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The top cop leading the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann is to retire, it emerged today.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who has led Operation Grange since it was launched in 2011, is to step down before Christmas. He will be replaced by Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall, who is currently with the homicide and major crime command, the Metropolitan Police said. Mr Redwood said: "After careful consideration and a full and rewarding career in the Met the time is right for me to move on. "The past three and a half years leading Operation Grange has been an extraordinary privilege, and I leave the investigation in the very capable hands of my experienced colleague Nicola." |
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more to come out me thinks?
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Wall has served 25 years at the Met, eight as a DCI, and heads up the Murder Investigation Team in west London. She's also a trained hostage and crisis negotiator. Married two years ago, her husband does contract work in the Middle East and she sees him sporadically. "We don't have children," she says briskly. "I've got the greatest respect for women who balance both - because that's fantastic - but I don't have to. And I've got a house in Putney, and I have a really nice life."
For Wall, there is no typical murder. No two jobs are the same. "We could end up with the Tia Sharp jobs of this world," she says of the 12-year-old whose body was discovered at her grandmother's house last August. "And then there are jobs that are equally as difficult as those, but that just somehow don't get that media spark." She usually has about six or seven live cases at any one time, and prides herself on her investigative speed; she is only partially joking when she attributes her low media profile to the fact "we solve cases so quickly nobody gets involved…" A diminutive peroxide blonde, with fine cheekbones and a faint Derbyshire accent, she cuts an unusual figure. "I'm a bit different," she admits. "The jury nearly fell over last time I was in the box!" She's glad that the current crop of TV detectives are not "as mumsy" as their forebears and has a small fondness for Saga Noren "because she's quite feminine, very glamorous, very pretty and very capable, too." As plainclothes officers, the detectives are united in their determination to look good. Wall especially enjoys playing with her femininity, if only to shake up the stuffier factions of the Met that still exist. "I usually wear a heel, and I always paint my nails," she says with a toss of her well-groomed head. "They usually brighten a day." |
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Copper not up to the job. Nowt new here. Move along. Shame the wazzock responsible for putting my partner away doesn't quit.
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If she was involved in the Tia Sharp case i wouldn't have too much confidence
 Do wonder exactly why Redwood is going . My guess is he hasnt been able to make a halfway credible case against any of the - dozens - of suspected 'abductors' and doesn't fancy looking elsewhere ..... |
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fine cheekbones = human bones
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maybe shes the photo-fit for Madeleine at 25.would save a bundle expenses
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Sunburnt
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Is she being interviewed by Playboy? If not what has her sexuality got to do with her nicking horrible scroats?
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Good to see you read Vogue toby
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A detective doesn't leave a case if he thinks there is an end in sight, probably got sick of sending people off on their jollys and done the respectable thing and retired.
New DCI will ride the gravy train instead. Nothing to see here. |
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Will new suspects be interviewed before or after Christmas?
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cant get anymore duty frees in the garage, will probably be selling **** and whiskey around his local pubs to fund his golf, well deserved book out in 18 months hopefuly casting some doubt on the macaans version of events,thats 2 senior detectives the maccaans have seen off
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bix 06 Dec 14 09:11 Joined: 08 Dec 02 | Topic/replies: 3,072 | Blogger: bix's blog
Will new suspects be interviewed before or after Christmas? 11 people to be interviewed on Monday by the Met, to be asked 253 questions. http://portugalresident.com/madeleine-met-returns-to-algarve-to-grill-brits-with-%E2%80%9C253-questions%E2%80%9D |
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Im worried that there going to find a Barry George to condone it all....................same geezer in charge
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Let's all hope that a further array of Pretendy Suspects can be found, so that UK police officers, worn out after spending all day investigating Pretendy "Hate" Crimes (rather than the mass-raping of white underaged girls up and down the country) can have a nice break maybe in Barbados, the Australian Gold Coast or The Bahamas. It's uncanny how the sightings of the "missing" Maddy are never in Pakistan or Somalia.
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They would be unlikely to be reported from those regions.
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must be hard after a day's work Portugal hitting the tapa bars
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this news has not just "emerged" it's been known about for months
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was it announced on crimewatch?
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get the new tricks team they are good on cold cases
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What happened to 'looking for a known burglar who will be arrested soon' which must have been 3 months ago?
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He didn't live in a warm foreign climate so no chance of being interviewed.
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for some time they have been leaking 'stuff' to the media in an attempt to justify continuing.
I am assuming the costs are covered by the fund that was built up. |
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Let's all hope that the new team leading the pretendy hunt already have a good relationship already with the UK Media, so that more ridiculous expeditions can be arranged to each other's mutual benefit. Keep that gravy-train steady on the tracks.
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I am assuming the costs are covered by the fund that was built up.
No Operation Grange is paid for by the taxpayer. |
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As it should be. It is, after all, an official police investigation.
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Well, the police left the Rotherham mob alone, so the McCanns have no worries about getting pulled in.
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Presumably the accounts of the fund are in the public domain.
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top dic leaves,private dic leaves,mitchel leaves, is there a crumbling of the pact signed in blood,me wonders
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The truth will out eventually.
When it does, the apologists & sympathisers will be quick to state they had their doubts all along. |
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!st Time. I think you can put it down to 'natural wastage'. People retire. Private detectives had some sort of financial disagreement, and generally, you can only expect that one's focus and dedication should wane with the passing of time.
It must be an incredible burden to try to keep the search 'active' with the added stress of media character assassination. I, personally, don't apologise OR condemn, but I DO sympathise...very much so. |
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We sympathise.
With Maddy. |
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And her siblings.
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It's sad that the McCann apologists and sympathisers never express any concern for Maddie.
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I'm pretty sure that they do. It would be very strange if they didn't. Perhaps you're being a little harsh in your assessment.
Personally, I feel sorrow for everybody involved in this in any way whatsoever. It can only have brought sadness and regret to everybody. |
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Why do people keep calling her maddie, it's just weird.
It's too lazy to call people apologists, because I can't see anyone apologising for anyone, only looking at all alternatives rather than having a closed mind |
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Why do people keep calling her maddie, it's just weird.
What's weird about it. I've seen numerous references to Madeleine as Maddie. I honestly don't see any issue with it. |