What has Redwood achieved in the Mccann case ?

[stephen25000]

If he had achieved anything worthwhile you can bet you're bottom dollar the public would have heard about it before he retired. Maybe he will head the new McCann investigative team when it is formed.

Exactly Angelo.

Will he paid for from the 'fund' I wonder, if he does ? &%+((£

Very little would surprise me any more in this case.

[ShiningInLuz]

1) He (Andy) has ruled out 43 'anomalies' in and around Luz.  (Only another 10,000+ to go).

2) SY has learned it is hard to dig a small hole, let alone a grave, by hand in the Algarve.  To be strictly accurate, they know that for Luz, but trust me, it applies to the Algarve.  I have tried elsewhere (holes, not graves).

3) SY has discovered that the Brazilian restaurant just east of Luz near Val Verde campsite does a lunchtime buffet that is inexpensive, filling, very tasty and which I can highly recommend.  (Source for SY is my partner who was coming out as SY piled in.  Source for inexpensive, filling, tasty is equally my partner.  Lunch is around 7€ for all you can eat, you get Brazilian flavours, and should you visit Luz, mark it down as one of your 'must nosh' places.  And no, I have no connection to the restaurant whatsoever.)

This must be worth 9 million, surely?

[colombosstogey]

1) He (Andy) has ruled out 43 'anomalies' in and around Luz.  (Only another 10,000+ to go).

2) SY has learned it is hard to dig a small hole, let alone a grave, by hand in the Algarve.  To be strictly accurate, they know that for Luz, but trust me, it applies to the Algarve.  I have tried elsewhere (holes, not graves).

3) SY has discovered that the Brazilian restaurant just east of Luz near Val Verde campsite does a lunchtime buffet that is inexpensive, filling, very tasty and which I can highly recommend.  (Source for SY is my partner who was coming out as SY piled in.  Source for inexpensive, filling, tasty is equally my partner.  Lunch is around 7€ for all you can eat, you get Brazilian flavours, and should you visit Luz, mark it down as one of your 'must nosh' places.  And no, I have no connection to the restaurant whatsoever.)

This must be worth 9 million, surely?

LOL, well DOH anyone with half a brain would know the terrain in the area was rock and barren lol...you would need a digger to make a hole to bury a body......

Perhaps you can tell me, at the time she went missing in the papers it said there were road works going on etc, and around near the church is that true?

As to the buffet sounds lovely if i ever go to PDL i will make sure i go there lol.

I think personally all this is just a waste of tax payers money. They need to go and close some of the cold cases in this country.

I dont think the child will ever be found, or the case will come to a conclusion.....

[pathfinder73]

Redwood couldn't have seen the end in sight. They haven't achieved much except to question and eliminate possible suspects. The spot they searched was strange because Smithman was going in the opposite direction. It would be interesting to know why that location was chosen to be searched. An eye witness? There is nothing in the files about it.

[jassi]

Is SY still pushing the burglar theory, or is it to be quietly forgotten now that they have done their questioning?

And what happened to the mobile phone calls that were going to give the answer? - all quiet on that,as well.

[Alfred R Jones]

The question posed in the title of this thread is impossible to answer at this stage.  We do not know what, if anything Redwood has personally achieved as we don't know precisely what Op Grange has uncovered to date.  It's easy to slag off his efforts but is it from a position of knowledge or ignorance?

[jassi]

Oh most certainly ignorance. Since Ms Wall entered stage left, there hasn't been a peep out of them.

[pathfinder73]

The question posed in the title of this thread is impossible to answer at this stage.  We do not know what, if anything Redwood has personally achieved as we don't know precisely what Op Grange has uncovered to date.  It's easy to slag off his efforts but is it from a position of knowledge or ignorance?

Why was that wasteland spot searched when Smithman was seen going in the opposite direction? That seems a strange choice to me. If you were going to search in one area for a possible body location it has to be on top of the cliffs from Rocha Negra to the golf course. I thought mobile tracking on the night should give them a good idea if anybody was in that area of PDL.

"A lady from an apartment across Rua Dr Gentil Martins, overlooking our little side gate, came over to speak to us. She said that the previous night she had seen a car going up the Rocha Negra – the black, volcanic cliff that dominates the village. There was a track leading to the Rocha Negra but nobody remembered ever having noticed any vehicle that far up in the daytime, let alone at night. This immediately conjured visions of Madeleine being disposed of somewhere on the overhanging cliff. I went to tell one of the police officers who was able to speak a little English. He was quite dismissive. It would have been one of the GNR men checking the area, he said." (Madeleine)

[Anna]

The question posed in the title of this thread is impossible to answer at this stage.  We do not know what, if anything Redwood has personally achieved as we don't know precisely what Op Grange has uncovered to date.  It's easy to slag off his efforts but is it from a position of knowledge or ignorance?

A fair point Alfred, but this thread has been sanctioned and therefore, the body of title is for  discussion, by all members who wish to participate.

[Alfred R Jones]

Why was that wasteland spot searched when Smithman was seen going in the opposite direction? That seems a strange choice to me. If you were going to search in one area for a possible body location it has to be on top of the cliffs from Rocha Negra to the golf course. I thought mobile tracking on the night should give them a good idea if anybody was in that area of PDL.

"A lady from an apartment across Rua Dr Gentil Martins, overlooking our little side gate, came over to speak to us. She said that the previous night she had seen a car going up the Rocha Negra – the black, volcanic cliff that dominates the village. There was a track leading to the Rocha Negra but nobody remembered ever having noticed any vehicle that far up in the daytime, let alone at night. This immediately conjured visions of Madeleine being disposed of somewhere on the overhanging cliff. I went to tell one of the police officers who was able to speak a little English. He was quite dismissive. It would have been one of the GNR men checking the area, he said." (Madeleine)

I have no idea, and nor do you.

[Mr Gray]

what has Redwood achieved is the question...we don't know is the answewr

[jassi]

On the other hand, we know what he hasn't achieved - any trace of Madeleine or an abductor.

[Alfred R Jones]

On the other hand, we know what he hasn't achieved - any trace of Madeleine or an abductor.

You know that for certain do you?

[jassi]

Of course not - Does anyone know anything for certain?

If evidence of Madeleine's whereabouts, dead or alive, had been found, I think we would probably have heard about it.

[Mr Gray]

Of course not - Does anyone know anything for certain?

If evidence of Madeleine's whereabouts, dead or alive, had been found, I think we would probably have heard about it.

so we don't know what redwood has found to date...that's certain