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im sure if i was to burgle a home the last thing i would take is a child .. blimey whatever next

lolol no I'll drag it to your house :-D mwaaahhhh

two more days eh!!! I shall very much miss your dry wit on here - no more commodes being dragged on threads - sad :-D

Thank gawd I am still here for a couple of days.....

These would be the burglars who forensically cleaned 5a before they left through the locked/unlocked doors, jemmied/not jemmied shutters, left no DNA or fingerprints (not even MBM's).

Strangely according to Portuguese newspapers today the PJ haven't had any letters of request regarding these 3 patsi......err suspects.

It's pink spin in my view to counter what is happening in Portugal re the libel case.

Just call me an old cynic :-D

Anyone wants to disagree I am here for 2 more days ;-)

strange :-S I was quite heartened by this report- surely I can't be the only one

MADELEINE McCann’s parents have been given fresh hope as Scotland Yard detectives prepare to make three arrests in connection with her disappearance.

It will be the first arrests made by Operation Grange since the elite unit were set up to review the case
in 2011.

British prosecutors sent an International Letter of Request to the Portuguese authorities on behalf of
the Metropolitan Police this week.

It is in preparation for British officers being sent to Portugal to make formal arrests of three key suspects and bring them into custody for questioning.

Police have identified a gang of burglars operating in Praia da Luz at the time Madeleine went missing in May 2007. The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry remain very pleased with the work Scotland Yard continue to do.”

Analysis of mobile phone activity shows three men made numerous calls to each other in the hours after Madeleine vanished.

A source close to the McCanns said: “The International Letter of Request is a significant development. It is necessary for British police to request the Portuguese authorities allow them to operate on their turf.

“We don’t know who they have their sights on but it’s likely it is burglars who had been operating in the area.”

Days before Madeleine’s disappearance, the gang tried to burgle another holiday flat in the resort, disturbing a child.

A source said: “At the time, Portuguese police attached no significance to the burglary. British officers regard this as an oversight.”

Officers from Operation Grange are understood to be making the arrests.

They will also take the lead when the suspects are interrogated.

The source said: “Kate and Gerry don’t want to build up their hopes too high but they realise it could be a significant new lead.”