Interesting that ex Met detective thinks case will not be solved.

[jassi]

Do you want "justice for Maddie" or not?  Justice sometimes costs a lot of money to implement. Would you rather everyone gave up after the first million was spent?   What price justice?

Exactly.  At how many millions would you draw the line?  Ten? - Twenty? - fifty?

[Mr Gray]

Exactly.  At how many millions would you draw the line?  Ten? - Twenty? - fifty?

if SY feel they have viable leads...should these be ignored?

[jassi]

if SY feel they have viable leads...should these be ignored?

There may come a point/time when they have to be.
If the financial plug was pulled, for whatever reason, that would be the end of the investigation, irrespective of how many viable leads there might be.

[Mr Gray]

There may come a point/time when they have to be.
If the financial plug was pulled, for whatever reason, that would be the end of the investigation, irrespective of how many viable leads there might be.

of course but the plug is not being pulled and I think as long as there are viable leads...that's up to sy...it will not be pulled

[jassi]

of course but the plug is not being pulled and I think as long as there are viable leads...that's up to sy...it will not be pulled

Its up to the politicians - they are funding the investigation.

[Mr Gray]

Its up to the politicians - they are funding the investigation.

of course it is and I think that as long as there are viable leads...tahts up to SY...no politician will halt the search

[jassi]

of course it is and I think that as long as there are viable leads...tahts up to SY...no politician will halt the search

No, they will just have a quiet word with SY and all of a sudden the leads will be  no longer viable 

[Alfred R Jones]

Exactly.  At how many millions would you draw the line?  Ten? - Twenty? - fifty?

IMO there should be no lines drawn based on the cost, but if there gets to be a point when it is clear that every possible avenue has been exhausted with little chance of further progress then that's probably the point at which to draw the line. 

[slartibartfast]

IMO there should be no lines drawn based on the cost, but if there gets to be a point when it is clear that every possible avenue has been exhausted with little chance of further progress then that's probably the point at which to draw the line.

So the life of a child is priceless?

[Carana]

Exactly.  At how many millions would you draw the line?  Ten? - Twenty? - fifty?

If the last time I'd read Article 276 of the Portuguese Penal Process Code is still valid, the most precious commodity is time.

[Carana]

IMO there should be no lines drawn based on the cost, but if there gets to be a point when it is clear that every possible avenue has been exhausted with little chance of further progress then that's probably the point at which to draw the line.

As I'd mentioned to someone else:
If the last time I'd read Article 276 of the Portuguese Penal Process Code is still valid, the most precious commodity is time.

[stephen25000]

have you not realised...they are yet to be able to investigate

The ex-detective said all theories should be examined did he not ?

[Mr Gray]

The ex-detective said all theories should be examined did he not ?

and as we have discussed SY would have looked at the mccanns first...how many times do you need telling...and declared them not suspects

[stephen25000]

and as we have discussed SY would have looked at the mccanns first...how many times do you need telling...and declared them not suspects

What did the article say davel ?

[sadie]

What did the article say davel ?

Stephen, SY are professional.  They would have examined Kate and Gerry first followed by the tapas group