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PICTURES OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF MADELINE MCCANN 

HOMEPAGE EXPRESS-13-09-07 PHOTO GALLERY INDEX DR GONCALO AMARAL PHOTOS
 
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Ines Sequeira

Ines Sequeira, the chief state prosecutor covering Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished in May 2007. 49-year-old mother of four. She is based in a huge office in the grand marble-clad court house in Portimao, a large coastal town some 12 miles from Luz on the Algarve. Slim and stylishly dressed Ms Sequeira trained in Lisbon, where she is believed to have met her husband, now a judge. She was the main prosecutor in the town of Silves, 10 miles from Portimao for years, working on robberies, murders, sex offences and assaults.

Three women who could solve riddle of Maddie’s disappearance

Express 18-10 2014

Three women who could solve riddle of Maddie’s disappearance

Express 18-10 2014

 
Ana Paula Rito

Ana Paulo Rito, the criminal co-ordinator of the Policia Judiciaria in Portimao, the role once taken by Goncalo Amaral,

Three women who could solve riddle of Maddie’s disappearance

Express 18-10 2014

Three women who could solve riddle of Maddie’s disappearance

Express 18-10 2014

 
Helen Monteiro

Ms Helen Monteiro, who leads the Portuguese detectives' review of the case in Porto in the north of the country. Senior investigator Helen Monteiro, who is in charge of the Portuguese team based in Porto, has made it clear her officers are available to pursue any leads the Yard comes up with

YARD: WE CAN SOLVE MADDIE MYSTERY

Express-08-04-2012

Police to quiz two male suspects about missing Madeleine McCann
Express-07-12-2014

Three women who could solve riddle of Maddie’s disappearance

Express-08-10-2014

 
SCOTLAND YARD METROPOLITAN POLICE
 
Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall

Andy Redwood retires on 22 December 2014.
Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall will take over from him

A FRESH SHAKE-UP FROM THE MADELEINE CASE?

Investors Portugal 22-12 2017

Maddie Case: The child is missing since May 2007,
PGR (Attorney General) receives the English

CDM-14-03-2015

 

Madeleine McCann – witness questioning extended

Portugal News -11-12-2014

 
 

 

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METROPOLITAN POLICE IN PORTUGAL IMAGES 28-01-2014

Met return to Portugal 22 August 2014
Mirror-22-08-2014 Madeleine McCann: Police to return to Portugal as search reaches 'make or break' moment
 

Sally Richards and Tito

 
David Brake and Muzzy
 
 Luis Mota Carmo Head of the Policia Judiciaria in the Algarve
 
 Video and photos of Met police arriving in Faro 08 May 2014
 

Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley

Met Police 07 May 2014  Letter from AC Mark Rowley re Op Grange

 
Peter Kirkham Former Metropolitan Police detective chief inspector
 

Peter Bleksley

 
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, discusses progress in the Madeleine McCann case

radio 5 live-20-02-2014

Tweets from radio 5 live

 

Tweets from radio 5 live

 

 
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt

Metropolitan police Service Organisational structure May 2013

 
 
 
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood

CRIMEWATCH GERMANY 16-10-2013

CERTIFICATE XY on ZDF tv  Aktenzeichen XY on ZDF tv German
The McCanns with Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood and Presenter Rudi Cerne

 

We have all the pieces of the jigsaw': Madeleine McCann cop says they have “best opportunity” yet to solve mystery

MIRROR-25-04-2012

.Madeleine McCann: UK police 'seek to bring closure'

BBC-24-04-2012

Madeleine McCann – The Last Hope?

L-R) Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, Richard Bilton - (C) BBC

CUMBRIA CRACK 24-04-2012

CRIMEWATCH-14-10-2013

Digging Images 02-06_2014

 

Agents from the Scotland Yard and from the Spanish National Police

METROPOLITAN POLICE IN PORTUGAL IMAGES 28-01-2014

Scotland Yard searches for clues about Madeleine McCann in Barcelona

Elperiodico14-05-2011   

 
Jose de Freitas, DS Scotland Yard
 

Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson

Met chief denies McCann case claims

BELFAST-TELEGRAPH-26-05-2011
Maddie: Yard will hunt missing clues
SUN-14-05-2011
Leveson inquiry: Press speculation 'hindered' Madeleine McCann inquiry
JOURNALISM-28-03-2012

Madeleine McCann 'could be found alive' says Britain's most senior police officer

MAIL-17-05-2011
 

Antonio Teixeira, former chief inspector of the Judiciary Police Homicide Unit,

McCann Couple: Parents defy the police to investigate lead

CORREIO DA MANHA-07-07-12

AMARALS DOCUMENTARY
13-04-2009

 
 
South African – Stephen Birch

South African businessman challenges Robert Murat

CORREIO DA MANHA 1-
08-07-2012

McCann Couple: Parents defy the police to investigate lead

CORREIO DA MANHA-07-07-12

Robert Murat likely to sue South African businessman

DIARIO_DE_NOTICIAS-07-07-12

Birch talks to capetalk radio

CAPE TALK RADIO-06-07-2012

 
South African – Martin van Wyk

Another South African “Madeleine Finder” arrives in Portugal

TRUTH FOR MADELEINE
04-12-2009

Another South African “Madeleine Finder” arrives in Portugal

TRUTH FOR MADELEINE
04-12-2009

 

Respected ... kidnap inspector Ian Horrocks

Inside the twisted minds of the Madeleine McCann child snatchers

SUN-29-04-2012

Detective: Maddie McCann ‘may be alive’

SUN-03-07-2012

 
LENNY HARPER

Exclusive Footage of "Eddie" Cadaver Dog at HDLG.

VOICE FOR CHILDREN-10-03-2012

Exclusive Footage of "Eddie" Cadaver Dog at HDLG.

VOICE FOR CHILDREN-10-03-2012

 
Pedro do Carmo

Maddie 'unites' PJ and English police

CORREIO DA MANHA-09-09-2011

Radio interview with National Deputy Director of the Judiciary Police Pedro do Carmo

Joana Morais-13-03-2012

 
Marcelino Italiano

Madeleine McCann is in America – and I know who took her 

SUN1-18-02-2011

Sleuth tells cops: Maddie is in US.. I know who took her

SUN-18-02-2011

Club doorman tells Spanish police he knows who snatched Madeleine McCann
OLIVE PRESS-19-02-2011
 

ENGLAND UK

 
Colin Sutton

A team of up to 20 Leicestershire police officers are said to be looking into the McCanns' private lives on behalf of their Portuguese colleagues.

Murder chief for Maddie

NOTW-09-05-10

Murder chief for Maddie

NOTW-09-05-10

 
Matt Baggott Chief Constable

MATT BAGGOTT (Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police)
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has also spoken to the Chief Constable of Leicestershire, Matt Baggott, twice in the past fortnight (as at 16th September) about developments in the case. A police incident room is now in place in Leicester where up to 20 officers are said to be following up on requests from their Portuguese counterparts.

Matt Baggott Chief Constable 

Matt-Baggott-Names-As-New-Northern-Ireland-Police-Chief

Matt Baggott Chief Constable 

Leicestershire police 

Police chief leaving 'with a heavy heart'
 LEICESTER MERCURY-14-08-09

Matt Bagga-ot Leicestershire chief constable Leicestershire constabulary

Matt Baggott Chief Constable 

 Leicestershire police 

 
Leicester Constabulary
Maddy cops £22K bill for 196 jet trips
MIRROR-26-04-10

Leicester Constabulary

 
Chief Inspector Peter Neyroud
New Child Abduction Alert To Be Launched
SKY-04-04-10

Kate McCann attends re-launch of Child Rescue Alert system
ITN-25-05-10
Day 12 - Launch of International Missing Children's Day 25 May 2010
Find Andrew Thompson-26-05-10
Chief Inspector Peter Neyroud

page 4 International Missing Children’s Day 25 May 
page 5 Missing conference a resounding success 
Gerry McCann, the father of missing child Madeleine McCann, gave a moving after-dinner speech. He highlighted the humanity that’s essential when police and other services deal with the families of missing people.

PRESS JULY 2009
NPIA THE BUREAU ISSUE 4 JULY 2009 PDF FILE
 
David Lindley

David Lindley Deputy chief constable Leicestershire constabulary

David Lindley Deputy chief constable Leicestershire constabulary

 
MRS JUSTICE HOGG

MRS JUSTICE HOGG

 LEGAL PEOPLE PHOTOS

FAMILY LAW PDF FILES

7JULY08ADDRESS

JUDGEMENT0708

www.iflg.uk.com

COURT DATES COURT 20 - Mrs Justice
Hogg - Open Court 10.30am
07 July 2008

 
STEWART PRIOR CHIEF INSPECTOR LEICESTERSHIRE

STUART PRIOR (Detective Superintendent - Leicestershire Police)
Detective Superintendent Stuart Prior from the special operations unit of Leicestershire Police was involved in the meeting on 30th November 2007 with five members of the FSS and four forensic personnel from the PJ. He then returned from the Algarve on 6th March after three days of meetings with counterparts in Portugal about how fresh interviews would be conducted. Leicestershire Police said Det Supt Prior flew to Portugal to discuss the issue of mutual legal assistance, the process whereby evidence is gathered in one country to help an investigation in another.

 

Chris Eyre

CHRIS EYRE (Assistant Chief Constable - Leiecestershire Police)
Chris Eyre is the Assistant Chief Constable (Crime) in Leicestershire Constabulary and is currently the officer resonsible for coordinating the UK support to the Portuguese investigation into Madeleine's disappearance. Chris Eyre became Assistant Chief Constable at Leicestershire Constabulary in March 2005. He previously served in Kent Police as the Area Commander for Dover and Folkestone between 1997 and 2001.

Chris Eyre
Assistant chief constable Leicestershire constabulary

Chris Eyre
Assistant chief constable
Leicestershire constabulary

 

MARTIN GRIME

Barking the moment Maddie cops say made McCann's suspects

SUN 05-09-08

 

MARTIN GRIMES
DOGS PHOTOS
DOG HANDLER Martin Grime
11alive

 South York's police

 

Med Hughes

Med Hughes, South Yorkshire Chief Constable, with Keela

DOGS PHOTOS

Med Hughes, South Yorkshire Chief Constable, with Keela

DOGS PHOTOS
 
TONY CONNELL

TONY CONNELL (Crown Prosecution Service)
Tony Connell, a member of the Crown Prosecution Service’s special casework unit, has been advising the “Gold Group” of senior detectives at Leicestershire Police, which is investigating the Madeleine case. Mr Connell led the review which led to the conviction of Damilola Taylor’s killers

 
 
Gerry greets policeman

Gerry greets policeman

Madeleine: Now British police
ask if twins are 'at risk'

MAIL-11-09-07

Gerry greets policeman

PORTUGAL
 
PJ
Polícia Judiciaria

Judiciary irritated at British government

O DIABO-24-05-2011
 

Disillusioned Historical Officers Leave the Judiciaria
CORREIO_DA_MANHA-15-01-11
 
Irene Trovao
Assistant Specialist
 
 
Irene Trovão examines blanket at Odiáxer

o_apenso_4_Vol_2_p290
Vestiges Collected
1 blanket in a poor state of conservation, pink on one side and orange on the other.
Observations: From indications written to a Dutch newspaper.
Signed
Irene Trovao
files ref: blanket at Odiáxere
PJ File reference
 
Joao Manuel Goncalves Melchior Gomes

João Melchior Gomes via video-conference. He retired (November 2010) but has the title of Deputy Attorney General (AG) and is addressed as Procurador Geral Adjunto. He is the (only) person who effectively signed the AG Report.

Day 03 Witness 02 Joao Melchior Gomes: Libel Trial 19 September 2013
Melchior Gomes-19-09-2013
LUIS  ANTONIO NUNES NEVES

LUIS NEVES
Luis Neves, head of the DCCB, the Portuguese equivalent of the serious organised crime agency, SOCA. Credited with solving a high-profile kidnap case involving the ex-president of Sporting Lisboa football club.

Direccao Central  Combate  Bandistimo ( DCCB )
   
Sun-15-05-2018  MADDIE COP TOP JOB Police chief who made Madeleine McCann’s parents suspects now heads Portugal’s crime squad

 
JUDGE NORONHA DO NASCIMENTO
JUDGE NORONHA DO NASCIMENTO (Chairman of the Supreme Magistrates Council)

 
Dr Jose Magalhaes Meneses

JOSE CUNHA DE MAGALHAES
José Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses, a district attorney, who was charged with sifting through 10 boxes of evidence. Police handed their files to the Algarve-based prosecutor, José Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses, for him to decide whether to bring charges against Kate and Gerry McCann. He has the authority to move someone from arguido to formal suspect.

Dr Jose Magalhaes Menezes Prosecutor

Dr Jose Magalhaes Menezes Prosecutor

Public Prosecutor of the Portim''s court, Jos'Cunha de Magalh's e Menezes

Find the-body and prove we killed her

EXPRESS-13-09-07

 
Jose Anes ex-director of Lisbon’s  police lab

JOSE ANES (62) Year 2007 (Former-Director of Lisbon’s police laboratory)
Jose Anes, 62, blasted police procedures and said: “Mistakes in the early hours demolished the entire case.” The ex-director of Lisbon’s police lab highlighted the failure to seal off the McCanns’ holiday apartment after Maddie was reported missing on May 3. A series of blunders meant crucial evidence was lost forever. Remaining evidence was contaminated and made worthless. Mr Anes said: “If the scene is not preserved in the first hours, all the hours of effort that follow are useless. “I am utterly convinced — unless some new, concrete evidence suddenly emerges — the case will never reach trial.” He warned that even if it did go to court, a defence lawyer could easily get it thrown out because of doubts over contaminated evidence. Jose Anes is on the speaker's circuit for freemasons as a well-published author on the subject e.g. speaking at the "London Freeman' s Conclave ", of which he is a member, belonging to the Order of the "Holy Royal Arch Knights Tempar Priest/Order of Holy Wisdom.

Jose Anes ex-director of
Lisbon’s  police lab
Maddie probe is blasted
No one will ever stand trial

SUN-10-10-08

SUN-18-12-07

Jose Manuel Anes

Jose Manuel Anes
 
Alberto Costa PJ

ALBERTO BERNARDES COSTA (Minister of Justice)
Portugal Justice Minister, Alberto Costa, had to step in publicly to assure all parties that the relationship between the Portuguese and British police forces working on the Madeleine McCann case was still strong and of "beneficial co-operation."
Alberto Costa claimed that "it is important that all teams are focused on the investigation work and not on the comments" and was reacting to comments made by Gonçalo Amaral to a daily newspaper where he criticised British police action. Gonçalo Amaral, who has said he thought his statements were being made "off the record", had accused British police of "working exclusively on the information wanted by the McCanns and that suits them better.".


Mr Amaral's comments were made in relation to a report in the British media about an anonymous email sent to the official website of Prince Charles.
The email accused a former employee of the Ocean Club of being responsible for the abduction of Madeleine McCann in a revenge action to destroy the resort's credibility. But the PJ investigator said this information "had no credibility for the Portuguese police" and therefore "it was completely excluded" from the investigation.

Alberto Costa PJ

Alberto Costa PJ

 
Almeida Rodrigues
Almeida Rodrigues PJs National Director_on_the_right

Almeida Rodrigues is the new national director of the. Judiciary Police. He succeeds Alípio Ribeiro

 

 
VITOR (VICTOR) TAVARES  DE ALMEIDA

TAVARES ALMEIDA
A senior police officer in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has asked for an extended leave of absence. Chief Inspector Tavares Almeida's request, reported in the Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas, emerged after his boss, Goncalo Amaral, was taken off the case. It is reported that Mr Almeida has asked for a "licenga sem vencimento" - an extended period of absence, lasting between one month and a year, usually used for studying or training.

Original McCann PJ files statement for  Victor ( Vitor) Tavares de Almeida

Day 07 Witness 02 Victor (Vitor) Tavares de Almeida: Libel Trial 08 October 2013
 
TAVARES ALMEIDA
VIDEO LINK
 
Ana Paula Rito

Ana Paula Rito
substitutes Paulo Rebelo as the director of the Portimao's PJ 
24 Hrs 07 April 2009

Ana Paula Rito
substitutes Paulo Rebelo as the director of the Portimao's PJ 
24 Hrs 07 April 2009

 
Olegario-de-Sousa Chief inspector

OLEGARIO SOUSA
The best-known face in the case is that of chief inspector Olegario Sousa who acted as police spokesman until he stood down on September 16. Officially his role was no longer required, but it has been reported he resigned over leaks by his colleagues to the Portuguese media.

Who’s who in the Madeleine McCann case

FIRST POST 26-09-07

Olegario-de-Sousa Chief inspector.
WE KNOW WHO KILLED MADDIE

STAR-16-08-07

Madeleine police say 'no firm assurance' she is alive
HERALD-08-05-07

PORTUGAL
Olegario-de-Sousa Chief inspector

Maddie - A year in the darkness

SUN-28-04-08

May 10 2007: Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa of the Portuguese police speaks to t
he press in Portimao
Steve Parsons/PA

GUARDIAN PHOTOS

 
Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro Attorney General

PINTO MONTEIRO (Head of the Public Prosecution Service)
On 23rd November, Attorney General Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro said the publicity would have turned Madeleine into a “liability’’ for her snatcher.

Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro was born in 1942 in the village of Porto de Ovelha, council of Almeida, district of Guarda. He has a degree in Law from the Law Faculty of Coimbra University, he was a delegate for the Public Ministry in Idanha-a-Nova, Anadia, Oporto and Lisbon and a Law judge in Ponta do Sol, Alcacer do Sal, Loures, Torres Vedras and Lisbon. He was a at the Appeals Court of Lisbon and since 1998 he is a counselling judge at the Supreme Court of Justice. In October 2006 he was nominated Attorney General of the Republic by Cavaco Silva and Jose Sócrates. (Thanks to Astro for profile)

Maddie case opens war between PJ and the Public Ministry

SOL-04-05-2012

Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro Attorney General

Find the-body and prove
we killed her

EXPRESS-13-09-07

 
Goncalo Amaral

Goncalo Amaral photos

GONCALO AMARAL
Goncalo Amaral is head of Policia Judiciaria in Portimao. He stands accused of concealing evidence supporting allegations that his colleagues beat a confession out of Leonor Cipriano, the mother of another missing girl, in 2004. Amaral was removed from his post on October 2 following comments he made to a Portuguese paper the same day. He accused the British police of only following leads and information 'created' by the McCanns.

Did they expect me to confess to a crime they had made up?

SUN2-09-05-2011

Goncalo Amaral

Goncalo Amaral

TV Francisco Moita Flores
& Gonçalo Amaral

MEDIA PHOTOS

Parents' anguish for Maddie

SUN-06-05-07

Polícia Judiciara
Goncalo Amaral (left) and
Guilhermino Encarnacao (right)

 

Francisco Moita Flores

FRANCISCO MOITA FLORES
Francisco Moita Flores is a former detective with the Policia Judicaria, a television screenwriter, and the current elected Mayor of Santarém in Portugal (Social Democratic Party). He is married to the actress and producer Filomena Goncalves. He regularly contributes to the Portuguese newspaper, Correio da Manha, and to the Portuguese SIC TV news channel.

Libel trial Day 07 Witness 05 Francisco Moita Flores text from PDF 08-10-2013 

 
CORREIO DA MANHA-11-03-2012
“An Investigator Cannot Receive Phone Calls Such As In The Maddie Case”
DIARIO DE NOTICIA  29-08-2011
Francisco Moita Flores

MEDIA - TV PORTUGAL

CMTV 'Maddie Case Special' and 'Rua Segura' highlights
CMTV-19-11-2013
MEDIA - TV PORTUGAL
Francisco Moita Flores

MADELEINE: THE 26 PART
TV SERIES

Wikipedia 

EXPRESS-15-01-08

TV Francisco Moita Flores
& Gonçalo Amaral

MEDIA PHOTOS

 
 
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

left to right, (1)Pinto Nogueira, (2)Luis Armando, Bilro Summer (Bilro Verao) ( 3) Francisca Van Dunen,  (4)Braga Feared

 
 LUIS BILRO VERAO

 LUIS BILRO VERAO
Luis Bilro Verao, the public prosecutor. It was Verao who announced on September 20 that no new evidence had emerged to justify further interrogation of the McCanns at this stage

 
GUILHERMINO ENCARNACAO  (DIED AT DAWN 26-02-10 R.I.P.)
DEATHS

GUILHERMINO ENCARNACAO (59) Year 2007
Guilhermino Encarnacao is head of the Policia Judiciaria for the Algarve, Portugal's CID. Described as a 'desk strategist', he is the detective leading the enquiry into Madeleine's disappearance. He held an impromptu press conference on Saturday 5th May, in Portimao - and admitted his men were working on the assumption the case was an abduction with motives that could be sexual or to secure a ransom - which was unprecedented.

guilhermino encarnacao
DIED AT DAWN 26-02-10
joana-orais.blogspot.

Guilhermino Encarnacao
Head PJ Algarve

Parents' anguish for Maddie

SUN-06-05-07

Polícia Judiciara
Goncalo Amaral (left) and
Guilhermino Encarnacao (right)

Did they expect me to confess to a crime they had made up?

SUN2-09-05-2011

Guilhermino Encarncacao

Britons join search for lost toddler

Madeleine McCann mystery will be solved, say police

 
ALIPIO RIBEIRO Head of P.J. Lisbon

ALIPIO RIBEIRO
Hovering in the background has been Alipio Ribeiro, Portugal's most senior police officer and the national director of the Policia Judiciaria.
On 21/10/07 he was interviewed by El Pais:
Asked about the leaks from the Portuguese police:
"There has been, without doubt, but less than it would appear. The imagination of journalists has also worked hard. What is certain is that the police must have serenity to separate history, fantasy, as police. We can not get carried away with emotion, we must keep open all scenarios and walk step by step."
He confirms that the paedophile abduction theory came from the McCanns.
Asked about the McCanns' publicity campaign:
"First, we have never had insufficient means in this case, although it is true that excessive international concern has multiplied alleged sightings of the girl and red herrings to a level that would have been too high for any police of the world. Secondly, we still do not know the truth, so I could not make moral judgments on that campaign. I have no results yet, I do not know what happened that night."
Asked about the British press coverage:
"And it must be understood that the British press works that way. They said unjust things, but we could not react to this day, get to play ping pong, the Judicial Police against the British press. That game does not interest us."

Alipio Ribeiro Head of P.J. Lisbon

Paulo Rebelo & Alipio Ribeiro

Alipio Ribeiro
Head of P.J. Lisbon
Tapas Nine: The 14 key questions British detectives want answered

MAIL-24-10-07

Libel trial Day 03 Witness 03 Alipio Ribeiro text from PDF 19-09-2013

Alipio Ribeiro

Alipio Ribeiro
Q&A: The DNA evidence

TELEGRAPH-12-09-07

Paulo Rebelo & Alipio Ribeiro

 

 
 
Paulo Rebelo

PAULO REBELO (45)
Paulo Rebelo, an assistant national director of the Policia Judiciária (PJ), has been appointed as the head of the Madeleine McCann investigation. Officially his new role is the chief of the PJ criminal investigation department based in Portimao, which covers Praia da Luz. Rebelo made his career at the Central Directory for the Investigation of Drug Trafficking before being appointed one of four associate directors last year. He was head of the criminal investigation department in Lisbon which uncovered the notorious “Casa Pia” paedophile ring in 2002. Other high profile cases include the “Mea-Culpa” investigation into the death of 13 people in an arson attack. He headed the “Freeport case” in which a PJ officer was convicted of leaking details of a corruption investigation on the eve of the last parliamentary elections. Rebelo is said to be highly regarded. Colleagues say he is nice and a good communicator. He is close to the PJ’s national director, Alipio Ribeiro, who demoted the the previous head of the inquiry, Goncalo Amaral.

Is THIS how she was taken?
SUN-30-10-07
 
 
 

Paulo Rebelo & Alipio Ribeiro

Paulo Rebelo 2nd left

Paulo Rebelo

Paulo Rebelo & Alipio Ribeiro

Paulo Rebelo

McCann's rowed before snatch

MADELEINE SEDATIVE CLAIMS HURTFUL

SUN 06-08-08

EXPRESS-10-10-07

Disillusioned Historical Officers Leave the Judiciaria
CORREIO_DA_MANHA-15-01-11
Madeleine: Murat facing new quiz as police go back to square one
MAIL-30-10-07
 
Paulo Rebelo
Madeleine McCann disappearance flat still has no buyer after two years
MAIL-02-10-2010

Paulo Rebelo

MADDY: MAFIA FEAR

Now Madeleine Police Seize All Phone Records

EXPRESS-16-10-07

EXPRESS-20-12-07

McCann children 'were not alone in apartment'

TIMES_09-10-07

 

 
PORTUGAL MAYOR  Manuel  Domingues Borba

Portuguese mayor condemns McCann's: 'They are guilty of abandoning Madeleine AT LEAST'

MAIL-13-12-07

Portuguese mayor condemns McCann's: 'They are guilty of abandoning Madeleine AT LEAST'

MAIL-13-12-07

 
PORTUGUESE FORENSIC EXPERTS

On 29th November four members of the Portuguese investigation team met five experts from the Forensic Science Service (FSS) in Birmingham at Leicestershire Police headquarters to review and interpret the DNA results. The FSS had been conducting the tests for the Portuguese authorities for the last four months. Tests are said to have been conducted on blood samples, bodily fluids and hair found inthe Mrs McCanns' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz and in the car the couple hired 25 days after Madeleine disappeared on May 3. Leicestershire Police and the FSS both described the meeting as routine. A spokeswoman for the East Midlands force said: "Throughout the investigation there has been really good dialogue between the teams in Portugal and the UK but they felt it was a good time to sit down and talk face to face. They are not going to be interviewing anyone else. It is a routine meeting and then they will be going home." It is reported that Mark Williams-Thomas (a British ex-detective) also attended the meeting.

PORTUGUESE TEAM

Maddie cops row over DNA

MADELEINE: MCCANN'S ‘SPOILED CRUCIAL EVIDENCE’

SUN-06-12-07

EXPRESS-26-11-07

 
PORTUGUESE FORENSIC EXPERTS
 
 
Inspector Ricardo Paiva

RICARDO PAIVA
At the meeting, the PJ relied on Ricardo Paiva, one of the investigation's main officers. He is not head of the inquiry, but the inspector from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Portimao who is one of those who has been working closest with all the diligences. "He is, probably, the person who knows the process best", several sources with the investigation explained to Jornal de Noticias. This was not the first time that he had travelled to England for this case, as he worked with the British officers when they were in the Algarve supporting the investigation.

Kate McCanns comment from the Book Madeleine Page 250

Each time a dog gave a signal, Ricardo would pause the video and inform me that blood had been found in this site and that the DNA from the sample matched Madeleine’s. He would stare at me intently and ask me to explain this.These were the only times I didn’t respond with a ‘No

comment.’ Instead I said I couldn’t explain it, but neither could he. I remember feeling such disdain for Ricardo at this point. What was he doing? I thought. Just following orders? Under my breath, I found myself whispering,‘Fucking tosser, fucking tosser.’ This quiet chant somehow

kept me strong, kept me in control. This man did not

deserve my respect. ‘Fucking tosser . . .’

 
MAIL-13-1-10-dream

McCann affair: PJ Inspector caught in internet trap

CORREIO_DA_MANHA-10-03-2012

Kate McCanns comment from the Book Madeleine

SUN-11-03-2012

Did they expect me to confess to a crime they had made up?

SUN2-09-05-2011

Ricardo Paiva technicians from the PJ's-Scientific_Police_Lab
PJ TEAM
Libel trial Day 07 Witness 01 Ricardo Paiva text from PDF 08-10-2013 
Maddie cop ‘sent sex pics’ to Brit woman
SUN-11-03-2012
Madeleine: Murat facing new quiz as police go back to square one
MAIL-30-10-07
 
Inspector Ricardo Paiva

 
Fernando_Viegas

FERNANDO VIEGAS
Fernando Viegas is a technician from the Scientific Police Laboratory. He and Luis Viriato collected the residues that were found in the apartment and sent for testing at the Birmingham forensics laboratory last August.

from-the_PJ_Scientific Police-Lab Fernando_Viegas_technicians

 

PJ TEAM

 

 
Luis Viriato

LUIS VIRIATO
Luis Viriato is a technician from the Scientific Police Laboratory. He and Fernando Viegas collected the residues that were found in the apartment and sent for testing at the Birmingham forensics laboratory last August

Luis_ Viriato PJ_ Inspector
 

Luis_ Viriato PJ_ Inspector left

Luis_ Viriato PJ_ Inspector Right
 

 
Francisco_Corte-Real

FRANCISCO CORTE-REAL
Francisco Corte-Real, the vice-president of the National Institute of Legal Medicine, who in May coordinated the vast team at the Institute which performed tests on over three hundred bilogical traces that were found inside the apartment at Praia da Luz. His team performed the DNA tests on samples that were collected from the relatives and friends of the English couple and also from Robert Murat and his family. Corte-Real still follows the Maddie case, and he is often consulted by the investigators.

Francisco_Corte-Real_vice
president-of_the-Portuguese-National_Institute_for Legal Medicine

 
PJ TEAM

Did they expect me to confess to a crime they had made up?

SUN2-09-05-2011

 
 
 
Carlos-Anjos PJ

CARLOS ANJOS
Carlos Anjos, the head of the Portuguese police federation, stepped into the fray, saying that Kate and Gerry McCann "do not help the investigation" and that the McCanns were using PR as "diversion tactics". On 19th November (Panorama programme) he was shown as saying: "We have uncooperative witnesses that don’t collaborate, the McCanns, the friends, the people that were there are not collaborating with the investigation"

Carlos-Anjos PJ
MADELEINE SEDATIVE CLAIMS HURTFUL

EXPRESS-10-10-07

Total disaster

CORREIO_DA_MANHA 09-05-14

Carlos-Anjos PJ
CMTV 'Maddie Case Special' and 'Rua Segura' highlights
CMTV-19-11-2013

 
Jose Bras

Jose Bras who will  lead the PJs Department in Lisbon on the Left April 2009

Jose Bras who will  lead the PJs Department in Lisbon on the Left April 2009

 
JUDGE PEDRO DANIEL DOS ANJOS FRIAS
JUDGE PEDRO DANIEL DOS ANJOS FRIAS (38 ) Year 2007
The immediate future of Madeleine McCann’s parents lies in the hands of a criminal instruction judge who has been in his post since August, For Pedro Daniel dos Anjos Frias, being appointed to a role overseeing police investigations in southern Portugal was simply the next step in his highly successful career. Judge Frias is renowned for his diligence. Some lawyers, particularly defence barristers, are said to be daunted by his businesslike manner. Others are said to feel that he can be aloof

This short Portuguese video shows Pedro Frias, the investigating judge, arriving at court in his car. In the video they say that he is 38 years old and previously worked in the circle of Lagos. 

It was Pedro Daniel dos Anjos Frias, who rejected the prosecutors' request to have the McCanns brought back to Portugal for further questioning. He insisted that the fresh interviews be carried out by British police in the UK. 

There is also a brief clip of the McCanns entering the church at Praia da Luz with their own key and a short interview with Father Hubbard

 
 
 
 
JOSE SOCRATES

JOSE SOCRATES (Portuguese Prime-Minister)

Portuguese premier Jose Socrates & Gordon Brown
Assurances: Gordon Brown met Portuguese premier Jose Socrates in private yesterday in Lisbon to discuss Madeleine McCann
Madeleine: Brown quizzes Portuguese PM
about bungled police inquiry
MAIL-19-10-07
Portuguese premier Jose Socrates
 
JOSE MANUEL DURAO BARROSO
JOSE MANUEL DURAO BARROSO (The current head of the EU Commission, former Portuguese PM)
 
ANTONIO CLUNY
ANTONIO CLUNY (President of the Union of the Magistrates of the Public Ministry)
The president of the Union of the Magistrates of the Public Ministry, António Cluny, rejected the idea that the Portuguese police did not have sufficient funds to maintain the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance. The statements made by the McCann's spokesman and their lawyers on 9th/10th November are without foundation. If the PJ do not have sufficient funds in their annual budget, the Portuguese government will be asked to make an "exceptional payment" to cover the additional costs.
PRIVATE DETECTIVES
 
Dave Edgar & Arthur Cowley
Libel Trial mages 12-08-2013
Anne Guedes: Libel Trial Reports direct from the Court House, 12 September 2013
ANNE GUEDES REPORT12-09-13
Dave Edgar
She is dead, Portuguese police tell new Maddie informants
as detectives are blocked from quizzing paedophile
MAIL-26-05-09

Libel trial Day 01 Witness 03 David Edgar text from PDF 12-09-2013

Arthur Cowley and Dave Edgar

Prayers on Madeleine anniversary

Arthur Cowley and Dave Edgar have reviewed 30,000 files released by the Portuguese authorities and think they uncovered vital new evidence Photo: (PA: Channel 4 Television)

Newspaper Investigates detectives

BBC-03-05-09
ALGARVE RESIDENT 20-08-09
CUTTING EDGE PHOTOS
TELEGRAPH-03-05-09

Dave Edgar

DNA test could find kidnapper

BELFAST TELEGRAPH-20-09-09

Dave Edgar

Madeleine McCann 'is in a secret lair'

BELFAST TELEGRAPH-13-09-09

Dave Edgar

So why did Madeleine McCann detectives ask so few questions after major breakthrough?

MAIL-16-08-09

Libel Trial mages 12-08-2013
 
RAY COOPER

Madeleine McCann disappearance flat still has no buyer after two years

MAIL-02-10-10

hraycooperimages.l

MADELEINE MCCANN HUNT: 'NEW TEAM, NEW IDEAS, NEW HOPE'

EXPRESS-10-10-10

hraycooperimages.l

 
DAVE CARTER

Madeleine McCann disappearance flat still has no buyer after two years

MAIL-02-10-10

Madeleine McCann disappearance flat still has no buyer after two years

.talglobal.com/

 
NIGEL BROWN

Madeleine McCann disappearance flat still has no buyer after two years

MAIL-02-10-10

gardaglobal.com

MADELEINE MCCANN HUNT: 'NEW TEAM, NEW IDEAS, NEW HOPE'

EXPRESS-10-10-10

.talglobal.com/

 
 NOEL HOGAN

 NOEL HOGAN
Kate and Gerry McCann have hired a former Met Police officer to carry out a "cold case" review into Madeleine's disappearance. Noel Hogan, a former CID detective, has spent hundreds of hours interviewing British witnesses in the case. He has also gone through each witness's existing statements line by line. Among those he has interviewed include the so called "Tapas seven" who were on holiday with the McCanns in Praia da Luz last May. He is also thought to have taken Kate and Gerry McCann through their own statements in minute detail. Mr Hogan spent eight years in the Met where he reached the rank of detective superintendent. Since 1986 he has run his own detective agency in Surrey, Hogan International, which claims to have extensive experience dealing with missing-person cases.

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Danie Krugel

DANIEL KRUGEL
In July 2007 the McCann’s called in Daniel Krugel, a former South African detective, with a record for finding missing children. He spent 4 days searching in and around Praia da Luz. He believes that he has followed the route taken by Madeleine from the apartment, through paths and roads leading to a nearby beach. He then drew a map and handed this to investigators who searched the area on two occasions, but found no tangible evidence of any kind and has said that there is a slight possibility that she could be alive. Kate and Gerry McCann believe that Krugel’s findings show that Madeleine was abducted and placed on a boat, whereas the Portuguese media see this as her body being placed on a boat and then dumped at sea. The Portuguese police were aware of Krugel’s search at the time and followed up his findings.

Danie Krugel

Bodyfinder draws a blank

SUN-06-12-07

Danie Krugel

THE STAR 26-01-09

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Danie Krugel   People Finder  
I KNOW WHERE MADDY BODY IS

MIRROR-07-10-07

SLEUTH: I CAN FIND MADDIE

STAR-31-01-10

 
Antonio Toscano

ANTONIO TOSCANO
Antonio Toscano is a Spanish investigative journalist who claimed to know the name of Madeleine's abductor. In several interviews with Spanish newspapers and TV companies he introduced himself as an expert in satanic cults. Antonio Toscano is certain the four-year-old girl was snatched by a French paedophile on orders from wealthy organisers of a European child sex network. It was reported that he handed his file of evidence to the PJ on 27th June.

Spanish journalist/Investigator Antonio Toscano

I know Maddie Snatcher Says Paedo Buster

I'VE NAMED MADDY KIDNAPPER

I KNOW FOR SURE WHO SNATCHED MADELEINE,
 SAYS TOP INVESTIGATOR

EXPRESS-13-06-07

EXPRESS 21-06-07

Spanish journalist/Investigator Antonio Toscano

I know Maddie Snatcher Says Paedo Buster

I'VE NAMED MADDY KIDNAPPER

I KNOW FOR SURE WHO SNATCHED MADELEINE,
 SAYS TOP INVESTIGATOR

STAR-13-06-07

EXPRESS 27-06-07

 
Andy-Tatersall

NEW RETIRED POLICE TEAM Det-sup-Andy-Tatersall

EVENING NEWS-09-09-08

NEW RETIRED POLICE TEAM Det-sup-Andy-Tatersall

EVENING NEWS-09-09-08

 
METODO3
FRANCISO MARCO

MAIL-14-12-2011

McCanns former detectives, Método 3, arrested for illegal spying

JOANA MORAIS-20-02-2013

McCanns refuse to axe £50,000-a-month private detectives in search for Madeleine

MAIL-13-03-2011

Madeleine McCann: Parents distracting police

Maddie tecs will stay on

EXPRESS-06-07-08

MIRROR-06-03-07
CMOMM-12-02-2016
Exclusive to CMOMM - Corruption and criminality inside the Metodo 3 investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance: Extracts from a book by two Metodo 3 men, Tamarit and Peribanez

Portugal Res-13-02-2016

"Smokescreen" - book by former Maddie private eyes - sparks social media furore -
MARITA FERNANDEZ LADO
 
 
Francisco Marco PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

FRANCISO MARCO (35)  Year 2007- METODO3
Francisco Marco is the head of Metodo 3, a Private Investigative agency based in Barcelona, Spain. Mr Marco's mother, Marita Fernandez Lado, founded the agency 23 years ago. The agency was given the job of finding Madeleine in September. and have a six-month agreement with the McCanns. They have pursued what they have publicised as "strong leads" in Morroco (and American child); Bosnia (Tea Dadic) and Portugal. In 1995, five senior members of the family-run firm Metodo 3 – including Director-general Francisco Marco, were held amid claims of industrial and political espionage. Marita Lado was pictured in handcuffs after being arrested as she handed a client a cassette allegedly containing a phone-tapped conversation. Also held were her husband Francisco Marco Poyuelo, 60, Francisco Marco, 35, his brother Francisco Gabriel Fernandez Lado, 36, and employee Oscar Trujillo, 40.

Eight strong leads in Madeleine McCann's disappearance were ignored by Portuguese police, says private detective

MAIL-14-12-2011

 McCann's Private Detectives We Know Who Took Madeleine And She Will Be Home By Christmas

MAIL-14-12-07

McCanns refuse to axe £50,000-a-month private detectives in search for Madeleine

MAIL-13-03-2011

Maddie Case: Scotland Yard discredits Spanish investigation

JORNAL DE NOTICIAS
18-03-2012

Investigator I will Find Maddie

SUN-02-11-07

Madeleine McCann: Parents distracting police

Maddie tecs will stay on

EXPRESS-06-07-08

MIRROR-06-03-07
 
 MARITA FERNANDEZ

 MARITA FERNANDEZ LADO (57) Year 2007- METODO3
Francisco Marco is the head of Metodo 3, a Private Investigative agency based in Barcelona, Spain. Mr Marco's mother, Marita Fernandez Lado, founded the agency 23 years ago. The agency was given the job of finding Madeleine in September. and have a six-month agreement with the McCanns. They have pursued what they have publicised as "strong leads" in Morroco (and American child); Bosnia (Tea Dadic) and Portugal. In 1995, five senior members of the family-run firm Metodo 3 – including Director-general Francisco Marco, were held amid claims of industrial and political espionage. Marita Lado was pictured in handcuffs after being arrested as she handed a client a cassette allegedly containing a phone-tapped conversation. Also held were her husband Francisco Marco Poyuelo, 60, Francisco Marco, 35, his brother Francisco Gabriel Fernandez Lado, 36, and employee Oscar Trujillo, 40.

 
 
Kevin Halligen
Kevin Halligen News reports Index

Kevin Halligen

Madeleine McCann investigator didn't listen to ANY tip-offs given to hotline - and squandered £500,000

MAIL-29-11-09

Private detective accused of ripping off Madeleine McCann fund wanted in the US over alleged £1.3million fraud

MIRROR-21-09-10

Richard_K_Halligen

Madeleine McCann fund hired ‘secret agent’ conman

TIMES-22-11-09

Kevin Halligen

Kevin Halligen appealing against Extradition order

HER MAJESTY'S COURT 10-01-2011

Madeleine McCann investigator didn't listen to ANY tip-offs given to hotline - and squandered £500,000

MAIL1-29-08-10

Kevin Halligen: On the run from friends, the FBI and his fake wife too

TIMES-22-11-09

Kevin Halligen

Madeleine fraudster is nicked

SUN-25-11-09

Irish investigator into disappearance of Madeleine McCann up on U.S fraud charges

IRISH CENTRAL-07-11-10

linkedin.richard-k-halligen

 
Jo Maura

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
 Jo Maura 

It was a paedo says tec

SUN-17-11-2007

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
 Jo Maura 

It was a paedo says tec

SUN-17-11-2007

 
EX DETECTIVES
 
John Stalker

JOHN STALKER
John Stalker was Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police who came to the fore of public attention during the so-called "shoot-to-kill" scandal in Northern Ireland in the mid-1980s. He was in the Serious Crime Squad, the Bomb Squad and the Drugs Squad. He travelled round the world studying terrorism and crime and on his return worked for 2 years in Northern Ireland. Here, somewhat controversially, he revealed an alleged Royal Ulster Constabulary "shoot-to-kill" policy, much to the embarrassment of the authorities, his superiors and the British Government, and was probably the victim of a 'dirty tricks' campaign to discredit him. On October 28th he was reported to say, "One thing above all worries me: Why have the McCanns and the seven other members of their group – the Tapas Nine – remained so silent? My gut instinct is that some big secret is probably being covered up. Unlike other high-profile cases I have worked on, not one of them has been prepared to break ranks or really come out and support each other. After all this time and pressure, I cannot believe that nobody wants to speak. Their answer has always been no comment but there is surely some division between them. So what are they hiding? I have a real suspicion that we are not being told the whole truth. There is something else there, some issue that members of the party are embarrassed about. While they continue to refuse to talk it is unlikely we will find out what it is for a very long time but one thing is certain – it will eventually come out

Former police chief John Stalker

MCCANN'S ARE HIDING A BIG SECRET

HELP & ADVICE

EXPRESS- 28-10-07

 

MARK WILLIAMS THOMAS

MARK WILLIAMS-THOMAS
Mark Williams-Thomas owns his own Child Protection and Risk Management Consultancy - WT Associates Ltd. Prior to setting up WT Associates in 2005, Mark was a police Detective specialising in major crime. He worked on or was in charge of some of the largest paedophile and murder investigations in the country, as well as being was one of only 10 specialist Family Liaison officers during his time in the police. Mark is also completing a Masters in Criminology at the University of Central England. It is understood that he attended the meeting between the FFS and the Portuguese forensic team at Leicester police station on 29th November.

Williams-Thomas: Child Victims as Symbols
MJB TIMES-15-04-10
Twitter: On the eve of Madeleine's disappearance I agree with the release of a new photo but question the appropriateness of the photo chosen
3 YEARS ON

Criminologist explains why fathers kill their children

Madeleine McCann was taken after she walked out, says expert
Madeleine: 'My Theories On Missing Girl'
BIRMINGHAM MAIL-17-03-10
LIVERPOOL POST-01-05-09
SKY-01-05-08
 
DAI DAVIES

DAI DAVIES
Dai Davies, a senior associate of Kingfell Global Crisis, Director and Lead Consultant of Selectamark Consultancy, was responsible for the security of the Royal family and palaces, leading a force of 450 police officers, with an annual budget of £26 million for more than 15 years.

 
MARK HAINES

MARK HAINES
Mike Haines is the ex-commander who set up Scotland Yard's paedophilia unit, author of ‘The Dirty Squad’ and also a media consultant on child abuse, paedophilia, murder and high profile abduction cases. Mike Haines is also the author of an opinion column in the Mirror which he has used to express his personal opinion.

 
John O'Conner Former Scotland Yard commander

JOHN O'CONNOR
Ex-Flying Squad Commander John O’Connor is a former British Policeman that came to Praia da Luz to report for several TV Channels. John O'Connor was a policeman for 30 years and he ran “the Flying Squad at New Scotland Yard dealing with all armed robberies in London until retiring with the rank of Commander”, according to Crimesharetv.

John O'Conner Former Scotland
Yard commander
Victims of the cops
SUN-18-07-08

 

 
 
DESMOND THOMAS

DESMOND THOMAS
In 2001 Des Thomas was a senior investigating officer on the 9/11 investigation dealing with the repatriation of the remains of British victims of the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York. He has lectured at the Police Staff College and at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth and Cardiff Law School. Now a forensic management consultant, Desmond Thomas, "believes even if the police do charge the McCanns they will struggle to convict them - because Madeleine's body is still missing and there is no evidence that has been made public to suggest she is even dead...he does not believe anyone will be found guilty unless a body or weapon is discovered." Desmond Thomas, former deputy head of Hampshire CID, came forward, around the middle of September, when his expertise was needed.

 
CHRIS STEVENSON

CHRIS STEVENSON
Chris Stevenson is a former Detective Chief Superintendent, Cambridgeshire Police. He led the team which contributed to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, 18th October 2007: "Searching for Madeleine". Among his thirty murder cases he ran the investigation in to the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Experts (from left to right) David Canter, David Barclay and Chris Stevenson

The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body

MAIL-18-10-07

Experts (from left to right) David Canter, David Barclay and Chris Stevenson

The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body

MAIL-18-10-07

 
DAVID BARCLAY

DAVID BARCLAY
David Barclay is Former Head of Physical Evidence UK National Crime and Operations Faculty. He contributed to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, 18th October 2007: "Searching for Madeleine". Professor Dave Barclay is a leading international forensic scientist. He developed best practice in the UK. As well as the Omagh bombing, he’s advised in 225 cold case murders in the last 6 years. From the photos provided by a local journalist he concluded the McCanns would not have been able to see an intruder from their restaurant tabl

Experts (from left to right) David Canter, David Barclay and Chris Stevenson

The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body

MAIL-18-10-07

 

Professor David-Barclay- forensic expert. Carried out independent study of Madeleine case. Defended Portuguese police

 
 
DAVE CANTER

DAVE CANTER
Professor David Canter is the Director, Centre for Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool. He contributed to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, 18th October 2007: "Searching for Madeleine". Forensic psychologist, Professor David Canter has compiled offender profiles in 150 serious criminal investigations including abductions and murders.

Experts (from left to right) David Canter, David Barclay and Chris Stevenson

The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body

MAIL-18-10-07

Experts (from left to right) David Canter, David Barclay and Chris Stevenson

The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body

MAIL-18-10-07

 
GARY LIGG

GARY LIGG
Gary Ligg is a former Senior Search Adviser, West Yorkshire Police. He contributed to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, 18th October 2007: "Searching for Madeleine". He has devised search plans for over 100 serious criminal investigations.

Gary Lig (left) Matt tap (Right
The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body
MAIL-18-10-07
Gary Lig (left) Matt tap (Right
The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body
MAIL-18-10-07
 
MATT TAPP

MATT TAPP
Matt Tapp is a Police Media Adviser. He contributed to the Dispatches programme on Channel 4, 18th October 2007: "Searching for Madeleine". Matt Tapp handled the press for the Soham case. In the absence of a structured strategy, he knows the media will fill the vacuum with unhelpful speculation that can seriously distract the police.

Gary Lig (left) Matt tap (Right
The Maddie Files: Five experts explain how the police missed vital chances to find her - or her body
HELP & ADVICE
MAIL-18-10-07
 
LORD JOHN STEVENS

LORD JOHN STEVENS
Lord John Stevens, former Metropolitan Police chief, believes in the innocence of the McCann. On a opinion column in “News of the World”, he claims he has always based his conclusions on “hard evidence”, during his 30 years as a police detective. Then, he says he is making his judgement about the McCann based in what he read on newspapers: “Again, I don't say this from believing in the McCanns' innocence or their guilt. I simply don't know either way. But from the evidence I have read I don't think they did it. Unless the Portuguese police have something else, it doesn't make sense. The couple don't fit the profile and their opportunity was limited.” Paulo Reis (Gazeta Digital) pointed out that Lord Stevens doesn't even know what evidence the Portuguese police has and believes that the article suggests that Lord Stevens is so sure they are innocent that he doesn't feel the need of the same “hard evidence” he claims he always needed, in his police career.

 
TONY ROGERS

TONY ROGERS
Tony Rogers is a former Chief Superintendent with Dorset Police and was praised for his role as a homicide consultant to Cambridgeshire police for the Soham murders. The former Weymouth policeman now heads a police consultancy business. He was interviewed by Martin Brunt for the Sky News documentary "The Mystery of Madeleine McCann" which aired on 24th December.

 
MICK SWINDELLS

MICK SWINDELLS (Dog Handler - former Police Sergeant)
Mick Swindells is one of Britain's top dog handlers. He is a former police Sergeant, based in Blackpool, Lancashire but was often called upon by other police forces for his expertise. Lancashire Constabulary was a pioneer in the training of dogs to sniff out dead bodies following the Moors Murders case in 1964. Mick is now a member of The Global Rescue Services charity based in Penmaenmawr in Conwy. The ex-Fylde officer was part of the joint operation by international rescue charities CANIS and Rapid UK after the Pakistani earthquake; he worked at the Margala Towers complex in Islamabad. The Global Rescue Services has branched out to help forensic science by training four dogs to find human remains. This specialist team of four handlers and dogs will be on call to help in murder enquiries and other incidents involving human remains. Mick Swindells has been featured in several British and Portuguese documentaries. He explains that what the dogs react to is totally intangible - likening it to a "fragrant soap" to the human nose. However, his greatest emphasis has been on the dog's inability to lie.

 
JOSE BARRA DA COSTA

THE EX-DETECTIVES (PORTUGAL)

JOSE BARRA DA COSTA
Jose Barra Da Costa is an Ex-PJ detective. He has alleged on TV (Arquivo RTP) that the McCanns are "swingers" . He says that he knows this from someone "in the know" but won’t reveal his source. The police deny this publicly as do the McCann’s. Paulo Reis (Gazeta Digital) claims that he and about 1.2 million Portuguese viewers heard Mr. Barra da Costa saying that “a police dog found traces of Madeleine near the swimming pool of Robert Murat’s house” and that “there is information that the McCanns are ‘swingers’. (“Telejornal”, RTP main news, May 17th). Barra da Costa says that he was misquoted during this interview.

 
ALBERT KIRBY

ALBERT KIRBY
Among those assisting police in Portugal is the retired senior Merseyside police officer who led the James Bulger murder inquiry.
Albert Kirby, the former commander of the Liverpool serious crimes squad, flew to the Algarve in the hope that his experience could come in useful.

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