the dwindling fund would leave them unable to continue paying private detectives to search for Madeleine.

To avoid this Mrs McCann published a book about their daughter's disappearance in May last year, with all proceeds from sales and a serialisation deal with The Sun and the Sunday Times going to support the search.  ::snipping2:: 


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/10/funds-dwindling-in-hunt-for-missing-madeleine-mccann-115875-23693125/#ixzz1j6GSJv7S

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Fury as Frankie Boyle cracks 'joke' at expense of missing Madeleine McCann

Jan 10 2012 By Craig McDonald


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COMEDIAN Frankie Boyle has sparked anger again by mocking the family of missing Madeleine McCann.

In an interview, Boyle said “there is no too far” in comedy before making a joke about the McCanns, whose daughter vanished on a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.

Boyle was asked if he was following the Leveson inquiry into press standards.

He said: “Yeah, I saw the McCanns on there and really wanted them to go, ‘Could you round it up in the next few minutes, mate? We’ve left the kids over in Starbucks’.

“Just to show they can still have a bit of a laugh.”  ::snipping2:: 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2012/01/10/fury-as-frankie-boyle-cracks-joke-at-expense-of-missing-madeleine-mccann-86908-23692313/

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By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, January 12, 11:06 AM
LONDON — A former tabloid newspaper editor told Britain’s media ethics inquiry Thursday that he published an inflammatory story about the parents of a missing girl because he thought there was a possibility the story could be true.

The unfounded Daily Express story suggested that Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing schoolgirl Madeleine McCann, might have been linked to her 2007 abduction and possible death.

The Daily Express newspaper had to make a front-page apology and pay a substantial settlement to the parents, but former chief editor Peter Hill seemed unrepentant when quizzed about the decision to publish.

 “I felt the stories should be published because there was reason to believe they might possibly be true,” he said, suggesting that the saga of the young girl’s disappearance from a holiday resort in Portugal had generated extraordinary interest throughout the world.

Hill testified before the Leveson Inquiry, a wide-ranging investigation of wrongdoing at British newspapers. The inquiry stems from public anger about the phone hacking scandal, which saw reporters and private detectives hack into the voicemail systems of celebrities, sports stars, crime victims and royal aides.

Committee lawyer Robert Jay seemed angered by Hill’s casual explanation of the decision to link Madeline McCann’s parents to her disappearance, suggesting that Hill had just “whacked it into the paper” regardless of its veracity.   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/editor-of-uk-tabloid-describes-exaggerated-headlines-dramatized-stories-going-too-far/2012/01/12/gIQAmFQAtP_story.html

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thanks for the updates Toler...

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Leicester Mercury



A former solicitor could be jailed for repeatedly accusing Kate and Gerry McCann of covering up the 'death' of their daughter Madeleine.

Lawyers for the Rothley couple are taking civil action against Tony Bennett to try to stop him making allegations that they were involved in Madeleine's disappearance from the Portuguese resort of Praia de Luz in May 2007.

 Tony Bennett could be jailed for repeatedly accusing Kate and Gerry McCann of covering up the 'death' of their daughter Madeleine.
Mr Bennett is secretary of an organisation called the Madeleine Foundation, which repeatedly claimed the three-year-old was not abducted.

The 64-year-old, of Harlow, Essex, signed a High Court agreement in November 2009, to say he would not persist with his accusations.

Court papers say: "The Defendant (Mr Bennett) undertakes not to repeat allegations that the Claimants (The McCanns) are guilty of, or are suspected of, causing the death of their daughter Madeleine McCann: and/or disposing of her body and/or of lying about what happened and/or of seeking to cover up what they had done."   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/McCanns-legal-action-Madeleine-slurs/story-15087257-detail/story.html

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Tapas Seven to be interviewed by Scotland Yard in review of Madeleine McCann abductionBy Emily Allen

Last updated at 5:21 PM on 5th February 2012


 Missing: Madeleine McCann vanished from the holiday apartment she was staying in almost five years ago
Scotland Yard detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are set to interview the so-called Tapas Seven, it has been reported today.

The group are friends of Kate and Gerry McCann who dined with them at a tapas restaurant on the night of Madeleine's disappearance five years ago and are central witnesses in the case.

The team of detectives has been analysing every scrap of evidence that was gathered when the little girl first went missing and interviewing key witnesses again, according to the Sunday Express.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood is understood to have three detective chief inspectors, five detective sergeants and 19 detective constables who are being supported by six civilian staff and three officers from the specialist murder review group.
So far they have made at least four trips to Portugal and Spain to gather evidence, including a file of leads from private investigators.   ::snipping2:: 
 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096682/Tapas-Seven-interviewed-review-Madeleine-McCann-abduction.html#ixzz1lYEqXtFA

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MADELEINE MCCANN DETECTIVES TO CALL IN TAPAS 7

Sunday February 5,2012


By James Murray


SCOTLAND YARD detectives are poised to interview the so-called Tapas Seven as their inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann steps up a gear.

The friends of Kate and Gerry McCann, who accompanied them on their holiday to Portugal almost five years ago, are expecting interview requests as soon as officers feel they could assist the investigation.

So far, the Yard’s Maddie Squad has been concentrating on analysing every scrap of evidence in the case from files supplied by Leicestershire police, ­Portuguese detectives and Metodo 3, the Barcelona-based private investig­ators hired by the McCanns.

Officers have flown to Portugal three times and visited Spain twice.


With much of the analysis over, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood wants to put his team of three detective chief inspectors, five detective sergeants and 19 detective constables to good use.


They are being supported by six civilian staff and three officers from the specialist murder review group, bringing the total number on the team to 37.   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/300185/Madeleine-McCann-detectives-to-call-in-Tapas-7
 










 



 

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MADELEINE MCCANN DETECTIVES TO CALL IN TAPAS 7

Sunday February 5,2012


By James Murray


SCOTLAND YARD detectives are poised to interview the so-called Tapas Seven as their inquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann steps up a gear.

The friends of Kate and Gerry McCann, who accompanied them on their holiday to Portugal almost five years ago, are expecting interview requests as soon as officers feel they could assist the investigation.

So far, the Yard’s Maddie Squad has been concentrating on analysing every scrap of evidence in the case from files supplied by Leicestershire police, ­Portuguese detectives and Metodo 3, the Barcelona-based private investig­ators hired by the McCanns.

Officers have flown to Portugal three times and visited Spain twice.


With much of the analysis over, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood wants to put his team of three detective chief inspectors, five detective sergeants and 19 detective constables to good use.


They are being supported by six civilian staff and three officers from the specialist murder review group, bringing the total number on the team to 37.   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/300185/Madeleine-McCann-detectives-to-call-in-Tapas-7
 

Hopefully this new team of 37 will help bring her home!

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Leveson Inquiry
Leveson Inquiry: News of the World editor 'ordered deception of McCanns'

 Colin Myler, the editor of the News of the World, ordered his news editor, Ian Edmonson, to mislead a spokesman for Madeleine McCann's parents about an intrusive story the tabloid planned to publish, it was claimed at the Leveson inquiry.
 

Ian Edmondson told the Leveson Inquiry that former editor Colin Myler told him to deliberately mislead the McCanns' spokesman about the newspaper's plans to publish Kate McCann's diary

By Martin Beckford, Home Affairs Editor

3:43PM GMT 09 Feb 2012

Mr Myler was said to have told Mr Edmonson to have a "woolly" conversation with Clarence Mitchell and not reveal the fact that the newspaper was going to print Kate McCann's private diary.
 

He came up with the ploy to stop the family of the missing girl obtaining an injunction against the story being published, the Leveson Inquiry into press standards heard on Thursday.
 

The evidence from Mr Edmonson, the former head of news at the News of the World who is taking his old paper to an employment tribunal, contradicts what Mr Myler has previously said.
 

The former editor has told the Leveson hearing that his paper would never have published the diary of the missing girl's mother if she had not been aware of the plan, and that he thought Mr Edmonson had cleared it with the McCanns' spokesman, Mr Mitchell.
 

Giving evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice hearing, Mr Edmonson said he had a meeting with Tom Crone, the paper's senior lawyer, who gave a view of the story that "dismayed" his editor.
 
He said the editor told him to phone Mr Mitchell but not to make it clear exactly what the paper had and intended to publish that Sunday - "make it very woolly".  ::snipping2::

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9072215/Leveson-Inquiry-News-of-the-World-editor-ordered-deception-of-McCanns.html
 

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It is so hard anymore to just be honest and forthright?
 

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Revealed: How shamed cop made a fortune spouting lies about Madeleine McCann's parents
 
Gonçalo Amaral has been paid at least £320,000 for a book and DVD ­peddling his outrageous claims that Kate and Gerry McCann covered up the death of Madeleine
 
The  Portuguese detective who was thrown off the Madeleine McCann case in disgrace has made a fortune spouting lies about the missing girl’s parents.

The Sunday Mirror can reveal Gonçalo Amaral has been paid at least £320,000 for a book and DVD ­peddling his outrageous claims that Kate and Gerry McCann covered up the death of Madeleine in the family’s holiday apartment.

Amaral was booted off the investigation after just five months in charge. But his book, The Truth About The Lie, became a bestseller in Portugal even though the country’s top lawman insists there’s no evidence to back up his accusations.

A legal source close to the ­McCanns believes ­Amaral could have made as much as ­£1million in total.

“Amaral made an astonishing amount of money from his ­campaign to discredit the ­McCanns,” said the source.

“I don’t know how he sleeps at night, knowing he’s cashing in on the tragic story of a three-year-old girl’s disappearance.”

Gerry and Kate are suing ­Amaral for at least £1million for libel and breaching their human rights.   ::snipping2:: 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/goncalo-amaral-made-a-fortune-spouting-681722