New hope in Maddy inquiry as CPS lawyers travel to Portugal

[sadie]

Woo-hoo!

[xtina]

People on other sites getting very excited  - that this means the McCann's are about to be arrested and the CPS are in Portugal just clearing things with the PJ

This is the case  that keeps on giving  !!!

well it is possible ...it could go either way ...

wasn't only a third of the files actually released...

[xtina]

I would love to see k mcc finally aswer the 48 questions ...[mind you she will have had six years to think about them]

[icabodcrane]

People on other sites getting very excited  - that this means the McCann's are about to be arrested and the CPS are in Portugal just clearing things with the PJ

This is the case  that keeps on giving  !!!

It is jumping to conclusions to suggest the McCanns and their friends are in the frame again,  and are about to be charged with some criminal act ...  but it is certainly not unreasonable to think  someone   is potentially being considered for prosecution

Why else would the Crown Prosecution Service be involved at this stage  ?  ...  and not just any old CPS representative,  but it's  Head and Deputy !

It is  possible,  even likely,  don't you think,  that Scotland Yard have completed their review and passed it to the CPS who are now considering whether to bring charges against the person/persons  against whom there is 'evidence' of wrong doing

They would,  necessarily,  have to be British suspects because if they were Portuguese the Crown Prosecution Service would have no part to play 

[Eleanor]

What's this about?

I'm not sexist.

Men can be just as good as women.

Really?  I must have missed that one when Amaral was trying to stitch up Kate McCann.

Perhaps this just pertains to Portugal.

[ferryman]

wasn't only a third of the files actually released...

What do you suppose the Prosecutors didn't see?

[icabodcrane]

wasn't only a third of the files actually released...

What do you suppose the Prosecutors didn't see?

Any new evidence that has emerged since he made his conclusions ?

Why do think the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service  (  and her Deputy  )  were in Portugal  ?

[ferryman]

Xtina was suggesting that only a third of the original file was released ...

[DCI]

Any new evidence that has emerged since he made his conclusions ?

Why do think the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service  (  and her Deputy  )  were in Portugal  ?

London’s chief crown prosecutor Alison Saunders and her deputy Jenny Hopkins flew to Portugal in April to meet counterparts to discuss leads identified in the Met’s review.

[DCI]

Xtina was suggesting that only a third of the original file was released ...

So Kate had more files than anyone else? Even the AG! 

[icabodcrane]

London’s chief crown prosecutor Alison Saunders and her deputy Jenny Hopkins flew to Portugal in April to meet counterparts to discuss leads identified in the Met’s review.

Why would the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service  (  and her Deputy  )  be  'discussing leads'  ? 

That's not their job  ...  they are not investigators,  they are  prosecutors

They come into play when all 'leads'  have already  been investigated and a case for potential prosecution  is put before them.  If the case for prosecution is weak, and unlikely to result in conviction, they may advise on what further evidence might be sought in order to strengthen the case

In this instance,  the case for prosecution  that has already been made and put before them  (  they wouldn't be involved if that had not happened  )   must be with regard to a British person/persons

If it were not a British subject then the CPS would not have been involved at all 

Is that not correct ?

[stephen25000]

It is jumping to conclusions to suggest the McCanns and their friends are in the frame again,  and are about to be charged with some criminal act ...  but it is certainly not unreasonable to think  someone   is potentially being considered for prosecution

Why else would the Crown Prosecution Service be involved at this stage  ?  ...  and not just any old CPS representative,  but it's  Head and Deputy !

It is  possible,  even likely,  don't you think,  that Scotland Yard have completed their review and passed it to the CPS who are now considering whether to bring charges against the person/persons  against whom there is 'evidence' of wrong doing

They would,  necessarily,  have to be British suspects because if they were Portuguese the Crown Prosecution Service would have no part to play

Indeed. The CPS would only have jurisdiction over a crime(s) committed in the UK

[Redblossom]

Indeed. The CPS would only have jurisdiction over a crime(s) committed in the UK

I think in certain circumstances, the Brit police can prosecute a British citizen for a crime committed abroad, I know for sure sexual assault on women and children is on that list, and dont quote me, but murder as well, I will try find an example

Interesting development, and Blacksmith has a new blog on this

http://blacksmithbureau.blogspot.co.uk/

[Rachel Granada]

People on other sites getting very excited  - that this means the McCann's are about to be arrested and the CPS are in Portugal just clearing things with the PJ

This is the case  that keeps on giving  !!!

Yup, there's a lot of tick-tocking going on isn't there? There are going to be a lot of very disappointed people.  Unless of course, SY have been "playing a blinder" like the PJ were doing back in 2007.... 

Some even seem to think that the famous "15/17" markers will be "enough to prosecute in the UK".....

[Eleanor]

For God' sake, I despair.  What are we all doing here?  Why are we bothering to answer puerile questions?  There is nothing to implicate The McCanns in the disappearance of their daughter, so why do we go on bothering?