A major breakthrough !

[Brandyboy]

jimny1, this has been a longstanding controversial and emotive issue on this forum as well as .co.uk.
To be utterly blunt, I think the cash cow was slaughtered not long after she met her fate on the evening of 3 May 2007.

[jimny1]

I know B, but the McCanns were still getting donations while the case was still 'live' and once it loses traction not only will the funds dry up but the attention will revert back to them as the suspects , i read this last year , the authorities can then re-investigate them
This is why they were so desperate for the killer to be the german

[Brandyboy]

The McCanns will never be investigated, they have too many friends in high places and that was patently obvious from day one.

[jimny1]

Teflon coated, like the government

[Brandyboy]

I bet Mrs Needham didn't get a phone call from John Major the then Prime Minister assuring her that the British Government will do all it could to find her missing son Ben.

That's what Tony Blair did, something unheard of and the whole thing has stunk to high heaven ever since.

[jimny1]

The latest on the case
The Metropolitan Police will get the go ahead for hundreds of thousands of pounds in new funding for the Madeleine McCann investigation
It has cost 13 million up to now
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m ... s-29556992

[Brandyboy]

Must be coming up to holiday rota time in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

13 milliion pounds on and the keystone cops are no further now in 2023 than they were in May 2007.

It must be nice to have friends in high places and you have a misssing child and no expense is spared in finding her.

The whole thing has stunk from day one.

[jimny1]

I agree B
I remember reading that once the investigation is wound up for good the police will then be able to question McCanns more thoroughly over their daughters disappearance
That should have been now, but every time you think the case is closed something else is resurrected to keep it going, such as this
Or you get a distraction such as when a polish girl says she is Madelaine
How these two are managing this feat is astounding , they must be in bed with some very high profile people either in politics or in the Met

[Brandyboy]

Just read this long article about the PR and Media surrounding the girls disappearance.
This just about sums tup the whole stinking publicity charade. .. Why the feck did they go and see the Pope .. and look who arranged .. it's who you know.
Compare this to Ben Needhams mum. Scumbags.

On 30 May 2007, accompanied by reporters, the couple flew to Rome—in Sir Philip Green's Learjet—to meet Pope Benedict XVI,[38] a visit arranged by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster

Media and PR

A PJ officer acknowledged in 2010 that Portuguese police had been suspicious of the McCanns from the start because of the "media circus".[87] Gerry told Vanity Fair in 2008 that he had decided to "market" Madeleine to keep her in the public eye. To that end, a string of public relations consultants arrived in Praia da Luz, deeply resented by the local police, who saw the media attention as counterproductive.[38] Alex Woolfall of the British PR firm Bell Pottinger, representing Mark Warner Ltd, dealt with the media for the first ten days, then the British government sent in press officers. This was apparently unprecedented.[88]

The first government press officer was Sheree Dodd, a former Daily Mirror journalist, who was followed by Clarence Mitchell, director of media monitoring for the Central Office of Information.[89] When the government withdrew Mitchell, the McCanns hired Justine McGuinness, who was reportedly headhunted for the job. When she left, Hanover Communications took over briefly, headed by Charles Lewington, formerly John Major's private secretary.[90][89] In September 2007, Brian Kennedy of Everest Windows stepped forward as a benefactor and offered to cover Mitchell's salary so that he could return. Mitchell resigned from his government position and started working for the McCanns full-time; he was later paid by Madeleine's Fund.[5][91]

The McCanns set up Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned Ltd on 15 May 2007 to raise money and awareness; its website attracted 58 million hits in the first two days.[92] Throughout May and June the couple's PR team arranged events to sustain media interest in the case, including a visit to the Portuguese city of Fátima[38] as well as trips to Holland, Germany, Spain,[93] and Morocco.[94] On 30 May 2007, accompanied by reporters, the couple flew to Rome—in Sir Philip Green's Learjet—to meet Pope Benedict XVI,[38] a visit arranged by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster.[93] The following month balloons were let off in 300 cities around the world.[95]

By early June, journalists were voicing concerns: the "sheer professionalism of it ... troubled journalists", according to Matthew Parris.[96] Placing Madeleine on the front page of a British newspaper would sell up to 30,000 extra copies.[38] She appeared on the cover of People magazine on 28 May 2007,[97] on the front page of several British tabloids every day for almost six months, and as one of Sky News's menu options: "UK News", "Madeleine", "World News".[38][98] Between May 2007 and July 2008, the Portuguese tabloid Correio da Manhã published 384 articles about Madeleine.[99] By June 2008 a search for her name on YouTube returned over 3,680 videos and seven million posts.[100]

[jimny1]

Illuminati comes to mind here
Especially regarding the Pope
the couple flew to Rome—in Sir Philip Green's Learjet—to meet Pope Benedict XVI,[38] a visit arranged by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster.[93]