What's The Significance, If Any?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Are you encouraging me to indulge in what you described as a "fantasy"?

Where did I do that a propos the link I posted?

[Vertigo Swirl]

What obstacles existed?

The need to return the car.  Where did they do this?  Do you think when they hired the car they did so knowing they were going to kidnap a child in advance?

[barrier]

Back to the opening post and thread title, the significance is over stated imo, the BKA along with OG are stumped OG keep an open mind and obviously don't/didn't expect any startling revelation  to emerge.Its still not set in stone that a stranger abduction occurred from 5a.

“While this male is a suspect we retain an open mind as to his involvement and this remains a missing person inquiry.

“Our job as detectives is to follow the evidence, maintain an open mind and establish what happened on that day in May 2007.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Back to the opening post and thread title, the significance is over stated imo, the BKA along with OG are stumped OG keep an open mind and obviously don't/didn't expect any startling revelation  to emerge.Its still not set in stone that a stranger abduction occurred from 5a.

“While this male is a suspect we retain an open mind as to his involvement and this remains a missing person inquiry.

“Our job as detectives is to follow the evidence, maintain an open mind and establish what happened on that day in May 2007.

I think Holly was asking what was the significance of the appeal for information  being removed from the Met’s website, unless I have misunderstood?

[Holly Goodhead]

Where did I do that a propos the link I posted?

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=11834.msg630458#msg630458

[jassi]

Back to the opening post and thread title, the significance is over stated imo, the BKA along with OG are stumped OG keep an open mind and obviously don't/didn't expect any startling revelation  to emerge.Its still not set in stone that a stranger abduction occurred from 5a.

“While this male is a suspect we retain an open mind as to his involvement and this remains a missing person inquiry.

“Our job as detectives is to follow the evidence, maintain an open mind and establish what happened on that day in May 2007.

IMO OG don't sound overly committed to this line of investigation, but as the saying goes, leave no stone unturned.

[Holly Goodhead]

The need to return the car.  Where did they do this?  Do you think when they hired the car they did so knowing they were going to kidnap a child in advance?

Afaik the contents of the witnesses' statement hasn't been verified so going on all the info provided and my own research it isn't clear where the witness and her husband were living at the time.  It appears they had connections with UK and Belgium via a job.  As Belgium is within Schengen what difficulties presented in travelling between Portugal and Belgium or any other country within Schengen?

Assuming they hired a car , as per wit stat, they could leave anywhere for collection either within Portugal or outside. 

With regard to your last question I assume at the time they arrived in Portugal they were oblivious to MM. 

[Brietta]

IMO OG don't sound overly committed to this line of investigation, but as the saying goes, leave no stone unturned.

Play your cards close to the chest and don't lie about having a series of Aces up your sleeve ~ unless that's where you keep your High court judges.

[Vertigo Swirl]

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=11834.msg630458#msg630458

Sorry but what has this got to do with the link to the news report from early May 2007 of a couple who saw a dark coloured saloon style car parked close to the supermarket and spot where Madeleine's trail went cold as far as the sniffer dogs were concerned?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Afaik the contents of the witnesses' statement hasn't been verified so going on all the info provided and my own research it isn't clear where the witness and her husband were living at the time.  It appears they had connections with UK and Belgium via a job.  As Belgium is within Schengen what difficulties presented in travelling between Portugal and Belgium or any other country within Schengen?

Assuming they hired a car , as per wit stat, they could leave anywhere for collection either within Portugal or outside. 

With regard to your last question I assume at the time they arrived in Portugal they were oblivious to MM.

I wonder if the police investigated car rental agency bookings post 3rd May?

[jassi]

Play your cards close to the chest and don't lie about having a series of Aces up your sleeve ~ unless that's where you keep your High court judges.

To use your card analogy, a main strategy is 'bluffing' - unless you happen to be playing Happy Families

[Brietta]

I think Holly was asking what was the significance of the appeal for information  being removed from the Met’s website, unless I have misunderstood?

Seems the goalposts have shifted somewhat to the assumption that the Policia Judicairia didn't bother to check out hire cars and other vehicles in the area.

They did.

And some of that information is in the files.

[Holly Goodhead]

I wonder if the police investigated car rental agency bookings post 3rd May?

You would hope so but if it wasn't done until OG kicked in unlikely such data still existed.

[Holly Goodhead]

IMO OG don't sound overly committed to this line of investigation, but as the saying goes, leave no stone unturned.

DCI Mark Cranwell didn't come over well in his appeal/interview with Martin Brunt imo.

[Brietta]

To use your card analogy, a main strategy is 'bluffing' - unless you happen to be playing Happy Families

The assumption that the police should be publishing all the information they hold about an active case on the internet reduces me to paroxysms of laughter.