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An English report, dated 2010, two years
after the disappearance, states that the
involvement of too many British
authorities in the case prejudiced the
Portuguese police investigation.
The competition between British police
forces in order to gain visibility in
the search for Madeleine McCann created
difficulties in the Portuguese
authorities’ investigation into the
girl’s disappearance and had negative
effects since then, according to the
author of a secret Home Office report,
written in 2010, two years after the
case, Sky News revealed today.
The report, which has never been
published, written by Jim Gamble, ex
–head of CEOP, revealed that so many UK
agencies by wanting to take part in the
case, ended up damaging relations with
the Portuguese police.
Amongst these criticisms, are facts such
as the decision to place Leicestershire
police in charge of the operation, only
because the McCanns lived in that
county, in spite of this force being
ill-prepared to lead an investigation of
this kind.
The report states that weeks after
Madeleine disappeared in 2007, Portugal
received contacts from CEOP, Scotland
Yard, the Serious Organised Crime Agency
and the NPIA.
“They all wanted to help but ended up by
creating a sense of chaos and discomfort
within the Portuguese police”, says
Gamble, for whom the English response to
the case of a missing child such as
Maddie remains the same today, nothing
having improved. |
