The abduction of Madeleine McCann

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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

On 3rd May 2007, a British girl called Madeleine McCann was abducted from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal. Please send me copies of any documents pertaining to any intelligence or information you had about this abduction BEFORE it happened.

Yours faithfully,

Angelo Gonzales

Angelo Gonzales left an annotation ()

Request copied to Leicester Mercury, The Sun, Sky news, Kate and Gerry McCann.

Joana Morais left an annotation ()

The abduction of Madeleine McCann? There isn't any evidence that she was abducted, in fact the Portuguese Police with the help of the English police arrived at a totally different conclusion before the investigation was prematurely stopped, mainly due to the lack of cooperation from the 'Tapas 9', and the process archived.

Quote:

«From everything that is exposed, the process files result in the following:

A) the minor Madeleine McCann died in apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, on the night of the 3rd of May 2007;

B) a simulation of an abduction took place;

C) in order to render the child’s death impossible before 22H00, a situation of checking of the McCann couple’s children while they slept was made up;

D) Kate McCann and Gerald McCann are involved in the concealment of the cadaver of their daughter, Madeleine McCann;

E) at this moment, there seem to be no strong indications that the child’s death was not the result of a tragic accident, yet;

F) from what has been established up to now, everything indicates that the McCann couple, in self-defense, doesn’t want to deliver the cadaver immediately and voluntarily, and there is a strong possibility that it was moved from the initial place of deposition. This situation may raise questions concerning the circumstances in which the death of the child took place.»

in http://themaddiecasefiles.com/post422.ht...

You can read the Case files of the police investigation released by the Portuguese General Attorney in July 2008 at 'The Maddie Case Files' http://themaddiecasefiles.com/

Start with 'PJ Final Report - All the Investigation on the McCanns' http://is.gd/ke8GWZ

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr Gonzales

Freedom of Information Act Request Reference No: 2012030000010
I respond in connection with your request for information dated 29/02/2012
which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 29/02/2012.
 I note you seek access to the following information:

On 3rd May 2007, a British girl called Madeleine McCann was abducted from
a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal.
Please send me copies of any documents pertaining to any intelligence or
information you had about this abduction BEFORE it happened.
To enable the MPS to meet your request could you please provide this
office with further information.  

Could you please explain what you mean by 'documents pertaining to any
intelligence or information you had about this abduction BEFORE it
happened'?

After receiving your reply, your request will then be considered and you
will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of
20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt or containing
a reference to a third party.

However, if the requested additional information has not been received by
03/04/2012 I will assume you no longer wish to proceed with this request
and will treat it as withdrawn.

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complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on telephone number 020 7230 4019 quoting our reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Royan-Posse
Case Investigation Officer
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Angelo Gonzales

Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

I think my question is quite clear, but what I am asking is whether or not the Metropolitan police had any information or intelligence from any source to the effect that Madeleine McCann was going to be abducted or harmed in any way while in Portugal. If you did have any such intelligence or information please provide me with documents which explain what you knew, and how you knew it. Please consider this request very carefully before you respond to it.

Yours faithfully,

Angelo Gonzales

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Mr Gonzales

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030000010

I respond in connection with your redefined request for information dated
08/03/2012 which was received by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on
08/03/2012.  I note you seek access to the following information:

On 3rd May 2007, a British girl called Madeleine McCann was abducted from
a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal.
If the MPS had any information or intelligence from any source to the
effect that Madeleine McCann was going to be abducted or harmed in any way
while in Portugal please provide me with documents which explain what you
knew, and how you knew it.
     
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
within The Specialist Crime Directorate, (Operation Grange).
Operation Grange
On 12 May 2011 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) announced that at the
request of the Home Secretary, it had agreed to bring its particular
expertise to the Madeleine McCann case.
The remit for Operation Grange is available at:
http://content.met.police.uk/cs/Satellit...

RESULT OF SEARCHES

The searches failed to locate any information relevant to your request,
therefore, the information you have requested is not held by the MPS.

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complaint.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me on telephone number 020 7230 4019 quoting our reference number.

Yours sincerely

Peter Royan-Posse
Case Investigation Officer
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Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS),

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)'s handling of my FOI request 'The abduction of Madeleine McCann'.

You have denied having any information or intelligence to the effect that Madeleine McCann was going to be abducted or harmed in Portugal. You have committed an offence by denying that you have the material I have asked for.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/th...

Yours faithfully,

Angelo Gonzales

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear  Mr Gonzales

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030001882

I write in connection with your letter dated 13 March 2012 requesting that
the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) review its response   to your
request for information relating to:

* Original FOI case number 2012030000010.

The review will be conducted in accordance with the MPS complaints
procedure. The MPS endeavour to respond to your complaint by 12 April
2012.

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me quoting the reference number above.

Thank you for your interest in the MPS.

Yours sincerely

Ms S. Strong
FOIA Complaints Officer

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Dear Mr Gonzales,

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2012030001882

Further to our letter of 15 March 2012, I have unfortunately been unable
to meet the response time originally provided to you in relation to:

* Original FOI case number 20120300000010

I hope to complete your review no later than 11 May 2012. Should there be
any unforeseen delay, I will contact you and update you as soon as
possible.

I apologise for the delay, and thank you for your patience.

Yours sincerely

S. Strong
FOIA Complaints Officer
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1 Attachment

Dear Mr Gonzales,

Please see the attached MPS FOI complaint decision (reference number
2012030001882) in respect of original case reference number 2012030000010.

 
<<Mr Gonzales FOI Complaint Response 02 05 12.doc>>

Kind regards,

Ms S. Strong
FOI Complaint Officer

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