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Madeleine McCann case: No suspect will ever stand trial
Former head of the Portuguese police laboratory Jose Manuel Anes says the seven month police inquiry into the 4-year-old’s abduction was a waste of time and money because if anyone is ever tried in the case, defense lawyers could have the evidence dismissed because of contamination.
“Huge amounts of money were spent but if, in the first hours, the due precautions for the preservation of the crime scene were not taken, all this hard work goes down the drain,” says Anes. “We can spend rivers of money which will all go down the drain if the crime scene is not properly isolated.”
Kate and Gerry McCann were named official suspects in their daughter’s disappearance from their holiday flat in
A rep for the McCann’s, Clarence Mitchell, called Anes comments “alarming.” “It is alarming to hear that Mr. Anes has this view. All we want, and have done throughout, it to ensure the operational police side of this has been done in an effective and efficient manner as possible,” said Mitchell.
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