by: Paula Oliveira
The English police are investigating the disappearance of Maddeleine McCann without the assistance of Portuguese authorities. This information has been confirmed to TVI24 by the [Portuguese] Republic's Attorney General.
Three Scotland Yard investigators were in Barcelona between the 23rd - 25th of November, following leads in the disappearance of the English child that disappeared from an apartment in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, in 2007. The presence of investigators in Spain may indicate that the child was taken across the border. But Scotland Yard did not contact the Portuguese investigators.
In the process, there is no knowledge of the existence of any new data/facts about Maddie's disappearance.
The process will only be reopened under the regulations of article 279 of the Penal Process Code, which is to say, if any new elements appear that invalidate the basis for the archiving», the Attorney General's Office states in a written reply to TVI24.
The case was archived by the Attorney General's Office approximately one year ago, Pinto Monteiro [the Attorney General] asserted that he would only reopen it if new data appeared.
In May last year, Scotland Yard reopened the process after the personal intervention of the United Kingdom's prime minister, David Cameron.
It is not known whether the British investigators have discovered any new fact that the Portuguese police failed to notice.
In August this year, Scotland Yard confirmed to [Portuguese news] agency Lusa that they did travel to Portugal in order to discuss the Maddie case with Portuguese investigators.
At that time, the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the Attorney General said they did not know about that information.
Scotland Yard did not have any contact with the Attorney General's Office about that issue. in: TVI24, 06.12.2011
Source : Missing Madeleine Forum
