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Operation Grange was costing more and
more of taxpayers money while other
areas face budget cuts |
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Madeleine McCann |
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British police hunting for missing
Madeleine McCann have made the decision
to stop all forensic work.
The Sunday Mirror can reveal the final
scientific tests on the case were
completed three months ago as part of
Scotland Yard’s £12million inquiry.
Operation Grange was launched by ex-PM
David Cameron five years ago to find the
doctors’ daughter, who vanished, aged
three, during a holiday to Portugal in
2007.
But it is expected to be shelved in the
autumn amid concerns about its
spiralling cost while other areas of
policing face budget cuts. |
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A source said: “The final forensics were
carried out about three months ago but,
sadly, they didn’t take us forward.
There are no plans for any further
forensic work to take place.” |
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Kate McCann and Gerry McCann |
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It had been hoped tests could be carried
out on hairs recovered from the holiday
flat from which Madeleine vanished.
It is a further blow for parents Kate
and Gerry, who lost a £434,000 libel
payout in April from a Portuguese
officer who wrote a book questioning the
pair’s account. |
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The couple, from Rothley, Leics, said:
“Until we have answers, until there is
news, there will always be hope and we
will do everything we can to help find
Madeleine.”
The inquiry has taken 1,338 statements
and investigated 60 “persons of
interest” but police privately concede
they are no closer to finding Madeleine. |
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