Anything and everything

[Redblossom]

Savile died an innocent man.

The dirt was never allowed to surface until he kicked the bucket.

Also true....though I dont see how you compare the two cases...chalk and cheese in so many ways

[Wonderfulspam]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

On 12 September 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel concluded that no Liverpool fans were responsible in any way for the disaster, and that its main cause was a "lack of police control" and crowd safety was "compromised at every level" and overcrowding issues had been recorded two years earlier.

The panel concluded that "up to 41" of the 96 who perished might have survived had the emergency services' reactions and co-ordination been improved.

The findings concluded that 164 witness statements had been altered and 116 statements unfavourable to South Yorkshire Police had been removed. South Yorkshire Police had performed blood alcohol tests on the victims, some of them children, and ran computer checks on the national police database in an attempt to "impugn their reputation".
 
The report concluded that the then Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam, Irvine Patnick, passed inaccurate and untrue information from the police to the press.

[jassi]

Also true....though I dont see how you compare the two cases...chalk and cheese in so many ways

I think the link is that Saville was powerful enough to avoid prosecution, even though many in authority knew what he was doing.

[Redblossom]

I think the link is that Saville was powerful enough to avoid prosecution, even though many in authority knew what he was doing.

Well I doubt the BBC as an organisation or its members or other celebrities or police forces or members of govt or media, would cover up or turn a blind eye to a paedophile snatching of a three yr old.....because he was is so powerful.....

[Wonderfulspam]

I think the link is that Saville was powerful enough to avoid prosecution, even though many in authority knew what he was doing.

Yep,  point is there are instances of protection for people in high places, & in the case of the Hillsborough disaster cover ups by police & politicians.

[jassi]

Well I doubt the BBC as an organisation or its members or other celebrities or police forces or members of govt or media, would cover up or turn a blind eye to a paedophile snatching of a three yr old.....because he was is so powerful.....

I agree, it sounds unlikely.

[Wonderfulspam]

Well I doubt the BBC as an organisation or its members or other celebrities or police forces or members of govt or media, would cover up or turn a blind eye to a paedophile snatching of a three yr old.....because he was is so powerful.....

No but Madeleine's disappearance was/is a high profile 'International Incident'.

[Kazcutt]

No but Madeleine's disappearance was/is a high profile 'International Incident'.

Also I think it's weird how so much of madeleines case is available to us
It may be normal and I've just never had to read another case but everything feels so public
The case files the ward of court the way we have all been sucked in like sponges

[Redblossom]

Yep,  point is there are instances of protection for people in high places, & in the case of the Hillsborough disaster cover ups by police & politicians.

Thats because the police altered evidence and covered up the facts of what THEY did.....they werent covering for anyone else..and of course the politicans and other miserable entities followed suit to protect police

[Redblossom]

No but Madeleine's disappearance was/is a high profile 'International Incident'.

Who made it so?

[Kazcutt]

Who made it so?

Everyone
The press the mccanns  the police and us
Including you

[Wonderfulspam]

That's because the police altered evidence and covered up the facts of what THEY did.....they werent covering for anyone else..and of course the politicans and other miserable entities followed suit to protect police

And just what did Leicetershire police do in Portugal that made Amaral believe they were not keen on where the investigation was going.

[Kazcutt]

Many [ censored word] go on everyday saying what about other children what about other families yet they talk about Madeleine for hours they don't talk about the others much

[Wonderfulspam]

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id400.html

"There will be a point at which we and the Government will want to make a decision about what the likely outcome is." 

(Bernard Hogan-Howe - Metropolitan Police Commissioner).

So what exactly is the 'likely outcome,' and why the need for a 'Government' decision?

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id232.html

"Nonetheless, it is necessary to recall that a criminal investigation cannot have as a concern the politically correct, nor to have its purpose limited by personal interests, institutional or others, nor to be targeted by intolerable pressures and coercive measures, what is at stake is to ascertain the truth and the fate of the child so those responsible for the mysterious disappearance are brought before Justice."

(Gonçarlo Amaral)

[Redblossom]

And just what did Leicetershire police do in Portugal that made Amaral believe they were not keen on where the investigation was going.

Ah well, now thats a good question,but pass........one fact is LP were not impartial

eta must say in an official capacity,cant speak for individual officers, infact I would go as afar as to say they were unprofessional