"We must reconstruct Maddie’s fateful night" says former Portuguese police chief.

[Brietta]

The Express, that bastion of truth and honesty 

 Please may we have a list of suitable organs from which to quote which may meet with your approval   &%+((£

[faithlilly]

Please may we have a list of suitable organs from which to quote which may meet with your approval   &%+((£

Shall we start with the ones the McCanns Havked sued and work our way from there ?

[mercury]

According to the Express, the McCanns had a series of meetings with Scotland Yard prior to Madeleine's case being reopened.

I would imagine that at the first or one of the first meetings a formal interview would have been on the agenda, particularly as reviewing witness statements formed part of the initial remit.


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The McCanns met members of the London-based squad several times before the Portuguese meeting.

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The family source said: “Kate and Gerry have had several meetings with police reviewing their daughter’s case. They know the officers have a difficult task ahead but they feel positive. They have been told that if something has been missed they will find it. They are relieved that something is finally happening.

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The review is still in its very early stages. Officers are busy going through everything from scratch and analysing it.

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The team is currently sifting through 20,000 pages of evidence assembled by Portuguese detectives. They will review witness statements, make a fresh appeal for ­information and carefully re-check alibis.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/270093/Thirty-British-police-in-new-Madeleine-McCann-hunt

Meetings does not = an interview about details of 3 May or any others before or after

[mercury]

It doesn't actually have to be.

No it doesnt, but when posters are laying down the law insisting without an iota of evidence that x y z has happened and being aggressive and  abusive to all and sundry who question it, then it does  matter, in more ways than one

It is not impossible that they havent been interviewed either, bizarre as that mighg seem but what isnt bizarre in ths strange tale...I mean UK police sat on crecheman for 6 years, unbelievable

[Brietta]

Meetings does not = an interview about details of 3 May or any others before or after

Absolutely correct ... there were so many other things to discuss after all.  They probably never even gave the reasons for the review more than a passing thought ... and why would the investigating team be at all interested in sitting through a first hand account of the events of the night Madeleine disappeared from the two most important witnesses in an attempt to glean as much information as they possibly could.

[mercury]

Absolutely correct ... there were so many other things to discuss after all.  They probably never even gave the reasons for the review more than a passing thought ... and why would the investigating team be at all interested in sitting through a first hand account of the events of the night Madeleine disappeared from the two most important witnesses in an attempt to glean as much information as they possibly could.

Isnt sarcasm the lowest form of wit...or something

I stand by my post meetings over a govt sponsored review does not mean police interviews

[Countess Mayberry]

I see we seem to have another, newly arrived, dog expert among us

Do my ears have right to be burning?
Why not give me a bit more credit for the reading I have done?

[jassi]

Do my ears have right to be burning?
Why not give me a bit more credit for the reading I have done?

How can I do that? - I have no idea who you are, or what you might have done.

[pathfinder73]

The pressure would be so great on some to come back to do a reconstruction. That in itself makes it worth it. Smart Amaral.

[Brietta]

The pressure would be so great on some to come back to do a reconstruction. That in itself makes it worth it. Smart Amaral.

So the proposed reconstruction proposed by Mr Amaral was nothing to do with forwarding the sum of knowledge on what might have happened to Madeleine McCann ... just a mean, petty and spiteful exercise in 'getting at' innocent people he obviously doesn't like very much.

Is that what he is saying?  You haven't made it clear what your source is.

[stephen25000]

So the proposed reconstruction proposed by Mr Amaral was nothing to do with forwarding the sum of knowledge on what might have happened to Madeleine McCann ... just a mean, petty and spiteful exercise in 'getting at' innocent people he obviously doesn't like very much.

Is that what he is saying?  You haven't made it clear what your source is.

That is your opinion and of no more value than anyone else'so.

[Brietta]

That is your opinion and of no more value than anyone else'so.

Please cease being argumentative.  If you have an opinion on something to do with the topic of the thread , please express it, that is the purpose of the forum after all.

[stephen25000]

Please cease being argumentative.  If you have an opinion on something to do with the topic of the thread , please express it, that is the purpose of the forum after all.

This is a free forum.

You were engaging in arguments yourself.

Please don't give orders either..If you try and impose your will on what is debated it will be reported.

[pathfinder73]

So the proposed reconstruction proposed by Mr Amaral was nothing to do with forwarding the sum of knowledge on what might have happened to Madeleine McCann ... just a mean, petty and spiteful exercise in 'getting at' innocent people he obviously doesn't like very much.

Is that what he is saying?  You haven't made it clear what your source is.

This is about the TRUTH and a reconstruction with the actual witnesses is to recreate and record the truth. Why should witnesses not do a reconstruction if the police require it? I would find it to be incriminating if any refused.

[Mr Gray]

This is about the TRUTH and a reconstruction with the actual witnesses is to recreate and record the truth. Why should witnesses not do a reconstruction if the police require it? I would find it to be incriminating if they refused.

its all been discussed a miliion times..PJ  reconstruction an absolute waste of time by  police force that did not understand simple forensics