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wvgirl
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:29 pm |
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Police 'closing' Madeleine case
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are closing the case, Portuguese media have reported.
Her parents Kate and Gerry McCann are both official suspects in the inquiry, along with a third man, Robert Murat.
But two newspapers claim the police have said they plan to close the case because of a lack of evidence.
Madeleine, of Rothley, Leics, was three when she disappeared in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007. The family said they were awaiting confirmation of the reports.
The Correio da Manha newspaper said on Tuesday that sources within Portugal's judicial police said they "do not have sufficient evidence to allow formal charges to be brought against the McCanns in the disappearance of their daughter".
The Jornal de Noticias said the police did not have enough evidence to charge either the McCanns or Mr Murat with any wrongdoing.
"The police have not found the guilty," the paper added.
One newspaper said the case had already been closed, while another said the end of the investigation would be announced within the next few days.
The BBC's Alison Roberts, in Portugal, said reports suggested the case had been "archived" or shelved, meaning police would no longer devote resources to investigating it.
She said it could be reopened if new evidence emerged, but officers would not be actively working on it.
'Suffered enough'
The McCanns were declared official suspects - "arguidos" in Portuguese legal jargon - last September.
Their spokesman Clarence Mitchell told the BBC the couple did not know yet whether the reports were correct.
"If they are true, it's to be welcomed that Kate and Gerry are not to face any charges," Mr Mitchell said.
"It's quite right. They are innocent of any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance. They have suffered enough in this process.
"And surely the Portuguese authorities, if this is true, must lift their arguido status as a priority."
Mr Mitchell said the family wanted to know whether police now planned to stop searching for Madeleine.
Surely it's only humane and decent that information that could help find Madeleine comes to the investigators who will keep looking for her
Kate and Gerry McCann's spokesman Clarence Mitchell
If so, he said, all the information held by the police must be made public so the McCanns could carry on their own hunt.
"What happens to all those leads, all those contacts? There are thousands of pieces of information in those files," he said.
"What we don't want is that information to lie on a shelf somewhere gathering dust.
"Surely it's only humane and decent that information that could help find Madeleine comes to the investigators who will keep looking for her even if the police feel they can't."
The McCanns have their own "very sophisticated intelligence gathering operation", Mr Mitchell added.
Mr and Mrs McCann are due to go to the High Court on 7 July to ask a judge to order police files on the disappearance of their daughter to be released.
The BBC's correspondent said the period of judicial secrecy surrounding the case was due to end in August.
Briton Mr Murat lives with his mother in Praia da Luz close to the apartment where Madeleine was last seen. He strongly denies any involvement in her disappearance.
His lawyer Francisco Pagarete said he had heard nothing from the Portuguese authorities about the case being closed.
Asked whether he would welcome such a development, Mr Pagarete said: "Yes, we will, but it depends on the way it's going to be dropped.
"If it's going to be dropped because there's not enough evidence connecting my client to this case or if it's going to be dropped because Robert hasn't got any involvement in this case.
"Only the second way will make us happy."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/7482799.stm
Published: 2008/07/01 10:33:42 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
McCann family spokesman, Clarence Mitchell gives his reaction:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7482854.stm
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| gwen
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:48 pm |
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Thanks, Katie. Another sad case with no answers...
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| wvgirl
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:10 pm |
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Not Katie, but y/w  After I posted this, I've been reading at The 3 Arguidos and here's what one poster said about closing the case:
quark1 wrote:
Portuguese prosecutors CANNOT charge anyone until 'the investigation is closed'. Only when the 'investigation' is closed can charges be made. (because in Portugal no extra (or new) evidence can be added after someone has been charged.)
Therefore, the police have submitted their finding, the prosecutors will review it, they may decide that something needs 'following up' with more evidence, or they may decide that there is enough in the files for them to reach a decicion.
If they decide that they CAN make a decision based upon what the PJ have presented THEY WILL THEN CLOSE THE INVESTIGATION!
When the 'investigation' is closed, the prosecutors can then CHARGE the suspects! They CANNOT charge the suspects UNTIL the investigation is 'closed'!!
http://the3arguidos.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16994&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=275
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| wvgirl
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:18 pm |
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Also, this:
According to today's Diario de Noticias, there is still the possibility of more investigations, including the Tapas 7 to return to Praia da Luz for the reconstruction. For an English translation of this article from the Portuguese see the ROGATORY LETTERS, PJ EVIDENCE, AND RECONSTRUCTION thread at:
http://www.the3arguidos.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5525&p=446511#p446511
The original article can also be found at
http://dn.sapo.pt/2008/07/02/sociedade/ministerio_publico_pondera_mais_inve.html
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| gwen
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:18 pm |
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 So sorry, wvgirl...Thanks to you!
So someone may be charged when the case is closed...Interesting...
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| Black-Tulip
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:04 pm |
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/article1477927.ece
Kate's Maddie diaries leaked
Published: 28 Jul 2008
EXCERPTS from Kate McCann’s diary covering the first agonising weeks after daughter Maddie vanished have emerged.
They show that the desperate mum left messages asking PM Gordon Brown to “increase political pressure” to aid the search.
After he phoned 40-year-old Kate and husband Gerry, she noted that Mr Brown was “nice and supportive” — but that she “felt a bit emotional after”.
The pages were obtained from police files by a Portuguese paper.
Maddie, now five, went missing in the Algarve in May 2007.
Disgraced police chief Goncalo Amaral, 48, has made fanciful claims in his new book that it was impossible to conduct the inquiry due to political pressure brought by the McCanns.
Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night the claims were “distorted and ridiculous”.
Meanwhile, shameless Amaral said yesterday he may write another book about the case.
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| CherokeeKid
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:27 am |
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| wvgirl wrote: | Not Katie, but y/w After I posted this, I've been reading at The 3 Arguidos and here's what one poster said about closing the case:
quark1 wrote:
Portuguese prosecutors CANNOT charge anyone until 'the investigation is closed'. Only when the 'investigation' is closed can charges be made. (because in Portugal no extra (or new) evidence can be added after someone has been charged.)
Therefore, the police have submitted their finding, the prosecutors will review it, they may decide that something needs 'following up' with more evidence, or they may decide that there is enough in the files for them to reach a decicion.
If they decide that they CAN make a decision based upon what the PJ have presented THEY WILL THEN CLOSE THE INVESTIGATION!
When the 'investigation' is closed, the prosecutors can then CHARGE the suspects! They CANNOT charge the suspects UNTIL the investigation is 'closed'!!
http://the3arguidos.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16994&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=275 |
WOW! That is confusing! But also most interesting!
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