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Post by Admin on Mar 13, 2017 20:04:42 GMT
 Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been granted £85,000 to extend the search for a further six months. The Home Office funding is to extend the probe, known as Operation Grange, between April and September this year. Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007 aged three. The extra funding has been earmarked for operational costs. Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have vowed to "never give up" hope of finding their daughter. Since 2011, the Metropolitan Police has been assisting with the search for clues about what happened to the toddler, with officers visiting the holiday resort in 2014. A Home Office spokeswoman said: "Following an application from the Metropolitan Police for Special Grant funding, the Home Office has confirmed £85,000 in operational costs for Operation Grange for the period 1 April until September 2017. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 16, 2017 20:11:37 GMT
 Madeleine McCann’s parents have put nearly £500,000 into a string of investments in a desperate bid to keep their search for her going. Kate and Gerry hope returns from the schemes will boost the dwindling Find Madeleine Fund as the 10th anniversary of her disappearance approaches. They have declined to reveal what they have invested in.  A source said: “They are making best use of the fund’s remaining cash. It makes sense to make sure the money earns as much as possible.” Companies House accounts show the Find Madeleine Fund – controlled by Kate, Gerry and four other directors had total assets at £714,000, taking into account the invested £490,839. That’s down from the £763,722 held in cash in 2015.  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2017 20:19:22 GMT
 Police are hunting for a worker from the resort where Madeleine McCann vanished who they believe has clues about her disappearance. The Portuguese man was at the Ocean Club in Praia Da Luz when the three-year-old was snatched in 2007.  He gave a statement at the time but detectives fear he may have kept secrets. A local police source said: “British officers are very keen to question him.” The former resort worker being hunted by police on the Madeleine McCann case gave a witness statement two days after the girl vanished. But British officers trying to find the youngster fear he may have kept secrets from local detectives that could have led to a breakthrough in the case. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2017 20:11:12 GMT
 They have launched a challenge against the judges who sided with Amaral and also stated Madeleine’s parents have not been cleared of suspicion. In a nine-page legal complaint seeking to invalidate the ruling they accuse the Portuguese judges of “contradictions” and acting “frivolously”.  The heartbroken couple may also face a fresh legal battle as they may sue over a “lunatic conspiracy theory” TV documentary which has emerged, based on Amaral’s shocking accusations. As the tenth anniversary of Madeline’s disappearance approaches, the McCanns have slammed claims that they plan to make money from their daughter’s disappearance.  Kate and Gerry also hit out at the “insensitive” way Madeleine was drawn into hit BBC drama The Moorside – based on the fake kidnap of Shannon Matthews. It has also emerged the apartment where they stayed in Praia Da Luz was bought by a British gran for a knockdown £113,000. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2017 20:10:25 GMT
 Someone is protecting Madeleine McCann's kidnappers, says a detective who hunted for her for three years. As Kate McCann went through yet another Mother's Day without Madeleine yesterday, retired Detective Inspector Dave Edgar broke his silence for the first time.  Revealing findings, that a child-sex gang most likely took the three-year-old, he told the Mirror: "Someone knows what happened and it's time they came forward." Mr Edgar believes an abductor has secretly confessed to the crime and, speaking for the first time since his three-year private investigation into the 2007 disappearance, he said one of those involved will have opened up to a friend or relative. |
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