General discussion about the latest news (not search related)

[barrier]

so hes been cleared on lack of evidence...or absence of evidence

Hard to determine unless sat on the jury listening to it all,I believe one jury of his peers convicted him on such,another didn't.

[barrier]

this does not apply to special funding for an individual case...

Of couse you would know better than a former Met police Detective.

[Brietta]

Given there is miniscule evidence of anything,what do you suppose SY are doing at their offices?
Cite for searching wouldn't go amiss from anyone.

Scotland Yard will have hundreds if not thousands of active cases on their books ... are you wondering what the officers dealing with them are doing in their offices?  Apart from perhaps taking time out to deal with regularly incoming FOI requests?

[barrier]

Scotland Yard will have hundreds if not thousands of active cases on their books ... are you wondering what the officers dealing with them are doing in their offices?  Apart from perhaps taking time out to deal with regularly incoming FOI requests?

If there are numerous FOI request's its hardly likely officers would be dealing with them.

[Brietta]

I beleive Colin Sutton says there is no such thing as funding for one specific case in cold case reviews,besides its a line of inquiry not a line of investigation.

The review stage finished in 2013.  The request for funding was made because the review indicated many outstanding and unaddressed inquiries and evidence which required investigation in an open and active criminal enquiry.

[Brietta]

If there are numerous FOI request's its hardly likely officers would be dealing with them.

Oh ??????  Who gives out the information to fullfill the legal requirements of the FOI request ... the tea pot operative??

[Mr Gray]

Of couse you would know better than a former Met police Detective.

im going by what he is saying....the met can only apply for special funding for special cases...they cant apply for special funding them spend it on something else...that would be fraud

[jassi]

Oh ??????  Who gives out the information to fullfill the legal requirements of the FOI request ... the tea pot operative??

Police legal department at a guess, certainly not low rank serving officers.

[John]

A quick reminder this holiday weekend to keep posts on topic, factual but above all, convivial.

Happy Easter everyone!

[Mr Gray]

Nope.

Crippen and Shipman.

I just find Clarence Mitchell's propaganda that 'respected doctors' could not have done it to be baseless and absurd.

could we have a cite for this one as well...or is this just gossip

[Miss Taken Identity]

But as yet not suspects in the lengthy investigation of both investigating police forces.

There are no suspects of a crime yet to be established. Not a one- none- AND Not being a suspect is not the same as being 'innocent' of a crime which has yet to be established.

For those from a different country who may not comprehend this - The parents have NOT been tried in a court of law therefor are Not declared innocent by anyone. even though many supporters make this claim.

[Erngath]

There are no suspects of a crime yet to be established. Not a one- none- AND Not being a suspect is not the same as being 'innocent' of a crime which has yet to be established.

For those from a different country who may not comprehend this - The parents have NOT been tried in a court of law therefor are Not declared innocent by anyone. even though many supporters make this claim.

For those from a different country, the McCanns have not been tried in a court of law because they have never been charged or even suspected by two police investigations.
Sceptics have difficulty understanding this.

[jassi]

For those from a different country, the McCanns have not been tried in a court of law because they have never been charged or even suspected by two police investigations.
Sceptics have difficulty understanding this.

Well that's not true. They were suspected of involvement by the Portuguese police, correctly IMO.

Nobody has been charged with anything

[ShiningInLuz]

could we have a cite for this one as well...or is this just gossip

It's in one of the 10th anniversary specials, whichever CM appeared in.  Presumably the ITV one, because I can't remember him being in the Panorama one.

By the way, your current flurry of requests for cites is dragging the debate down.  John has made clear that cites are required for important instances only.  That excludes trivial attempts at points scoring, and goading.

 

[Mr Gray]

It's in one of the 10th anniversary specials, whichever CM appeared in.  Presumably the ITV one, because I can't remember him being in the Panorama one.

By the way, your current flurry of requests for cites is dragging the debate down.  John has made clear that cites are required for important instances only.  That excludes trivial attempts at points scoring, and goading.

 

so you dont have a cite....we dont know exactly what was said in the programme and you admit you cant remember things as per your post above..you also failed to give a cite for your claim of a stateemnt by mitchell..

John said cites are required....I can post the exact wording if you like...where has john said cites are only required for important things...cite please...

without cites the forum willl descend into posts of gossip...opinion based as fact etc...