The Remit of SY

[Eleanor]

Do you expect one of us to be able to answer your question to your satisfaction?  Send them an FOI if you're so desperate to know.

They didn't decide it was definitely an abduction as far as I can see.

[misty]

Why and how they decided it was an abduction is one question I have been asking, but no answer seems to be forthcoming.

It's actually quite simple. What crimes did SY have jurisdiction to investigate in Portugal in relation to Madeleine? A missing child is not a crime in itself.

[G-Unit]

It's actually quite simple. What crimes did SY have jurisdiction to investigate in Portugal in relation to Madeleine? A missing child is not a crime in itself.

None.

[Wonderfulspam]

Its all a moot point now the BKA have it in hand.

Yes, not quite sure why Grange is still active, considering it's beyond any reasonable  doubt that Maddie was murdered by Brueckner.
Unless Wolters wasn't telling the Truth?
And if Wolters wasn't telling the truth then perhaps neither were Redwood, Rowley & the McCanns.
That's possible isn't it.

[misty]

None.

Madeleine was a ward of court. She hadn't been returned to the UK from Portugal. What action should have been taken by the court in the absence of evidence of her death?

[barrier]

It's actually quite simple. What crimes did SY have jurisdiction to investigate in Portugal in relation to Madeleine? A missing child is not a crime in itself.

Circumstances surrounding it are though.

[barrier]

Madeleine was a ward of court. She hadn't been returned to the UK from Portugal. What action should have been taken by the court in the absence of evidence of her death?

Is there any evidence of death ?

[misty]

Is there any evidence of death ?

There is now. There wasn't when OG was launched.

[Wonderfulspam]

Is there any evidence of death ?

Yes there most definitely is, & it's irrefutable according to the official spokesperson for the BKA.

[Wonderfulspam]

There is now. There wasn't when OG was launched.

If you count bogus confessions.

[misty]

If you count bogus confessions.

When is a confession not a confession?

[misty]

Circumstances surrounding it are though.

The circumstances had already been investigated by PJ and they failed to reach a definitive conclusion.

[Wonderfulspam]

When is a confession not a confession?

Yes, & faked abductions are still a kind of abduction I suppose.

[barrier]

There is now. There wasn't when OG was launched.

I doubt it, Wolters IMO is working on stats of missing children being dead with in a few hrs and with no confirmed sightings, thats why he adds the caveat there maybe a little hope, thats why OG still say its a missing child .

Below from an ex cop who was in Luz early days.

Dr. Graham Hill is a criminologist and child protection expert

This was the kind of thing that needed to happen as early as possible, he said, as children that were abducted and ended up dead as a result were normally dead within three to six hours.

[barrier]

The circumstances had already been investigated by PJ and they failed to reach a definitive conclusion.

As have OG and the BKA .