SCOTLAND YARD SQUAD HUNTING MADELEINE MCCANN COSTS £6,228 A DAY DAILY STAR SUNDAY

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SCOTLAND YARD SQUAD HUNTING MADELEINE MCCANN COSTS £6,228 A DAY
DAILY STAR SUNDAY

For 2011/12 the cost, which is being met by the Home Office, was £1,929,354
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31st March 2013
By Jonathan Corke

THE British police hunt for Madeleine McCann has cost at least £3.8million.

Scotland Yard has been investigating Madeleine’s 2007 disappearance in Portugal since May 2011.

And figures obtained by the Daily Star Sunday show the probe is costing around £6,228 a day.

The vast majority is being spent on wages, with 38 staff currently working on the inquiry, which is called Operation Grange.

As we have previously revealed, ­Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who led the Jill Dando ­murder inquiry, is overseeing the probe.

He has 28 detectives working for him, along with three of the UK’s top cold case specialists from the Metropolitan Police’s Murder Review Group.

There are also six members of police support staff involved.

The figures we have obtained suggest the cost of the investigation, which the Met describes as an “investigative ­review”, is rising.

For 2011/12 the cost, which is being met by the Home Office, was £1,929,354.

The figure for 2012/13 is £1,869,933 but this does not include January to March of this year. And based on daily costs over the past few months, the total bill is now likely to be well in excess of ­£4million.

The Met is recovering the cost, which includes thousands spent on flights to Portugal, from Home Secretary Theresa May’s department on a quarterly basis.

With the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron, she has asked the force to carry on the probe.

Madeleine, of Rothley, Leics, was just three when she vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

Earlier this month it emerged the police in Cyprus had alerted Interpol after a Briton claimed to have seen a girl who looked like Madeleine in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa.

But there has yet to be any positive news regarding the sighting.

Madeleine’s parents Kate, 45, and Gerry McCann, 44, remain hopeful their daughter can be found.

After the Portuguese police shelved their probe, the couple had to rely on private investigators in the hope of a breakthrough.

But following high-level diplomatic talks with the Portuguese authorities, in 2011 the Metropolitan Police agreed to review the case.

And the force has told us it still has a large team involved.

In responding to a Freedom of ­Information request, the Met said: “A major investigation team is assigned to Operation Grange.

“This is made up of one detective chief inspector, three detective inspectors, five detective sergeants, 19 detective ­constables, six police support staff.

“The MIT is assisted by three murder review group officers.

“Staff numbers are open to change depending on the needs of the ­review.

“The MIT also continues to work on its existing outstanding ­homicide cases.”

It also confirmed that Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood is the senior investigating officer and that he is “supervised” by ­Detective Chief Superintendent Campbell “who has oversight of this investigation”.

What a wonderful gesture it would be if the grateful family were to contribute the publicly made donations towards the Scotland Yard search for their daughter, after all that was the reason for the donations to be made.

But obviously, legal costs will be uppermost in their minds at this time..........

Andy Redwood gave two scenarios...
1: That Madeleine was abducted in a stranger abduction & his team will work with the family...
2: That Madeleine is sadly dead...with no mention of working with the family,he does mention they will work in close collaboration with the investigative review team in Oporto, with which... he has an excellent relationship with

Anyone think option 1... has had its day yet?

Interesting maddy could be alive then why would they need these guys on the team...



“The MIT is assisted by three murder review group officers.

matthew wrote:Andy Redwood gave two scenarios...
1: That Madeleine was abducted in a stranger abduction & his team will work with the family...
2: That Madeleine is sadly dead...with no mention of working with the family,he does mention they will work in close collaboration with the investigative review team in Oporto, with which... he has an excellent relationship with

Anyone think option 1... has had its day yet?

No way Matthew, remember we're talking about SY and the UK Government both corrupt imo
Could this media rush on how much the case is costing while in a triple dip recession make Cameron decide to hurry the case along tell SY to draw a line under it and the docs walking off Scott free, I wouldn't be surprised!

Cameron is getting loads of bad press at the mo, this could be one problem he could resolve, and secure votes from the pros and the gullible UK public who believe the docs every word.

A two year old child could die because the NHS is, in October, refusing to foot the bill for medication to keep this child alive and an MP said....'I think the parents will be disappointed '.


Disappointed......if that were MY child i would be DISGUSTED that 3B is going to be spent on glass.....BILLIONS spent on the Olympics and yet they use the word DISAPPOINTED in the same sentence as the child will DIE if not given this medication which cost £250,000.


Don't get me on about this 3.4m...it's disgusting spending this money on trying to find a 'scenario' to go with the 'abduction' theory, disgusting.


Their THICKOS the lot off them and should be ashamed off themselves....and the Mccanns should foot the bill, isn't that whey SHE wrote the book?

Over £6,000 and rising whilst the investigation looking for April Jones will close soon, as they have looked at every location possible. Why is the investigation into misisng Madeleine still continuing, how many years later, and at a huge cost which could go elsewhere. jimo.

As usual with these Sunday morning specials, one asks oneself what effect it is supposed to create in the mind of the reader. It must have been chosen for a reason because the review finances are not a news item right now. And the Star cites a FOI request but only says that it 'obtained' figures gleaned from it, not that it actually instigated it.
So would the Star readers' breakfast convo be expected to go something like this:

All this money being spent on that search for that kid.
Yeah, it's disgusting. They've been at it for ages and come up with nothing.
Money down the drain. When you think what they could have spent it on ...
How long has our Gran been waiting for her operation now?
Not to mention her home help. That's gone up a fiver.
Somebody should complain about this. It could go on forever, chucking our money away.
I think we get on to our MP ...

Well, I see things in quite a different way.
What seems like a vast sum of money is nothing compared to some other governmental wheezes. It is money that probably would be ring-fenced and not be allowed to be used for any other purpose.
If it helps bring the perpetrators to justice, that's fine by me (as someone who has spent six long, weary years wishing that someone would do just that).
Madeline will get justice. McCann sceptics will no longer be insulted, stalked or taken to court and made to suffer. We will once again be able to choose what we can write and what we can read without threatening letters and blatant censorship.

I reckon that's a good deal, by anyone's standards.
But maybe the McCanns, who are being kept well out of the loop, think that it's time the review was brought to an end before the boys in blue latch on to something that no miscreant could wriggle out of.
And the way to achieve this is to play on people's notions of waste compared with the state of their own moth-ridden wallets. Nice try, but ......

NEXT!!!

No way Matthew, remember we're talking about SY and the UK Government both corrupt imo
Could this media rush on how much the case is costing while in a triple dip recession make Cameron decide to hurry the case along tell SY to draw a line under it and the docs walking off Scott free, I wouldn't be surprised!

Cameron is getting loads of bad press at the mo, this could be one problem he could resolve, and secure votes from the pros and the gullible UK public who believe the docs every word.[/quote]

Why bother with the review in the first place?...im sure a patsy could of been found by now..if needs be
The Oporto review wth Helena Monteiro in charge working in collaboration with SY, fits where in a whitewash?
The McCanns are a national liability & this case needs resolving..all the pieces of the jigsaw are there...just making them fit for a successful prosecution is the reviews option 2..imo
Time will tell..& pretty soon, lets hope

Kitti - I saw that little girl on the news and it was heartbreaking. When you think of all these greedy Mp's who claim thousands on their expenses they have no experience of what goes on in the real world. Their weekly food allowance is more than some people earn. Disgraceful.

Wouldn't it be a lovely gesture if the drug company 'donated' the treatment. They make a fortune and I think the little girl's treatment at the mo is being trialled. If the drugs stop she'll spend so much time in hospital and that will cost money.

I also agree with the comments about the review being money well spent if it brings the perpetrators to justice. If it doesn't it will truly be a criminal waste of taxpayers money. We have to stay strong and keep getting the truth out there. Refer people to the info online etc. and pray justice is coming!

Daniel Entwhisle...remember him......went missing in may 2003...3 months later....the police came to the conclusion as his bike was found near a canal, he must off fell in...the end.


3 months...thats it.

Aren't we getting an update on the case after Easter? I seem to have read somewhere.

kitti wrote:Daniel Entwhisle...remember him......went missing in may 2003...3 months later....the police came to the conclusion as his bike was found near a canal, he must off fell in...the end.


3 months...thats it.

It was 3rd May 2003 when Daniel disappeared; a reminder of how "normal" missing children cases are dealt with.

http://digitaljournal.com/article/301411

It seems to me that by regularly bringing up the cost of this review the press are actually provoking discussion of the case, thus keeping it in the public's consciousness. Allowing readers' comments enables them to monitor the state of public opinion. Since the press have to all intents and purposes been rendered impotent by the McCanns' use of every legal trick at their disposal - making it impossible to publish anything which does not toe the party line i.e. has not been penned by Mitchell, reporting on peripheral matters such as the review is the only option. I'm pleased to see the press in watching and waiting mood and having a little dig at the Macs from time to time. "Don't you forget about me"... we haven't and neither have the press or the general public.

matthew wrote:Andy Redwood gave two scenarios...
1: That Madeleine was abducted in a stranger abduction & his team will work with the family...
2: That Madeleine is sadly dead...with no mention of working with the family,he does mention they will work in close collaboration with the investigative review team in Oporto, with which... he has an excellent relationship with

Anyone think option 1... has had its day yet?

If we are going to have a repeat of last year's circus, with the McCanns giving lack-lustre press conferences and SY giving us two options as to Maddie's possible status - which we have worked out for ourselves. Based on statistics the likelyhood that she is dead if taken by a paedophile is 99.999999999%.
The third possibility is quantum physics where she can be both a wave and a particle depending on who is looking in the box.
I don't think Redwood will go there.

PJ knew on 4th may that the Mccanns were lying.


By September...less than 6 months later the Mccanns were made arquidos in the death and hiding off their 3 year old daughter .


In less than 6 months the PJ had worked the case 24/7 and come to THAT conclusion in corroboration with the British police that Madeleine is DEAD.


3 YEARS down the line, the MET and SY... Supposedly the BEST police force in the world....can't find anything to corroborate ...together .....the 'abduction' theory....they have supposedly gone through it with a fine toothcombe and STILL they say she could be dead or she could be alive ..nothing , absolutely NOTHING in the files that says she could be alive apart from the Tapas 9 saying she is alive Including the Mccanns and EVERYTHING pointing to the death off a child.


Come on now SY, get your finger out....get a move on, your probably sitting their now thinking to yourself 'look chaps, there must be someone we can pin this on, there must be a swarthy 'non Paedophile', don't forget chaps she's alive and being well cared for, well dressed, nicey nicey childless man, doing a favour for his unhappy childless wife, don't forget he can't be found to be prosecuted as he's fell off the face off the earth, he will remain nameless as it's in the citizens national Interest to do so....MI5 and MI6 chaps, plus Madeleine is soooooo happy now with a different name and loving parents and it would be so wrong to wrench her away from her new brothers and sisters and Kate and Gerry have agreed to that too'....Right men, who we got in
Mind?

kitti wrote:PJ knew on 4th may that the Mccanns were lying.


By September...less than 6 months later the Mccanns were made arquidos in the death and hiding off their 3 year old daughter .


In less than 6 months the PJ had worked the case 24/7 and come to THAT conclusion in corroboration with the British police that Madeleine is DEAD.


3 YEARS down the line, the MET and SY... Supposedly the BEST police force in the world....can't find anything to corroborate ...together .....the 'abduction' theory....they have supposedly gone through it with a fine toothcombe and STILL they say she could be dead or she could be alive ..nothing , absolutely NOTHING in the files that says she could be alive apart from the Tapas 9 saying she is alive Including the Mccanns and EVERYTHING pointing to the death off a child.


Come on now SY, get your finger out....get a move on, your probably sitting their now thinking to yourself 'look chaps, there must be someone we can pin this on, there must be a swarthy 'non Paedophile', don't forget chaps she's alive and being well cared for, well dressed, nicey nicey childless man, doing a favour for his unhappy childless wife, don't forget he can't be found to be prosecuted as he's fell off the face off the earth, he will remain nameless as it's in the citizens national Interest to do so....MI5 and MI6 chaps, plus Madeleine is soooooo happy now with a different name and loving parents and it would be so wrong to wrench her away from her new brothers and sisters and Kate and Gerry have agreed to that too'....Right men, who we got in
Mind?

Unless you are aware of something that I am not then you have no idea what the 'met and SY' know or don't know as they haven't released any information.

Yes, so far what I have seen/read/heard from SY was their statement that Madeleine could be alive or sadly dead. The end.

And they will make a statement around mccann "anniversary". What sounds like McPR to me.

And it also has been mentioned that the result will not be published.


That's all I know.

weissnicht wrote:Yes, so far what I have seen/read/heard from SY was their statement that Madeleine could be alive or sadly dead. The end.

And they will make a statement around mccann "anniversary". What sounds like McPR to me.

And it also has been mentioned that the result will not be published.


That's all I know.

Here lies the problem.. If they are using Public Funds at the behest of the Prime Minister to 'review' their child's disappearance, then the results should be made available in the public domain. After all they have used publicly donated funds to promote the search for Madeleine for mortgage payments, trips around the world and to persecute and sue anyone who disagreed with their version of what actually happened.

Loopdaloop wrote:

kitti wrote:PJ knew on 4th may that the Mccanns were lying.


By September...less than 6 months later the Mccanns were made arquidos in the death and hiding off their 3 year old daughter .


In less than 6 months the PJ had worked the case 24/7 and come to THAT conclusion in corroboration with the British police that Madeleine is DEAD.


3 YEARS down the line, the MET and SY... Supposedly the BEST police force in the world....can't find anything to corroborate ...together .....the 'abduction' theory....they have supposedly gone through it with a fine toothcombe and STILL they say she could be dead or she could be alive ..nothing , absolutely NOTHING in the

files that says she could be alive apart from the Tapas 9 saying she is alive Including the Mccanns and EVERYTHING pointing to the death off a child.


Come on now SY, get your finger out....get a move on, your probably sitting their now thinking to yourself 'look chaps, there must be someone we can pin this on, there must be a swarthy 'non Paedophile', don't forget chaps she's alive and being well cared for, well dressed, nicey nicey childless man, doing a favour for his unhappy childless wife, don't forget he can't be found to be prosecuted as he's fell off the face off the earth, he will remain nameless as it's in the citizens national Interest to do so....MI5 and MI6 chaps, plus Madeleine is soooooo happy now with a different name and loving parents and it would be so wrong to wrench her away from her new brothers and sisters and Kate and Gerry have agreed to that too'....Right men, who we got in
Mind?

Unless you are aware of something that I am not then you have no idea what the 'met and SY' know or don't know as they haven't released any information.

'she could be alive she could be dead'.....now anyone with an ounce off sense will think to themselves....that mans an idiot........most did



When it comes back that the MET and SY Agree with the PJ that Madeleine died and the parents hid the body THEN and only THEN will I look at the MET and SY with different eyes and I will apologise.


Until then I am entitled to have my opinion on them going by what they have said so far....


It doesn't take three years and 4m to come to the conclusion that the Mccanns are liars and know what happened to their daughter.


I hope in this time they are building a strong case against them which includes fraud and we all know how long that takes don't we.

Personally I think this review is a disgraceful waste of public money and since it is public money then the public should be informed of any findings, but of course they won't be and if the public are told anything then no doubt it will be just "flannel". There will be nothing new found because unless the Mccanns and their friends are questioned again there will be nothing new to find, and we all know that won't happen. If by chance anything new did come to light then I believe it would be swept under the carpet, official secrets act brought into play and that would be that, far too many high profiles to be embarrassed and made to look stupid. You only have to look at the Jimmy Saville affair to realise how much corruption and covering up goes on and as far as I am concerned the Mccann affair is not so different.

mara thon wrote:Personally I think this review is a disgraceful waste of public money and since it is public money then the public should be informed of any findings, but of course they won't be and if the public are told anything then no doubt it will be just "flannel". There will be nothing new found because unless the Mccanns and their friends are questioned again there will be nothing new to find, and we all know that won't happen. If by chance anything new did come to light then I believe it would be swept under the carpet, official secrets act brought into play and that would be that, far too many high profiles to be embarrassed and made to look stupid. You only have to look at the Jimmy Saville affair to realise how much corruption and covering up goes on and as far as I am concerned the Mccann affair is not so different.

anything other than the tapas and mcanns being hauled in at the same time to be questioned about what happened during all of the holiday will imo be deemed as a white wash -- the uk public would expect this line in any review enqiry or whatever you want to call it

kitti wrote:

Loopdaloop wrote:

kitti wrote:PJ knew on 4th may that the Mccanns were lying.


By September...less than 6 months later the Mccanns were made arquidos in the death and hiding off their 3 year old daughter .


In less than 6 months the PJ had worked the case 24/7 and come to THAT conclusion in corroboration with the British police that Madeleine is DEAD.


3 YEARS down the line, the MET and SY... Supposedly the BEST police force in the world....can't find anything to corroborate ...together .....the 'abduction' theory....they have supposedly gone through it with a fine toothcombe and STILL they say she could be dead or she could be alive ..nothing , absolutely NOTHING in the

files that says she could be alive apart from the Tapas 9 saying she is alive Including the Mccanns and EVERYTHING pointing to the death off a child.


Come on now SY, get your finger out....get a move on, your probably sitting their now thinking to yourself 'look chaps, there must be someone we can pin this on, there must be a swarthy 'non Paedophile', don't forget chaps she's alive and being well cared for, well dressed, nicey nicey childless man, doing a favour for his unhappy childless wife, don't forget he can't be found to be prosecuted as he's fell off the face off the earth, he will remain nameless as it's in the citizens national Interest to do so....MI5 and MI6 chaps, plus Madeleine is soooooo happy now with a different name and loving parents and it would be so wrong to wrench her away from her new brothers and sisters and Kate and Gerry have agreed to that too'....Right men, who we got in
Mind?

Unless you are aware of something that I am not then you have no idea what the 'met and SY' know or don't know as they haven't released any information.

'she could be alive she could be dead'.....now anyone with an ounce off sense will think to themselves....that mans an idiot........most did



When it comes back that the MET and SY Agree with the PJ that Madeleine died and the parents hid the body THEN and only THEN will I look at the MET and SY with different eyes and I will apologise.


Until then I am entitled to have my opinion on them going by what they have said so far....


It doesn't take three years and 4m to come to the conclusion that the Mccanns are liars and know what happened to their daughter.


I hope in this time they are building a strong case against them which includes fraud and we all know how long that takes don't we.

Totally agree with Kitti well said too