Madeleine McCann hope as case taken on by scientist who cracked Stephen Lawrence murder.Published 18 February 2019
THE disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be investigated by the forensic scientist credited with cracking the Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor cases.
Angela Gallop discovered vital evidence that solved the deaths of Stephen Lawrence, Damilola Taylor and “God’s banker” Roberto Calvi.
Now, she wants to help find Maddie, who vanished aged three from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007 while her parents were dining in a nearby tapas restaurant with pals.
"It would be extraordinarily difficult because it's in a different country and you don't know what's happened to the exhibits," the 69-year-old told the Sunday Times magazine.
"I've been involved in cases where it looks hopeless, so I'm not too daunted by anything these days.
“Every contact leaves a trace, it's just finding it."
During her 45-year career, Gallop has been involved in solving some of the UK’s most challenging criminal cases.
In 2006, she and her team discovered the evidence that led to the convictions of the Preddie brothers for the manslaughter of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor in November 2000, putting the four youngsters originally charged with the crime in the clear.
Then, she was approached by cops about the Stephen Lawrence case, at that time the most high-profile unsolved crime in the UK.
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