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scandanavian_haven
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The Government's £95,000 grant to Operation Grange, announced two weeks ago, was seen by some people as a final stay of execution for the probe.
However, Mr Duthie insisted that the investigation may continue into 2017, saying: 'I imagine that if we have not completed our inquiries within six months we will go back to the Home Office and ask for more money.'



I find this staggering, has there ever been as much money and time looking for one child ? I'm sure there is a fund set up for her which has about 2 million pounds, not sure why tax payers money is needed, Ben Needham's family must be particularly bemused, every now and then this story is kick started by Scotland Yard detectives who it seems do enjoy their summer trips to the Algarve all expenses paid. This 100k would pay for 4 or 5 nurses salary instead their going to dig up more scrubland.
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Report brain dead jockeys April 18, 2016 7:56 PM BST
you should never post negative comments about money being spent to search for missing children............
Report scandanavian_haven April 18, 2016 8:03 PM BST
I think enough money has been spent, a disproportionate amount, especially when there is already a designated fund for this very purpose
Report charwell. April 18, 2016 8:13 PM BST
Wish they'd spent a few quid looking a bit nearer to home at the time............
Report Ibrahima Sonko April 18, 2016 8:20 PM BST
Must be hard to handle for all the other families with missing children at this current time.
Report ebulGery April 18, 2016 8:38 PM BST
brain dead jockeys  • April 18, 2016 7:56 PM BST
you should never post negative comments about money being spent to search for missing children............


Some of this think that perhaps parent ought to look after their own children. If the Mccan's had done that she would still be with them.

Enough public money has been spent, nobody else gets this...we will never find her now.
Report ebulGery April 18, 2016 8:40 PM BST
What is the cost of a baby sitter...to your child's life?
Report akabula April 18, 2016 9:22 PM BST
Ebul that's a pic of the Gif I mentioned on the other thread.
Reminded me of you. Laugh

Report Burton-Brewers April 18, 2016 9:30 PM BST
ExcitedGrin
Report ebulGery April 18, 2016 9:48 PM BST
akabulaLaughLaughLaughLaugh
Report Burton-Brewers April 18, 2016 9:49 PM BST
on your own tonight EG?
Report ebulGery April 18, 2016 9:56 PM BST
I have a cat

For some reason women don't like me, I have never understood whySad

I bath once a year, I would allow them time off from doing all my housework one afternoon a week

I may even buy them a bunch of flowers if they did not cost too much, can't say fairer than that
Report Burton-Brewers April 18, 2016 9:59 PM BST
you'd have more success if you stopped boring them with all your Karl Marx books
Report Burton-Brewers April 18, 2016 10:02 PM BST
anyway have a nice evening I'm off as I have just noticed the attention seeking alky has logged in
Report scandanavian_haven April 18, 2016 10:13 PM BST
Might help ebul if you stopped stalking themLaugh
Report ebulGery April 18, 2016 10:47 PM BST
How do I stalk women scandanavian?????

I tell you my opinion of women that is not stalking, of course I am a misogynist

Women have never persuaded me not to be one???????
Report scandanavian_haven April 18, 2016 11:28 PM BST
a joke gery.
Report akabula April 18, 2016 11:30 PM BST
brain dead jockeys
you should never post negative comments about money being spent to search for missing children


At some stage you do have to admit defeat, you can't go on for ever throwing money at the search.
BTW not sure what the extra £95k is for but it it's just a fraction of the costs in manpower.
Report guinness2dear April 18, 2016 11:36 PM BST
Pays for the speedos suncream and hookers..
Report akabula April 18, 2016 11:37 PM BST
Well that's Gerry taken care of.
Report xmoneyx April 19, 2016 3:36 AM BST
can we start now crowdfunding for the silver anniversary

police beach food & bar bill needs paying
Report ebulGery April 19, 2016 10:43 AM BST
Laugh
Report Johnny_Mustang April 19, 2016 10:55 AM BST
You lot are a disgrace.
Report ebulGery April 19, 2016 11:39 AM BST
By continuing this investigation are the police going to be any nearer finding what happened to Maddie

or apprehending a suspect?

They should not be investigating for the sake of investigating, this is a serious waste of public money.

Of course if there is any fresh evidence or they have some new investigation technique then they re open the case

that is normal procedure.

There have been plenty of unsolved crimes one does not keep investigating them forever, this is ridiculous.

One should only do this if there is a reasonable chance of solving the crime.
Report xmoneyx April 19, 2016 11:49 AM BST
looking forward to the grab a gran police anniversery dance,algarve,in 40 years time
Report ebulGery April 19, 2016 12:44 PM BST
Laugh
So are they xmoneyx

If they wish to continue this investigation, the police need to be asked one question

When do they hope to make an arrest?

They cannot continue this investigation unless they are believe they are closing in on the suspect.

This is the job of police, they are paid to solve crime, so when are they going to do it in this case?

If they can solve this crime then do it otherwise they should have the honesty to admit they cannot.

It is reasonable to ask the police to do the job that they are paid for. The police must issue a progress report

and what they are hoping to achieve before they get any more public money.
Report leazes67 April 19, 2016 4:58 PM BST
Goncalo Amaral has won his appeal against McCanns in the libel trial.Will not now have to pay $500,000 damages.
Good for him.
Report ebulGery April 19, 2016 5:04 PM BST
Happy
Report xmoneyx April 19, 2016 5:40 PM BST
won appeal

bbc kept that quiet
Report xmoneyx April 19, 2016 5:42 PM BST
http://algarvenewswatch.blogspot.co.uk
Report akabula April 19, 2016 7:09 PM BST
won appeal
bbc kept that quiet


Never knew that but not surprised it hasn't been widely publicised.
Report Wesdag April 19, 2016 7:30 PM BST
Yeah, got that up on my twitter feed.

Such news doesn't fit in with the narrative.
Report A_T April 20, 2016 7:47 PM BST
Wonder how much money Leaving No Stone Unturned Limited has to pay for another appeal. Surely most of it's funds have gone towards the tireless search for Maddie.
Report GRANTCKING April 20, 2016 8:23 PM BST

Apr 18, 2016 -- 7:56PM, brain dead jockeys wrote:


you should never post negative comments about money being spent to search for missing children............


u pay for it then, theyve had way more than their fair share, its a joke

Report crags April 20, 2016 10:33 PM BST
It is right that they should still be searching for Maddie. Money is still being spent on looking for Ben Needham, and he's been missing for about 25 years.
Report akabula April 20, 2016 10:39 PM BST
Ben Needams Mum was given a one off sum last year to start a proper search.
Was £700k or thereabouts whilst more than £10m has gone into the search for Madeleine.
When do you stop?
Report ebulGery April 21, 2016 12:08 AM BST
I agree akabula

These cases are not closed. They are kept open until some new evidence comes in.


When our police went out to Portugal they said they expected to be making arrests, nothing since?

The truth is they are no further forward than the Portuguese Police were years ago are they???????????????

What is there left to do they have not done, or are they going to investigate everybody in Portugal?

This is ridiculous, there is no point in investigating for the sake investigating, the evidence is not there

to close this case, it may never be?
Report ebulGery April 21, 2016 12:10 AM BST
We have only just closed the Jack the Ripper case, but that was not of public funds, thank God!

The Mccans are rich enough to fund any enquiries if they want more?
Report crags April 21, 2016 12:11 AM BST
They are not rich. Why would you think they are?
Report akabula April 21, 2016 12:15 AM BST
Maybe not rich, I don't know, crags but they could certainly downgrade their home and use the cash for the fund.
Report ebulGery April 21, 2016 12:15 AM BST
They both have very well paid jobs, they have had enough off the rest of us including myself

Still they have just lost their libel case, so that is 500K they wont gettingHappy, but they have won others.

Seriously what on earth is there left to do??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Report crags April 21, 2016 12:22 AM BST
I don't think Mrs. McCann works now, does she? Certainly not in her old job.

Anyway, why would anybody begrudge these people any chance of finding their daughter? Money doesn't come into it, keep on trying even if there's only a slim chance.
Report ebulGery April 21, 2016 12:25 AM BST
If they had taken more care of her they would not have lost her in the first place!

I begrudge the McCanns everything. Have they ever admitted they were wrong to leave her on her own, anywhere?
Report akabula April 21, 2016 12:28 AM BST
Unfortunately it does though Crags. You have to weigh up expectations against cost.
Very little chance of a breakthrough now sadly.
Report crags April 21, 2016 12:28 AM BST
Nobody could have expected that she would be abducted, been through all this before.

Anyone would think that they'd left her asleep on a railway line the way you haters go on.

Fin.
Report akabula April 21, 2016 12:30 AM BST
If these 3 kids had been left in the charge of a babysitter and they had left to go to the pub because they felt the kids were safe what do you think would have happened to the babysitter and how do you think the general public would view them?
Report scandanavian_haven April 21, 2016 12:31 AM BST
I feel for the parents regardless of the hate they have received, but that's another story, the money however  handed out to them to aid this fund is way beyond the call of duty for the both the Investigation team and tax payers, you'd almost think she was a child from royalty. Nothing wrong with a private fund, which there is, being used by private investigators still searching, by constantly going back to the home office with the begging bowl whilst there are substantial cut backs in so many other areas is not on at all imo.
Report crags April 21, 2016 12:36 AM BST
Fook me, my last post, yet again...

I wouldn't want to trust a babysitter in a foreign land. Much prefer to check the children myself at regular intervals. Nobody would expect that any harm would come to them. This is tragic and the McCanns are devastated at what's happened. You haters don't really help and I must wonder why you are so hateful?

Goodnight.
Report scandanavian_haven April 21, 2016 12:37 AM BST
I agree crags in regards to the treatment of the parents themselves.
Report akabula April 21, 2016 12:40 AM BST
I think that hatred is driven by the fact that they created the situation that resulted in Madeleines disappearance and the arrogance that they have shown since.
Report ebulGery April 21, 2016 1:06 AM BST
Nobody would expect that any harm would come to them.

Well they were wrong! A pity they did not trust in a babysitter


the arrogance that they have shown since.

I agree akabula. I would have more sympathy for them if they admitted they were wrong to leave her.

I want to see some honesty from them, some human emotion that is all, otherwise why should anyone have sympathy for them?????

One cannot obtain forgiveness until one confesses one's sins.
Report tobermory April 21, 2016 2:07 AM BST
Nobody could have expected that she would be abducted, been through all this before.

Well indeed , especially as the circumstances of the abduction were totally unique.

Who would have thought a paedo would enter an apartment , find a defenceless child to abuse , and instead of abusing her right then when he has his chance , decides to carry off to wherever in plain view of dozens of people.

Or who would think a kidnapper would have gone in there and taken her and then just forgot to demand a ransom.

Or who could imagine that burglars would break in and then , instead of stealing various valuable items , would just grab a 3 year old child and take her away because they 'needed to silence her' ( actually the Mets main abduction theory).

Who on earth could possibly conceive of any of these scenarios being remotely plausible ? So yes abduction not something anyone could be expecting.
Report tobermory April 21, 2016 2:09 AM BST
The libel was reported i see in some papers.

The Mail comment section is about 12:1 green arrows for Amaral.
Report A_T April 21, 2016 7:39 AM BST
I wouldn't want to trust a babysitter in a foreign land.

they were happy enough to put the kids in the creche all day every day
Report leazes67 April 21, 2016 9:13 AM BST
What i find amazing is that they are still together,there must have been countless arguments and fights.
Gerry seems to be the control freak and Kate looks to have aged terribly lately.
Report xmoneyx April 21, 2016 11:33 AM BST
Maddie search at 90
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