The current £20,000 Reward is not for the safe return of Madeleine McCann.

[John]

The McCanns have always been wildly litigious.

Example - turning up for their libel trial uncalled and unrequested, but not turning up for the dig.

At least one of them will have to go to Luz. It's a dead cert (oops)

[Silkywhiskers]

At least one of them will have to go to Luz. It's a dead cert (oops)

Do you think?

Why have they told the press they will not be attending?

[pegasus]

Agreed, its like putting the cart before the horse.  If it was my child the priority would be her safe return, prosecutions should be a secondary issue.

The reward should be for information leading to the safe return of Madeleine imo. Who gives a damn about prosecutions as long as the child is rescued.

I agree the best outcome would be safe return and this should come first in the reward wording.

However if that is not possible, it is hugely important for innocent family members to know exactly what happened, to have closure, rather than the eternal limbo of not knowing.

And that is the main reason why I put in the second option in this proposed wording:

"25,000 euros reward for information leading to the safe return of the child, or leading to arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for her disappearance"

[Mr Gray]

I agree the best outcome would be safe return and this should come first in the reward wording.

However if that is not possible, it is hugely important for innocent family members to know exactly what happened, to have closure, rather than the eternal limbo of not knowing.

And that is the main reason why I put in the second option in this proposed wording:

"25,000 euros reward for information leading to the safe return of the child, or leading to arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for her disappearance"

if maddie is alive she has been abducted...so who is going to claim the reward for her safe return...think about it

[pegasus]

if maddie is alive she has been abducted...so who is going to claim the reward for her safe return...think about it

What if tomorrow a hotel worker witness sees a suspicious man and child about the relevant age at a hotel in Portugal and say overhears a conversation which indicates it is the missing child. He phones up SY's portuguese language phone number (not sure what the number is for portuguese speakers anyone know?) to report it. SY ask PJ to raid hotel. There they find the child, safe, but the man has gone, false name, disguise, no car licence plate to go on, untraceable. The man is never caught or identified.

How much reward will the witness get for info leading to safe return of child? Nothing. Not a penny. Read SY's reward wording.

 

[Mr Gray]

What if tomorrow a hotel worker witness sees a suspicious man and child about the relevant age at a hotel in Portugal and say overhears a conversation which indicates it is the missing child. He phones up SY's portuguese language phone number (not sure what the number is for portuguese speakers anyone know?) to report it. SY ask PJ to raid hotel. There they find the child, safe, but the man has gone, false name, disguise, no car licence plate to go on, untraceable. The man is never caught or identified.

How much reward will the witness get for info leading to safe return of child? Nothing. Not a penny. Read SY's reward wording.

not apenny ..rubbish..how much would the papers pay for the story

[Mr Gray]

as a police force could it be that SY can only offer rewards leading to the apprehension of criminals

[Silkywhiskers]

It surely must be widely acknowledged by now, that Madeleine died that night.

That is where the investigation has ended up....twice now.

You could say "oh, they're only being thorough" or you could say, "they followed the evidence and it led them to the exact same conclusions as Amaral". in which case, OF COURSE they are digging up PDL.

The evidence remains unchanged.  Truth is truth.

[pegasus]

not apenny ..rubbish..how much would the papers pay for the story

The point is that if a new witness today give the Met information leading to the safe recovery of the child, but no arrest and conviction of the person responsible, the witness would get not a penny of the Metropolitan Police Reward.

Next looking at the possible solution: person enters apartment and removes child.
Imagine someone today gives information leading to the arrest and conviction of that perp.
Read the Met's wording, the witness will get up to 25K euros only if the victim was alive at time of removal, not a penny otherwise.

 

[pegasus]

Its like I lose a pet and put up reward posters

"£100 reward for information about who stole my live pet.
No reward for any information involving the d... word.
No reward for safe return of pet."

 

 
 

[Victoria]

The McCanns have always been wildly litigious.

Example - turning up for their libel trial uncalled and unrequested, but not turning up for the dig.

What dig?

[John]

if maddie is alive she has been abducted...so who is going to claim the reward for her safe return...think about it

An informer who wants some cash maybe?

[John]

The McCanns should be offering every single penny they can put their hands on to anyone regardless of culpability for the SAFE RETURN of Madeleine. Unfortunately, I think it is too late.

[Cariad]

Does anyone know what happened to the massive reward offered in 2007? It may  have been the Sun offering it?

[Silkywhiskers]

Isn't it amusing - despite alleged teams of burglars and cleaners, apartment managers and organised child stealing in Portugal -

NO ONE HAS EVER CLAIMED THE REWARD.

Most crimes are solved in two ways -

1. forensics
2. someone blabs

Now in this case we HAVE the forensics, albeit virtually rendered useless by the keenings of the McCann.

Why don't we have someone blabbing?

Not ONE of those burglars has a buddy who knows something?  Not ONE staff member in the OC saw something, ever?????

Yeah right.

The reason why the reward has never been claimed is that even the local PDL criminals have no idea what happened to Madeleine.