Does the Madeleine McCann case warrant a Public Inquiry?

[Mr Gray]

The office of the Public Prosecutor has wide ranging powers in Portugal, an alternative to a full blown Legal Inquiry would be for the Prosecutor to extend the terms and scope of the current investigation to include those additional issues. He would then have the justification to compel witnesses to attend for examination and/or to undertake any reconstitution.

are you saying he would have the power to compel the tapas group to return...If so why didn't he use the powers in the first place

[Mr Gray]

What did they lie about davel?  Maddies DNA could very well have been in the hire car 

there was no 100% match

[Mr Gray]

Then there is the dogs and we all know what Mr Grime said about those alerts.

I don't think you do..perhaps you could remind us

[Carana]

A public inquiry in which jurisdiction?

[ShiningInLuz]

It not going to happen in the UK while OG is on the go.

It is not going to happen in Portugal while the JP is actively pursuing a route quite independent of OG.

The idea that the Portuguese should fund an enquiry (or similar exercise), hauling in people from the UK, Ireland(?) and Spain, in order to find out if Metodo 3 or similar broke Portuguese laws - it just isn't going to happen.  The idea that they should pay for an enquiry into the use of money from the Madeleine fund - it just isn't going to happen.

Until you've got a clear idea of who is enquiring about what, then the answer to the OP is a simple no.

[John]

It certainly is a conundrum but not an unsurmountable one.  Justice requires that all issues should be fully investigated regardless of the consequences.

The owners and operatives of the criminal Metodo 3 organisation and Oakley International must be properly investigated.

[Mr Gray]

more importantly...maddie's disappearance should be properly investigated...though some want to see that stopped

[ShiningInLuz]

It certainly is a conundrum but not an unsurmountable one.  Justice requires that all issues should be fully investigated regardless of the consequences.

The owners and operatives of the criminal Metodo 3 organisation and Oakley International must be properly investigated.

By whom at who's cost?

Feb 2015 unemployment rates.  UK 5.7%.  Portugal 14.1%.

Better things to spend money on.

[Mr Gray]

It certainly is a conundrum but not an unsurmountable one.  Justice requires that all issues should be fully investigated regardless of the consequences.

The owners and operatives of the criminal Metodo 3 organisation and Oakley International must be properly investigated.

why?

[stephen25000]

more importantly...maddie's disappearance should be properly investigated...though some want to see that stopped

It has been investigated.

No trace of Madeleine or what happened to her has been found.

[Mr Gray]

It has been investigated.

No trace of Madeleine or what happened to her has been found.

the investigation isn't finished

[stephen25000]

the investigation isn't finished

It hasn't found a thing of value.

Just wait until the election is over and we will see how much longer the 'investigation' continues for.

[Mr Gray]

It hasn't found a thing of value.

Just wait until the election is over and we will see how much longer the 'investigation' continues for.

It won't bother me in the slightest if they end the investigation and say they have found nothing...

[G-Unit]

It certainly is a conundrum but not an unsurmountable one.  Justice requires that all issues should be fully investigated regardless of the consequences.

The owners and operatives of the criminal Metodo 3 organisation and Oakley International must be properly investigated.

I would expect them to say they did what they were hired to do. They certainly produced a lot of paper relating to whatever they did.

[Carana]

It certainly is a conundrum but not an unsurmountable one.  Justice requires that all issues should be fully investigated regardless of the consequences.

The owners and operatives of the criminal Metodo 3 organisation and Oakley International must be properly investigated.

Halligen has just come out of jail for other issues. It's not clear to me if Exton is indeed the person who blabbed to the media. If so, I hope he has a source of income that doesn't rely on discretion.

I'm not aware of what Metodo 3 have done wrong in this case.