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[Alfred R Jones]

I would say the Portuguese are more aware than you on this case.

Laughable strawman yet again.  You implied earlier that I made up the "Parents killed Maddie" graffiti, and I rightly pointed out that you are clearly not up to speed on this graffiti incident.  So, perhaps you could acknowledge your mistake for once instead of posting more diversionary clap-trap.

[Carana]

https://twitter.com/xklamation/status/476637514363846656/photo/1



Os Pais Mataram Maddie >> The Parents Killed Maddie

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[Alfred R Jones]

https://twitter.com/xklamation/status/476637514363846656/photo/1

Thank you Carana.  I await Stephen's humble acknowledgment of his or her mistake (ha, as if!)

[Carana]

I've definitely seen more welcoming messages to a tourist resort village than red paint sprayed over a wall accusing the parents, in barely literate language, of having killed her.

How welcoming is that?

It reminds me of the billboard with paint splashed over her face and the number to contact. How sad is that?

The police checked a particular site and moved on. Some people seem to be perpetuating a negative atmosphere. Why would that be?

[faithlilly]

I've definitely seen more welcoming messages to a tourist resort village than red paint sprayed over a wall accusing the parents, in barely literate language, of having killed her.

How welcoming is that?

It reminds me of the billboard with paint splashed over her face and the number to contact. How sad is that?

The police checked a particular site and moved on. Some people seem to be perpetuating a negative atmosphere. Why would that be?

What do you think it is about the McCanns that elicits such behaviour ?

[pathfinder73]

Madeleine McCann search: 'stupid' British police face backlash from Portuguese locals.



Graffiti describing English police as 'stupid' and accusing Kate and Gerry McCann is scrawled on a wall after officers began searching a second site


The Madeleine McCann investigation is facing a backlash from Portuguese locals as officers begin searching a second site.

Graffiti slurring the McCann family and describing British police as "stupid" appeared scrawled on a wall opposite a new site being investigated.

Sniffer dogs are being used on the area near where Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal seven years ago after a fresh area of land was cordoned off by police in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz at first light this morning.

The words "policia ingesa [sic] estupidos" appeared on a nearby wall, as well as accusations against the McCanns, alleging they were responsible for her disappearance.

Two dogs from South Wales Police were seen with their handlers inside the cordon and appeared to be concentrating on a small area which has been marked out with police tape inside.

A third officer could be seen with them examining notes.

The new area is on the outskirts of the town, around 15 minutes walk from the Ocean Club resort where the McCann family were staying when the child went missing in May 2007, aged three.

Specialist teams spent last week scouring an area of land closer to the holiday apartment where they were staying.

The operation was extended after British police applied to the judiciary to spend an extra seven days in the resort but no work had been carried out previously this week due to a Portuguese national holiday.

A spokesman for the McCann family said they declined to comment on the graffiti, which was written in large letters in Portuguese overnight.

Further officers arrived at the new site this morning and stood around having discussions and surveying the large area.

Further tape was marked out inside the square area within the cordon, appearing to highlight specific areas of interest to police.

Nine officers lined up and began carrying out a methodical search inside the smaller cordoned-off area.

They moved slowly forwards, poking the grassy area with sticks as they studied the ground for anything suspicious, with some of them bending over to take a closer look at times.

Officers began using a pickaxe and shovel to dig within the small section, while others stood in a group watching them work.

They spent a few minutes digging at the earth, which is very dry due to the warm climate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10891879/Madeleine-McCann-search-stupid-British-police-face-backlash-from-Portuguese-locals.html

[Brietta]

Det Chief Insp Andy Redwood, the officer in charge of the case, was spotted at the site overseeing the fresh searches.

The main activity was concentrated on a taped-off area roughly the size of two tennis courts inside the cordon.

At one point nine uniformed Met Police officers lined up and began carrying out a methodical search using sticks to poke at the undergrowth.

Portuguese police sources said at least one "item of interest" was taken away from the scene for scientific analysis.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-mccann-cops-search-two-3675102#ixzz34LiF9tdK

[Alfred R Jones]

Operation Grange update



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11-Jun-2014 17:50

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Operation Grange officers working alongside experts in their field from around the UK, the Policia Judicial and the Guarda Nacional Republicana today, Wednesday 11 June completed an eight day period of work searching specific areas of land in Praia da Luz.

At this time no evidence relating to Madeleine McCann has been identified. However it has given us an essential understanding of the activity on and people that have used this piece of land.

This was the first phase of this major investigation which has been agreed with the Portuguese following the four International Letters of Request submitted to date. More activity has been agreed and we expect that to commence shortly. In addition further requests are being compiled and will be submitted in due course.

The decision to search the “horse shoe” shaped piece of waste ground to the west of Praia da Luz and other sites was as a specific result of the UK’s investigation work to date.

The total area of land searched and surveyed was of approximately 60,000 sq metres and included all utilities, drainage channels and derelict buildings. 41 ground anomalies were identified initially by both aerial survey and ground analysis which were then investigated fully. These included three outside of the original area.

This deployment which was the largest ever undertaken by UK police overseas in a case of this type, highlighted the effective nature of the assistance given by the Portuguese authorities, for which the investigation team and family are very grateful.

The media’s understanding and co-operation following Assistant Commissioner Rowley’s pre deployment briefing has also been noted and appreciated.

There is still a substantial amount of work yet to be completed in the coming weeks and months, which again should be viewed as no more than normal operational activity in a case of this size and complexity. This recent work is part of ensuring that all lines of enquiry are progressed in a systematic manner and covers just the one hypothesis that she was killed and buried locally. This is the same as would be done in the UK for a murder or high risk missing person enquiry. The scientific support staff involved were there to provide the highest level of assurance that this area was searched to the highest possible standards

[Alfred R Jones]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27791105

[VIXTE]

Didn't I say it was just a part of a full procedure

After previously declining to comment, the statement said there was "still a substantial amount of work yet to be completed in the coming weeks and months".

It went on: "This recent work is part of ensuring that all lines of enquiry are progressed in a systematic manner and covers just the one hypothesis that she was killed and buried locally.

"This is the same as would be done in the UK for a murder or high risk missing person enquiry."http://news.sky.com/story/1280346/search-has-produced-no-new-madeleine-clues

[Alfred R Jones]

I guess it's time for some to stop tick-tocking and start hollering "whitewash!" again.

[Brietta]

Just scrolled back, Alfred and see you got there before me.

Looks like the Met are looking towards a long haul.

[faithlilly]

Just scrolled back, Alfred and see you got there before me.

Looks like the Met are looking towards a long haul.

Which seems to suggest Madeleine is beyond harm.

[Brietta]

Which seems to suggest Madeleine is beyond harm.

On what do you base the hypothesis that "Madeleine is beyond harm"? 

Most certainly not the latest statement from the Met who have made it plain that the searches are one line of enquiry and that "all lines of enquiry are progressed in a systematic manner." 

[Martina]

On what do you base the hypothesis that "Madeleine is beyond harm"? 

Most certainly not the latest statement from the Met who have made it plain that the searches are one line of enquiry and that "all lines of enquiry are progressed in a systematic manner."

So I assume the line concerning the McCanns as the perpetrators is progressed too? Or Met forgot to add "all lines except one"?  >@@(*&)