As we approach 2023, have we learned anything new?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Is that new news? I have learned that the claim that evidence has been required to create an arguido since September 2007 isn't recording in the current information available and wasn't reported at the time. It seems to have been an opinion expressed by the McCann's defense lawyer.

What does this mean?

“In relation to the investigation stage of a crime, a provision has been included where if there is no grounds that a crime has been committed, an inquiry will not be initiated, which was not the case before”.

[Brietta]

Pardon? I'm not the one whose cites are plucked mainly from the press.

You are pardoned.

[G-Unit]

What does this mean?

“In relation to the investigation stage of a crime, a provision has been included where if there is no grounds that a crime has been committed, an inquiry will not be initiated, which was not the case before”.

What is meant by 'inquiry'?

[Vertigo Swirl]

What is meant by 'inquiry'?

I asked the question, you seem to know everything about everything so why don't you tell me?  You believe you've uncovered something of significance in the paragraph that follows the sentence I highlighted so kindly parse this one too for the benefit of us dimmos.

[G-Unit]

I asked the question, you seem to know everything about everything so why don't you tell me?  You believe you've uncovered something of significance in the paragraph that follows the sentence I highlighted so kindly parse this one too for the benefit of us dimmos.

Thank you for the compliment but I only know what I know. I don't know what is meant by 'inquiry'. My best guess is that it refers to the inquiry stage of the process, which seems to follow the investigative stage.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Thank you for the compliment but I only know what I know. I don't know what is meant by 'inquiry'. My best guess is that it refers to the inquiry stage of the process, which seems to follow the investigative stage.

More pertinently what do you take to understand by the word grounds in the sentence "if there is no grounds that a crime has been committed"?  What might give grounds to suspect that a crime had been committed?  Perhaps inquiry means that stage in the investigation during which the arguidoship is conferred on a suspect so that they may be questioned?  The sentence makes clear it is describing the investigative stage of the crime after all.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Thank you for the compliment but I only know what I know. I don't know what is meant by 'inquiry'. My best guess is that it refers to the inquiry stage of the process, which seems to follow the investigative stage.

What happened during the inquiry stage in the McCann case which followed the investigative stage?  Can you highlight that bit in the files pertaining to the inquiry rather than the investigation?

[G-Unit]

More pertinently what do you take to understand by the word grounds in the sentence "if there is no grounds that a crime has been committed"?  What might give grounds to suspect that a crime had been committed?  Perhaps inquiry means that stage in the investigation during which the arguidoship is conferred on a suspect so that they may be questioned?  The sentence makes clear it is describing the investigative stage of the crime after all.

An unconfirmed report of a crime by a member of the public?

[Vertigo Swirl]

An unconfirmed report of a crime by a member of the public?

What are you talking about?

[G-Unit]

What happened during the inquiry stage in the McCann case which followed the investigative stage?  Can you highlight that bit in the files pertaining to the inquiry rather than the investigation?

I've got this;

These are the steps a case will go through, under Portuguese law, before reaching the final 'Trial Phase'.

1 - Police receive knowledge of an 'occurence'. They decide if it is likely to constitute a crime.

2 - After a maximum of 10 days, if it is likely to be a crime, the police have to report it to the Prosecutor Services (Ministério Público).

3 - The INQUIRY PHASE begins. The Ministério Público (MP) starts the investigation. A prosecutor heads the investigation, with the help of the police. Under certain circumstances, this phase can be under secrecy of justice (This results from the new code. Previously it was, by default, under secrecy of justice).

4 - Some powers can be delegated by the Ministério Público to the police (PJ).

5 - All is overseen by an INSTRUCTION JUDGE who has to approve certain measures like preventive arrest, etc.
https://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id126.htm

[Vertigo Swirl]

I've got this;

These are the steps a case will go through, under Portuguese law, before reaching the final 'Trial Phase'.

1 - Police receive knowledge of an 'occurence'. They decide if it is likely to constitute a crime.

2 - After a maximum of 10 days, if it is likely to be a crime, the police have to report it to the Prosecutor Services (Ministério Público).

3 - The INQUIRY PHASE begins. The Ministério Público (MP) starts the investigation. A prosecutor heads the investigation, with the help of the police. Under certain circumstances, this phase can be under secrecy of justice (This results from the new code. Previously it was, by default, under secrecy of justice).

4 - Some powers can be delegated by the Ministério Público to the police (PJ).

5 - All is overseen by an INSTRUCTION JUDGE who has to approve certain measures like preventive arrest, etc.
https://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Nigel/id126.htm

so I was right and you were wrong then.

[G-Unit]

so I was right and you were wrong then.

I was;

An unconfirmed report of a crime by a member of the public?

[Vertigo Swirl]

I was;

An unconfirmed report of a crime by a member of the public?

you was what?  What are you talking about?

[G-Unit]

I've learned that Gerry McCann no longer works as a consultant cardiologist and his wife Kate now works as a manager in a care home.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I've learned that Gerry McCann no longer works as a consultant cardiologist and his wife Kate now works as a manager in a care home.

I asked you to clarify one of your posts in a comment directly above this one.  Could you please?