A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the Leicestershire Police force spent £548,477 in 2007-08, whilst assisting in the International search for Madeleine McCann but a Home Office grant covered most of this. Officers declined to detail expenses for operational reasons.

British officers, headed by Det Supt Stuart Prior of the Leicestershire force, conducted interviews of witnesses in the UK and passed possible sightings of Madeleine on to their Portuguese colleagues.

CocoFebruary 16, 2009 at 02:44

I am concerned about the emotional state of these parents. I so wish that
their defenders would not keep saying that they do all their emotions behind
closed doors and in private.

That is utter bollocks! The Clan were brought up in very ordinary
households – and unlike our own Royal Household were not trained in the arts
of hiding their emotions. (See Big Frilly Philly’s TV appearances to find out
what I mean – I have seen more manners and decorum in a sh*it-house rat!)

So yes ……………. I am concerned about the mental states of the pair of them –
Doctors do not behave as cool and controlled as this ………. Doctors reach for
the booze and the pills to prop themselves up with.

They are bizarre and that’s for sure.

ChFebruary 15, 2009 at 18:45

I couldn’t agree more with you, though I am tempted to make a remark
regarding “emotional state”.

ChFebruary 15, 2009 at 17:23

You do think something will be left, Saul?
You forgot the “wider
agenda”, me thinks…

Anna Raccoon
February 15, 2009 at 18:04

I repeat what I said earlier – parents in this emotional state shouldn’t
be allowed to dictate spending, the money should have been held by the
Public Guardian.
In this case the Trustees are as involved as the
parents, and their judgment must be just as clouded by their personal loss –
it is unfair on them, the pressure would be relieved if an independent body
was making the financial decisions.

SaulFebruary 15, 2009 at 16:40

Whatever is left should be given to a suitable Childrens Charity.

ChFebruary 15, 2009 at 16:15

I’m afraid that, yes, you have, IF you gave to the Fund, of course…

And I do think we all should be angry, whether we donated or not BECAUSE
they did NOT spent it ALL and also not on the SEARCH.

Apologies for “shouting” …

Anna Raccoon
February 15, 2009 at 16:21

Shouting excused Ch

DavidSFebruary 15, 2009 at 15:58

So we’ve been mugged twice? Once in giving to the damned fund, and then as
tax payers.
I am getting very angry about this.

CocoFebruary 14, 2009 at 15:58

”Leicestershire Police force spent

KarenFebruary 14, 2009 at 02:37

All that money – all that publicity – still no hint of her.

ChFebruary 14, 2009 at 00:21

You do not really want me to start here a genuine Madeleine discussion, do
you, Anna? Or do you?

Anna Raccoon
February 14, 2009 at 00:23

Wy ever not?

I have no problem with any debate.