Leicester Mercury - McCanns meet Home Secretary.

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McCanns meet Home Secretary to discuss missing daughter Madeleine

Monday, March 08, 2010, 09:30


Kate and Gerry McCann have met Home Secretary Alan Johnson to discuss the search for their missing daughter Madeleine.
The meeting has led to speculation that the entire Madeleine McCann case will be reviewed and police will be asked to look again at all the evidence.
A spokesman for the Home Office said the couple, from Rothley, had a private meeting with Mr Johnson.
It comes two weeks after Mr and Mrs McCann called on the Home Office to help improve co-operation between Portuguese and UK authorities.
At a press conference held on February 19, they said they felt let down by international protocols which meant that Leicestershire police had to pass any leads to their Portuguese counterparts – who have closed the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance. As a result, they said tip-offs and leads were ignored.
A Home Office spokesman told the Leicester Mercury yesterday: "We can confirm that the Home Secretary had a private meeting with Kate and Gerry McCann.


"Leicestershire police stand ready to co-ordinate and complete inquiries if further information comes to light in the UK, or if requested to do so by the Portuguese authorities, who continue to lead on the overall investigation."

At the press conference, Mr McCann spoke about his desire for a review of the case.
He said: "We want the authorities to work together. It is an international case, and always has been. I think people are reluctant to undertake a review because there's been difficult, sensitive issues.
"But Madeleine's rights should be put first. She's missing, she's innocent and whoever's taken her is still out there, and that has to be of paramount importance."
Madeleine was three when she disappeared from the family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007.
Her parents have employed private detectives to help find her.
On Saturday, Mr and Mrs McCann hit out at the release by Portuguese police to British newspapers of previously unseen files on her disappearance.
The 2,000-page dossier detailed dozens of possible sightings of Madeleine, from CCTV footage of a girl resembling her in New Zealand to a report of a small blonde girl being dragged along the road to Faro airport in the Algarve - an hour's drive from Praia da Luz - on the night Madeleine vanished.
A statement released by Kate and Gerry McCann said: "Disclosing such information publicly greatly jeopardises the search for Madeleine and puts witnesses and innocent members of the general public at risk (as well as causing them great anxiety).
"Release and publication of information in this manner also potentially compromises future investigations. It is difficult to see how anyone benefits from this week's actions."



They really are not listening are they! The Portuguese authorities are not leading, they are marking credible leads and information as irrelevant and the person making this decision believes Madeleine is dead! Jeez how many more times has it got to be spelt out to them!

"Leicestershire police stand ready to co-ordinate and complete inquiries if further information comes to light in the UK, or if requested to do so by the Portuguese authorities, who continue to lead on the overall investigation."

How can the Leic police make such a ridiculous statement.
The Portuguese are not leading the investigation, there is NO INVESTIGATION.

Leicester police, open your eyes: there is no investigation from PJ. Do you think if there was a proper investigation, such dossier which was found by Mrs. Isabel Duarte, had not being labelled "not relevant", and would certainly not kept hidden? Even I or any can person, why can´t you? So, what is really needed, immediately is: Scotland Yard in Praia da Luz, with the PI´s assistance, to help find this little girl, who needs to be returned to her home. And don´t get excuses about the stupid protocol, because the protocol for me is a lot of crap.

dianeh wrote:

"Leicestershire police stand ready to co-ordinate and complete inquiries if further information comes to light in the UK, or if requested to do so by the Portuguese authorities, who continue to lead on the overall investigation."

How can the Leic police make such a ridiculous statement.
The Portuguese are not leading the investigation, there is NO INVESTIGATION.

GGGRRRR I specifically stated in my letters and emails...."Do not reply saying that this is a Portuguese Investigation"..........because this is a MISSING BRITISH CHILD many of us are concerned about.................No one has answered me yet............

Pedro Silva wrote:Leicester police, open your eyes: there is no investigation from PJ. Do you think if there was a proper investigation, such dossier which was found by Mrs. Isabel Duarte, had not being labelled "not relevant", and would certainly not kept hidden? Even I or any can person, why can´t you? So, what is really needed, immediately is: Scotland Yard in Praia da Luz, with the PI´s assistance, to help find this little girl, who needs to be returned to her home. And don´t get excuses about the stupid protocol, because the protocol for me is a lot of crap.

Oh have received one reply today from my MP....Not sure there is much point engaging with him though as I think he is stepping down soon........

Dear Mrs....

Thank you for your letter.

I don't think that Madeleine McCann has been forgotten fo one moment. I am sure you will recall that UK Police at a very senior level have assisted the Portuguese Police in these enquiries. Yours....
CAN SOMEONE REMIND ME WHO THE SENIOR LEVEL UK POLICE WERE???????

OK Mr MP man.........who is looking now? Geez