The known facts and the speculations featuring Brueckner, the prime suspect

[Eleanor]

you actually raised a good point.  Did the PJ simply assume the dog hairs arrived in the apartment owing to the presence of a police dog?  Could they have been brought into the apartment by another dog owner who had no reason to be in the apartment?  Were the hairs kept?  Could they be matched to a breed of dog?

Now there's a thought.  Yes, dog hairs can be absolutely matched to a breed of dog, even to The Dog itself.  But I doubt that The PJ will have considered that.

[Eleanor]

"Slipshod" is the terminology I would use.  And that from start to finish which suited the powers that be in Portugal just fine.

Then in 2021 PANIC STATIONS!
Police circles became aware that the BKA and SY were actively pursuing leads which led them directly to Brueckner who they had been investigating over a period of some years.

In my opinion that fact wound Amaral up yet again when he heard about it necessitating another furore and yet another book to put matters straight.

And yet more fibs from Amaral.

[Vertigo Swirl]

It was alleged by the media that;

Police failed to seal off the apartment as a crime scene, meaning vital samples were contaminated with ash from officers' cigarettes.
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/madeleine-how-the-police-ruined-the-forensic-evidence-in-her-bedroom-6646747.html

I can't find eny mention of this contamination in the files, however.

Now THERE'S a surprise!

[Brietta]

I mean, would you believe it?  Some of the Forensics collected beggar belief.  There was even the finger print of a GNR Officer found on the back patio door.

What a shambles it all was.

There is no denying they mucked it up initially and lost forensics which could have been the clincher in any proper investigation.

It was a total mess - but absolutely on a par with the rest of the bigger mess which was coordinated by Amaral which he outlined in his best seller which in effect records a fiasco of wrong decisions and incompetence.

Unbelievably Amaral has dredged up the fallacy of Calpol yet again and unbelievably the Portuguese media have given him a platform from which to dispense his 'wisdom'.

[Eleanor]

Now THERE'S a surprise!

So I was right about the Fag Ash.  And I have known that for a very long time.

Tis amazing how very ignorant some people still are.

[Brietta]

you actually raised a good point.  Did the PJ simply assume the dog hairs arrived in the apartment owing to the presence of a police dog?  Could they have been brought into the apartment by another dog owner who had no reason to be in the apartment?  Were the hairs kept?  Could they be matched to a breed of dog?

Good point.

Brueckner portrays himself as a dog lover - owned dogs of his own - had friends who had dogs.

It is very difficult not to carry dogs' hair around given those facts.

[The General]

Good point.

Brueckner portrays himself as a dog lover - owned dogs of his own - had friends who had dogs.

It is very difficult not to carry dogs' hair around given those facts.

Wouldn't that mean that any dog hair evidence would be pretty flimsy?

[The General]

Good point.

Brueckner portrays himself as a dog lover - owned dogs of his own - had friends who had dogs.

It is very difficult not to carry dogs' hair around given those facts.

Need to be careful about any dog allusions, he's already opened criminal case against the latest 'journalist' who libeled him. The first of many, as I predicted.

[Eleanor]

Need to be careful about any dog allusions, he's already opened criminal case against the latest 'journalist' who libeled him. The first of many, as I predicted.

What did which Journalist say that was libellous?

[G-Unit]

Now THERE'S a surprise!

What? That media rumours are being quoted as facts? I don't find that surprising at all.

[Eleanor]

Sense of Humour Fail, mayhap?

[The General]

What did which Journalist say that was libellous?

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/verdaechtiger-im-fall-madeleine-mccann-stellt-strafanzeige-gegen-tv-journalistin-a-61f890b4-b910-490e-92d6-db08bfcb7578

[Vertigo Swirl]

What? That media rumours are being quoted as facts? I don't find that surprising at all.

You're deliberately misunderstanding methinks.  The media reported direct quotes from two Portuguese police officers who were at the scene themsleves but declined to name themselves (for obvious reasons).  You may prefer to consider that a "rumour" but I consider it an insight into what was undoubtedly a shambolic crime scene and a poor effort by the police to collect evidence.

[The General]

You're deliberately misunderstanding methinks.  The media reported direct quotes from two Portuguese police officers who were at the scene themsleves but declined to name themselves (for obvious reasons).  You may prefer to consider that a "rumour" but I consider it an insight into what was undoubtedly a shambolic crime scene and a poor effort by the police to collect evidence.

So as good as 'a source close to', or 'an insider', or even 'bloke in a hat'.
Meaningless. Just like the grasses who tried and failed to pin it on CB.

[G-Unit]

You're deliberately misunderstanding methinks.  The media reported direct quotes from two Portuguese police officers who were at the scene themsleves but declined to name themselves (for obvious reasons).  You may prefer to consider that a "rumour" but I consider it an insight into what was undoubtedly a shambolic crime scene and a poor effort by the police to collect evidence.

Not the newspaper I quoted. Which one were you reading?