Madeleine McCann investigation

[lyndie]

I saw today that possible excavations are to start in the resort where MM went missing.

Does anyone think the progress The Met have made is astonishing given the length of time that has elapsed? I can't help but wonder what progress could have been made if they had been involved at the start.

I really hope that somehow they can find out what happened and give her family some sort of closure. I know the ins and outs of what happened and her parents leaving her have been discussed at length on MN but from a crime point of view I would be very interested to see if the Portugese police had done enough or not.

This thread is picking over the bones of this case of a missing child in a very ghoulish way. All this "ooh, pm me "

Ok if you insist

I came to this thread knowing very little and beleiving the Press view of bungling buffoons in Portugal and how it really needs SY to take charge and sort it out.

Then mention of PJ files. I've only read bits but, eg, Jane Tanner's rogatory interview was carried out by Leicester police. I just found it interesting to read her statement.

Interesting, but now discredited and discounted by SY no less

Let's not forget Mark Duggan, shoot first ask questions later. Oops he's dead, never mind.

But I don't think its fair to tarnish the Portuguese police force.

You could do the same with Scotland yard over the plebgate scandle.

Honestly, i would suggest to mn that the best idea for these threads is to keep them in the news, and keep both the "neglect" shouters and the "oh my god, you are all ghouls" off it, and keep a close eye out for anything libellous.

The subject isnt going away, it is news. No different to oscar pistourius or the missing plane.
And having it unable to be talked about, when our own media are so peculiar about it already is just well, weird.

The book is not something that bears any resemblance to the fiesta and contradicts a lot of things Kate said before and after in interviews. It has pictures of various suspects apart from one the one SY now consider most important yet they had the efit in their possession

And jean charles menezes

@costa. That's what made me seek it out.

Fiesta should read files

After seven years of not knowing what has happened in one of the most famous missing child cases it looks as though there is some sort of major development. Why do you consider that ghoulish rather than newsworthy?

And phone hacking

Sabrina, MNHQ are watching the thread so they will take care of anything that crosses the line. I assume you're being paid per use of the word 'ghoulish'. Does that mean you believe Madeleine is dead, by the way?

Mmm.. costa, I think most people can get the measure of you from your, ahem, comment above about Tia Sharpe. Nice.

Should really pop over to the pistorious thread (#7 now isnt it? And thats just the court case) and tell them they are all just ghouls?

What a mean thing to say about Costa, she was just being factual. Unpalatable but factual.

Costa has been very informative from Portugal it's great to have that view point. Sabrina you don't have to read this thread you know.

Why Sabrina? Its true they did miss two chances to find her body.

Following a deliberately publicised court case is not ghoulish - doing pm's of nasty little theories about the McCanns is.

Maybe Sabrina needs more glitter and fairy dust. You know, just to make it all look nice.

Costa before the thread gets whooshed - thanks for this. Shame that calm presentation of facts can be hijacked by vested interests. At least some of us now more enlightened.

I'm definitely more enlightened too.

So thanks costa et al. It was a lovely ride. Until the bump in the road.

I don't see anything nasty about discussing an investigation carried out by my adopted country's police force - or by stating that the police failed to find Tia Sharp - they're both facts - I haven't invented or embroidered anything, it's all quite puzzling the effect the word McCann has on some people

Why is this thread being deleted?