Hunt for Madeleine McCann could be over THIS WEEK: £12m probe may CLOSE

[Miss Taken Identity]

I believe they deserved the extra funding because of the manner in which the initial investigation was conducted. UK officers were present in Portugal & their perception of the apparent failings would have been very important to the hierarchy.

According to Rowley's Last muse, OG  had accepted the Portuguese report... yup he did say that...

[Robittybob1]

According to Rowley's Last muse, OG  had accepted the Portuguese report... yup he did say that...

Cite please.

[misty]

Jerry Lawton has just tweeted that the funding is set to continue.

Jerry Lawton‏ @JerryLawton  3m3 minutes ago
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The police probe into the disappearance of Madeleine #McCann  is to continue after the Home Office grants Scotland Yards extra funds

[Alice Purjorick]

"There is an ongoing theory about what happened to Madeleine McCann," he said. [Brunt]

at the heart of this has been an abduction. [Rowley]

Portuguese colleagues search for the illusive clues that would confirm the latest theory. [Brunt]

the legal requirements the Portuguese have is quite labour intensive in terms of dotting I’s and crossing T’s and working through that detail/ [Rowley]

It sounds to me like OG have a theory which won't quite stand up in Portugal. They are hoping that the PJ will be able to find evidence which confirms their theory. I do hope that the word illusive is a spelling mistake and was supposed to be elusive.

http://news.sky.com/story/madeleine-mccann-police-investigation-gets-more-funding-from-home-office-11057946

It has to be remembered that once a case is opened in Portugal there is an eight month period for the investigation at the end of which someone is charged or the case is filed [archived]. I can't imagine the Portuguese wanting to go through that fol de rol again on the basis of a bum steer from The Met. Too right they will be on their guard. I would be too. I would not want some know it all Johnny Foreigner with no authority in my country dropping me in it ankle deep head first.