Maddie McCann breakthrough: Cops 'given cash to probe new trafficking gang lead'

[barrier]

There is a source, it is unnamed, you can choose to believe the entire story is made up, that's your prerogative.  I don't believe that all unnamed sources that are used in newspaper reports are fictional, I think that line of reasoning is very silly.  I look at this story, I see that extra funding has been given, I rationalise that there must be a good reason for this, a good reason is cited (a specific individual they want to trace says an "insider"), that seems logical, certainly a lot more logical than other reasons cited here this morning such as it's being done to cover up bad publicity for the government.

We'll agree to disagree,but we'll leave the last word to the MET as per the bbc article.

Met Police said: "The investigation is ongoing. We are not prepared to discuss any lines of inquiry while the investigation is ongoing."

[Alfie]

We'll agree to disagree,but we'll leave the last word to the MET as per the bbc article.

Not a named source I note.

[barrier]

Not a named source I note.

DCS Duthie April 2016,the last time a named person from OG made a statement.

The police chief admitted detectives did not have a “full understanding” of what happened to Madeleine or why she was taken but added: “That is why the work continues. “

[Brietta]

DCS Duthie April 2016,the last time a named person from OG made a statement.

Madeleine McCann's case is live.
Who in their right mind would expect the police to make any comment whatsoever about it?  Isn't it enough that it has been said on more than one occasion they will not be making running commentary.

[jassi]

Which means you can pretty well ignore anything in the papers unless supported by a quote from a named source.
Even then, if the name is Mitchell, best taken with a pinch of salt.

[Robittybob1]

Which means you can pretty well ignore anything in the papers unless supported by a quote from a named source.
Even then, if the name is Mitchell, best taken with a pinch of salt.

I prefer a good pickle.

[Alice Purjorick]

lets say £50 per hour....85K

1700 hours.......thats still a lot of hours

About 1 man year; divide by 4 cos we know the squad was reduced to 4 = three months for 4 men. QED

[Alice Purjorick]

I'd like to know how much the Portuguese have spent on this investigation since it re-opened.  Do we think more or less than £85k in total?

It doesn't matter and is not relevant to a "charge out rate" for The Met.

[The Singularity]

On the whole I believe this is good news but I was surprised at the amount 85k does seem a little amount given how costly investigations can be especially if they are having to travel abroad.

Having said that, to secure the additional funding must be based on something solid they are following up or else I would suspect they would never have got the funding

[ferryman]

On the whole I believe this is good news but I was surprised at the amount 85k does seem a little amount given how costly investigations can be especially if they are having to travel abroad.

Having said that, to secure the additional funding must be based on something solid they are following up or else I would suspect they would never have got the funding

The other point is that the McCanns expressed their gratitude. 

The point was raised with glee in certain quarters that the McCanns did not mention the Met in their Christmas message this year.

[jassi]

Maybe they read these forums and take the odd bit of information on board 

[Robittybob1]

Maybe they read these forums and take the odd bit of information on board 

I told them that they should, so I have every reason to believe they do.  But that would take a detective full time to keep up following up the leads discussed on here.

[Alfie]

Maybe they read these forums and take the odd bit of information on board 

Yeah, I understand they particularly look out for advice from Faithlilly and base a lot of their actions and public pronouncements on observations she makes on this forum.


 %&5%£

[Mr Gray]

On the whole I believe this is good news but I was surprised at the amount 85k does seem a little amount given how costly investigations can be especially if they are having to travel abroad.

Having said that, to secure the additional funding must be based on something solid they are following up or else I would suspect they would never have got the funding

It could equate to close to 2000 hours of police time which is a lot of time. I'm sure taht if something was discovered
that required further funds then they could return and ask for more. the main thing is there is a reason for the investigation to be kept live which must mean there is still something worth investigating

[The Singularity]

It could equate to close to 2000 hours of police time which is a lot of time. I'm sure taht if something was discovered
that required further funds then they could return and ask for more. the main thing is there is a reason for the investigation to be kept live which must mean there is still something worth investigating

Absolutely, and only the investigation team will know those details, the rest of us will have to wait to see if these suspicions lead to an arrest. It does make for interesting reading that they suspect someone previously interviewed didn't tell them the whole truth. So I am guessing there is corroboration enough to track this person down again