Met chief 'indicates' Madeleine McCann probe may be wound down

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www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/9497581/Yard-chief-suggests-Madeleine-probe-may-be-wound-down.html. The investigation has cost 2.5 million since it opened 15 mths ago at the request of David Cameron. Should the 'open cheque' continue for as long as it takes to find concrete evidence of what happened to her? Or should it be wound down as the Portuguese police refuse to reopen the inquiry? What do you think?

Of course they can ask, but they can't (normally) order the plice to investigate, or stop, an investigation.

The police are not the judiciary, MrsGuy.

Though I agree that a bad precedent was set when politicians weighed in to get police to re-open or review an inquiry when they had already apparently decided there was little point.

It is an odd situation that the police have been put in. It seems that they are asking about continuing funding rather than approval per se, and the police possibly weren't that keen to take on this case.
I wonder what will happen if the review reaches exactly the same conclusions as the Portuguese police did in their investigation, that really would make the whole thing look like a waste of money. Maybe the Met will have greater power to interview witnesses and obtain information than the Portuguese police?

well if the British police come to the same conclusion as the portuguese, then the parents will be suspects won't they?Isn't that why they left Portugal? Would the British police have to investigate because Madeleine is a British subject?
Just going back to the dogs, isn't that how poor Tia sharp was found? I don't know how their evidence can be ignored.

We don't know if it has been ignored - what we read in the media isn't necessarily unbiased or the whole story.

It really should be nothing to do with Cameron or the Sun newspaper . If the police reach the same conclusion as the portuguese the british press will need to eat some humble pie as they rubbished their investigation and it cost an absolute fortune to go over old ground

good point Mellen-the media might not know what the police are doing or only reporting what they are told. I agree with noddyholder that the police should act independently and be seen to do so.If they suspect a crime they can't stop ,can they?

Well ever since Leveson started the police have not been quite so free with the press releases but then the press releases were not free before hand either if you wanted an exclusive. boom boom