Operation Grange: Madeleine McCann – A potential Murder Enquiry

Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by admin in News

By Steve Marsden

Today I phoned the Metropolitan Police to ask about their taking over from Leicestershire Constabulary and had this interesting telephone conversation.I recently learned from a trusted police source that the Metropolitan Police had officially taken up the Madeleine McCann investigation in London. This new line of enquiry is called Operation Grange.

SM: Hello, I’d like to speak to someone in connection with Operation Grange please.

Police: I’m not aware of that Operation…just give me one second.

A minute later the operator returned and gave me another phone number to call.

SM: Hello, I’m just calling to ask a few questions about Operation Grange.

Police: What’s the name of that operation again?

SM: Operation Grange.

Police: Ok, what was that?

SM: It’s the Madeleine McCann disappearance.

Police: Oh, alright ok, fine, yeah, we don’t usually use operation names here, what do you need to know?

SM: There doesn’t seem to be anything in the public domain so when did the operation start and what’s the scope of the operation? I just wondered if you can give me some background on Operation Grange.

Police: We haven’t very much talked to the media about the case at all. What we’ve said is we’re providing expertise to the investigators of the case. The Portuguese Authorities, the Portuguese Police retain lead. We’ve not made any suggestion that they’re not capable of investigating but we are assisting them and we have not given any details on it. It’s unusual for us to do that as it’s abroad and another police force is taking the lead on it.

SM: Is there any reason why the Met took over from Leicestershire Constabulary?

Police: I’m not sure we said anything about it at the time – for various reasons. We can’t be seen to criticize any other force. On the 12th of May the Home Office requested that the Metropolitan Police service bring their expertise to the case and on that evening we said that we would.

SM: And is this a full time operation and what size team is working on it?

Police: As I said we wouldn’t provide a running commentary but at the very beginning we said there were 30 officers who would be deployed, er, not continually but various tasks along with workload they have on other cases, er, but we have deployed 30 officers.

SM: In a normal case in Britain it’s not unusual for the police to give an ongoing commentary as to how it’s progressing so what…

Police: …I’ve only worked here 11 years but I would say it’s not common. We give information whilst it’s appropriate to produce but whilst there’s an investigation going on and where it’s potentially murder, we say very little, we say very little. You read a lot in the press but that doesn’t come from us. We deal with about 250 murders a year and all of them are dealt with in exactly the same way in terms of how we deal with the media.

I also discussed the fact that all FOI requests made to Leicestershire Constabulary under Operation Task were coming back with a blanket “no comment” and a wall of silence. The police officer I spoke to at the Met told me to put in FOI requests to them and do not assume that they would treat them the same [as Leicestershire Constabulary].

For anyone wishing to put in new FOI requests under Operation Grange, email them at:SCDFOIArequests@met.pnn.police.uk

I have to say that it was reasonably reassuring to hear that the Metropolitan Police are treating the case as “potential murder” instead of the McCanns’ nonsensical talk of abduction.

It is probably premature to expect miracles but for the first time in a British Police force we can just about hear the cops singing in tune with Goncalo Amaral.

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More information about Madeleine McCann can be found on our forum LINK

Source: http://fakedabduction.com/2011/08/operation-grange-madeleine-mccann-a-potential-murder-enquiry/

Scotland Yard WILL examine parents' possible guilt re Madeleine McCann - OFFICIAL

Here's an interesting question posed by one of our forum members regarding letters to and from New Scotland Yard regarding the case review of Madeleine McCann (letters here):

"I'm very confused about this whole process. I don't even understand the scope of this and the possible consequences. Say for instance that they question the parents and Tapas friends regarding the timeline inconsistencies and one of them cracks and reveals they have previously told lies. What can happen after that? Can anyone be charged with anything? Is there a crime like obstruction of justice in Portugal? Would they have to re-open the Portuguese enquiry for any action to follow?"

Tony Bennett's response:

"Good questions.

First of all, this is a REVIEW, similar to what is called a 'cold case review'. Essentially this means a group of officers trawling through thousands of documents and looking for possible new leads and lines of enquiry.

If there is evidence of a crime having been committed by one or more individuals, then the status of the review would change from REVIEW to INVESTIGATION - and, yes, that could lead to ARRESTS.

It is my understanding that as Madeleine McCann is British and all the Tapas group are British and as some of the alleged offences occurred in Britain that IF they have collectively covered up the death of Madeleine in Praia da Luz they could be charged under British law with a whole raft of offences:

* causing or allowing the death of a child (McCanns)

* hiding a body and preventing an inquest (McCanns)

* interfering with or perverting the course of justice - or conspiracy to interfere with or pervert the course of justice (McCanns, Tapas friends, and anyone else involved in the cover-up)

* conspiracy to obtain a pecuniary advantage by deception (all those involved in setting up and running the Fund)

* interference with witnesses (Brian Kennedy).

I think Cameron, Sir Paul Stephenson, and the McCann Team hoped that the Review would merely be an excuse to lambast the Portuguese Police once again for their incompetence, and announce that the Portuguese Police had lamentably failed to follow up potential 'sightings' of Madeleine, therefore giving the McCanns' narrative the official backing of Scotland Yard.

Those of us who believe the evidence strongly suggests that Madeleine McCann died in Apartment G5A have, I believe, a solemn duty to explain this to DCI Andy Redwood and his colleagues."

Discussion about Maddie's case review here and here

Criminal profiler Pat Brown is putting together a team to go to Portugal

Pat Brown on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/ProfilerPatB

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A message to Pat Brown from a member of our forum:

Pat, if you read this post, please please please push this as far as you can. With a sound professional background and reputation you can do what the rest of us would like to do (red flag all the weirdness of the case to a mass audience and try and get some answers/explanations for the contradictions etc) but do not have the opportunity or access to the right people. This is a Golden Opportunity to change the course of this peculiar situation, where two people seem able to control everyone and everything they wish despite some gargantuan flaws in the theory they are persuing.

The McCanns seem to have a free license to defame anyone who questions their theory, despite there being not a scrap of evidence for that theory. Yet are able to wield the axe over anyone who, using the official investigation files in the public domain, comes up with a different theory or scenario. They can contradict themselves with impunity (see thread on The Eye/Coloboma for a sledgehammer of a lie), but supress anyone who publicises their own spoken error!

I think the McC's should be put in a situation where they clarify all the errors and contradictions they have made as a quid pro quo for the millions and millions of pounds from the Portugese and British public purses they have had spent on this (but they say nothing has been done - pah!)

There has to come a point where the McC's admit the wrongs they have and continue to do, or just go away. This cannot go on for 4 more years, it really can't.

So please Pat, help bring this dreadful media whitewash, this never-ending series of contradictions and arrogant behaviour to it's conclusion for everyones sake. Thank you and good luck!!

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Related link:

Criminal profiler Pat Brown: "If The Profile of the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann was "rubbish", the McCanns wouldn't have paid it any mind."

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Spudgun in the Telegraph/Amazon Censors Madeleine McCann Publication - spudgun has also now been censored!

Interesting from Spudgun re Martin Grimes

Spudgun's blog http://spudgunsspoutings.blogspot.com/

Spudgun on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/spudgun01
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Brian Kennedy’s actions following the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

"Perhaps the single most shocking finding in our article is that the evidence strongly suggests that Brian Kennedy and the McCann Team arranged and funded the search of the Arade Dam in Portugal, which was claimed to be looking for Madeleine’s remains."

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A short biography of Brian Kennedy followed by analysis of his involvement in searching for the truth about Madeleine McCann.

Introduction

The McCanns’ chief reputation manager, Clarence Mitchell, recently described the disappearance of Madeleine as ‘a complete mystery’. One of the persons most closely associated with attempts to unravel this mystery is Cheshire-based multi-millionaire and double glazing magnate, Mr Brian Kennedy. The purpose of this article is to examine his actions in the Madeleine McCann case.

There are essentially two rival versions of what happened to Madeleine.

The McCanns claim that Madeleine was snatched from their holiday apartment during the evening of Thursday 3 May 2007. They say this event happened between 9.10pm, when Dr Gerald McCann is said to have left the apartment after checking that all was well with the children, and 9.15pm when their friend Jane Tanner is said to have seen a man carrying a child.

By contrast, the team of Portuguese detectives that originally investigated the case reached the conclusion that Madeleine had died in the McCanns’ holiday apartment and that her parents, with or without the help of others, must have hidden or disposed of her body. The senior detective in the case, Goncalo Amaral, wrote a book, A Verdade de Mentira - ‘The Truth About a Lie’, setting out the evidence for their conclusion.

Many people believe one explanation or the other. Many others do not know what to believe. Leaving these theories aside, we will look at Brian Kennedy’s actions in this case and discuss the extent to which they support one or other of the above accounts of the reason her disappearance.

Brian Kennedy’s connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was first announced in September 2007, four months after the McCanns reported Madeleine missing. He has been portrayed as an unselfish, warm-hearted and generous man who for purely altruistic motives has given up a significant amount of his time and energy and a lot of money to try to find Madeleine McCann. I shall explore that claim in this article.

But first, it is necessary to take a brief look at the life and career of Brian Kennedy prior to September 2007 when his interest in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann became known.

Read Madeleine Foundation article here http://t.co/kZDRwqn

Maddie McCann, victim of faked abduction

Another cruel and sick hoax sighting by Clarence Mitchell and Kate & Gerry McCann as they continue to exploit Maddie for money

Article by journalist Mike 'Spudgun' Hardy

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Madeleine McCann and the Kingdom of Clarence

Given that I am currently enjoying something of a reputation as having a big, fat, scurrilous mouth, (possibly true), and that I never know when to keep it closed, (ALSO possibly true); I though I would confound my detractors and keep it short and sweet!

Am I alone in thinking how utterly preposterous and somewhat disturbing it is, that at LEAST 25 Media outlets, Newspapers and BROADCASTERS, are currently reporting about a little girl having been found in INDIA that resembles Madeleine McCann and that the McCanns are awaiting the results of the DNA test; whilst at the same time, the police and authorities in the LEH province of India, the scene of this furore, are all utterly bemused and baffled, asking questions as to what everyone is going on about as they have no KNOWLEDGE of ANY girl having been found OR of any DNA tests!!!

Clarence Mitchell has made about 4 statements concerning this latest "sighting", ALL of which are nonsensical and actually CONTRADICT each other.

Of course, there are MANY people who DO follow this case with open hearts, hoping upon all hope that it IS the little girl, and they will continue to pray and hope for Madeleine's safe return.

They will also lambast and vilify the PRESS and Media who report such "sightings" and developments for raising false hope.

Whereas, if they examined such 'reports' and continued widespread coverage with a little more scrutiny and impartiality, they would arrive at the same, logical conclusion.

That the people with whom they hold in so much reverence, adulation and close affection, (Team McCann), are the ones actually responsible for the stream of fabricated stories, hoax's and fake sightings; that the British PRESS and their respective editors are their servile minions;

And that Clarence Mitchell is their Master!

posted by spudgun at 06:24

http://spudgunsspoutings.blogspot.com/2011/07/madeleine-mccann-and-kingdom-of.html

Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns and those scurrilous CURRY Munchers!

http://uk.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_GB&PageId=4146

Interesting from Spudgun re Martin Grimes

Link

Posted on our 'Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann' forum here - with more info about the hoax 'sighting' here

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McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Kate and Gerry do not believe the child seen in India was Madeleine. They have seen photographic evidence and concluded that it was not her."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/28/madeleine-mccann-girl-spotted-in-india-not-our-missing-maddie-say-parents-115875-23303698/#ixzz1TQNbBeSb

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Talking to some media persons here Thursday evening, Abdul Gani Mir, deputy inspector general of police (DIG), said: ‘We have not recovered any missing foreign girl from Leh.’

‘There is no question of carrying out a DNA test since we don’t have the girl. Our field staff in Leh have confirmed that no such girl has been recovered by them.’

http://www.inewsone.com/2011/07/28/kashmir-police-deny-finding-missing-british-girl/65649

Images courtesy of The McCann Gallery here:

Why haven't the McCann's sued Martin Brunt?

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Criminal profiler Pat Brown: "If The Profile of the Disappearance of Madeleine McCann was "rubbish", the McCanns wouldn't have paid it any mind."

https://twitter.com/#!/ProfilerPatB

Read Criminal Profiler, Pat Brown's book "Profile of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann" about the death and concealment of Madeleine McCann (and the subsequent fraudulent fund which has been used to pay the McCann's mortgage) based on all the evidence that is available....click HERE
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UPDATE

It looks as though the McCanns have had Pat Brown's book Carter-Rucked from Amazon but you can still read it here http://tinydoc.it/5b68f9 or here http://womenincrimeink.blogspot.com/

Other people who have been Carter-Rucked using public money donated to the Fund to search for Maddie click here

Another update - Pat's book is now being sold at online Barnes and Noble store http://tinyurl.com/3f649n9 and http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/76820

Related link:

Madeleine McCann- AMAZON changes its mind on CENSORSHIP