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Madeleine McCann investigation

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lyndie · 06/05/2014 18:49

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.

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YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 09/05/2014 19:28

Hi all, we are receiving A Lot of reports about this thread. Just going to have a good look at all of the reports now, but when it comes to threads like this we broadly take a view on whether each one makes parents' lives easier, and we long ago decided to include the McCann parents in that decision, so there is a good chance that it will go. No decision yet, of course, we still have to go through the reports.

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YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 09/05/2014 20:51

Hi all, we are still keeping an eye on this thread but would like to draw your attention to the fact that Mumsnet Talk Guidelines cover PMs as well. Wherever you're posting your thoughts, we feel that speculation about the involvement of devastated parents in their child's murder is just beyond the pale. So we'd appreciate if if you would bear this in mind.

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YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 09/05/2014 21:24

Evening all, many apologies, clearly 'murder' wasn't an appropriate term to use, it was a slip of the tongue in what is turning out to be a very busy Friday night. However, in all honestly we think any speculation about the involvement of the McCanns in their child's disappearance, of whatever kind, is beyond the pale and unwelcome on MN, whether on the boards or via PM. We hope that clarifies the MN position and apologise again.

We also appreciate that many of you think that the thread should go, and we will be responding to those reports, but over the years we have learned that some MNers do want to discuss the case, and don't feel that it's realistic to ban all mention of it, however if this thread goes down a speculative path we might think again, so would ask everyone to bear that in mind.

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