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George Smith (royal servant)

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George Anthony Smith (13 September 1960 - 24 August 2005) was a former footman and valet in the Royal Household of Prince Charles.
Smith alleged:

that he was raped by Michael Fawcett, a favoured servant of the Prince Charles; and
that Fawcett was himself in a homosexual relationship with the Prince of Wales, who protected him.

The allegations made international headlines in November 2003 and were the subject of a legal injunction in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Military career

Smith served as a soldier in the Welsh Guards during the 1980s, when he saw active service in the Falklands War and in Northern Ireland. In his own words, published in the British Mail on Sunday newspaper:

From the day in 1986 I joined the Household as a footman on secondment from the Welsh Guards I served the Prince and Princess loyally and to the best of my ability. The Prince was so impressed with my work that he brought me on to his staff fulltime in 1989.

[edit] Mental breakdown & rape allegation

Critics within the Household, however, claimed that in the 1990s his work performance deteriorated dramatically. By his own admission, he began to drink heavily. In 1995, his marriage fell apart. He became clinically depressed, experiencing flashbacks to the bombing of the Sir Galahad Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship, on which he had served during the Falklands conflict. He subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown. To recuperate, he was taken by Elizabeth Burgess, one of the Prince of Wales's secretaries, to a cottage on the Prince's Highgrove estate. While there, he alleged that he had been subject to a homosexual rape some years earlier by Michael Fawcett, a married former footman who had become one of the Prince's closest friends. Burgess, believing she had been told "in confidence", did not repeat the allegation.

[edit] Accused of "wasting police time"

He later claimed to police that he was being followed and that threats were being made against him, with strangers banging on his front door. Doubting the story but aware that he was an aide to the Prince of Wales, the police set up a secret CCTV camera to verify his testimony. Though he continued to make allegations, the police tapes showed that no-one was following him or banging on his door. The police then approached the Prince's staff in St. James's Palace in London and warned that unless Smith received help he would be prosecuted for "wasting police time". The Prince paid for him to attend The Priory, a famous British drink and drug treatment centre frequented by rock stars such as Robbie Williams and prominent people in the aristocracy, the media and the public eye.

[edit] Allegations against Charles made to Diana

Smith approached Diana, Princess of Wales and made two allegations. He repeated his allegation that he had been raped. He also claimed to have witnessed the Princess's estranged husband, the Prince of Wales, lying in bed with his aide, Michael Fawcett, on one occasion when he brought the Prince his breakfast. Diana made a tape of the interview. The whereabouts of the tape became a matter of considerable controversy following Diana's death in August 1997.
A subsequent inquiry by senior staff members of the Prince of Wales into the rape allegations dismissed them as fiction. Smith was retired from the Prince's Household.

[edit] Statement to the Mail on Sunday

Smith's second allegation, of a sexual relationship between the Prince of Wales and Fawcett, was repeated in a legal statement issued by him to the Mail on Sunday newspaper. Fawcett took a High Court injunction to prevent their disclosure. The injunction was granted. The Guardian newspaper sought and received permission from the courts on 6 November 2003 to name Fawcett as the party granted the injunction. In response, the Prince's Private Secretary issued a statement denying the allegations and questioning the trustworthiness of the unnamed Smith as a source.
Though the story still cannot be published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it has been written about extensively in the Republic of Ireland and Italy and on some Internet websites. It was also published in the Scottish Glasgow Herald; Scotland, which operates under a different legal jurisdiction from the rest of the United Kingdom, is exempt from a ruling of the English High Court.

[edit] Media dismissive of credibility

Though the full nature of the allegations has yet to be made public in the United Kingdom (outside Scotland), few media commentators have expressed any belief in Smith's story. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, a British media commentator, speaking on The Last Word, an Irish radio current affairs programme, called Smith "probably the most unreliable source for any story on anything anywhere in the United Kingdom". Other commentators have expressed similar criticisms. Simon Solari, who worked as the Prince of Wales's valet for 15 years, was equally dismissive of Smith's claims, saying that a royal valet simply would not have had the opportunity to witness the scene Smith described - even if it actually took place.
Only the Mail on Sunday defended Smith. In a story that hinted at Smith's claims but did not reproduce them due to the legal restrictions, it quoted Smith as saying:

I lost my job, my house, my wife and children because it all became too much for me... Today I feel under great stress again because the establishment is mounting a campaign against me. They are very powerful and privileged and have lots of money to pay lawyers to prevent me from telling the truth.

Smith claims only to have witnessed a member of the Royal Family and his aide "tucked up under the sheets, lying next to each other". There is no suggestion that a sexual act was taking place when Smith (allegedly) entered the room. According to the valet's brother, Bryan Smith:

George has told me there was no physical activity but you didn't have to be a brain surgeon to work out what had been going on.

On 13 June 2004, the Sunday Telegraph claimed that Smith had withdrawn his allegations. But he repudiated their claim, and stated that while he had been tempted by their offer of cash in return for a withdrawal, he had refused the offer, because the allegations were true.^[1]

[edit] Death

On August 24, 2005 Smith died in Newport, Wales^[2] of an unknown illness, aged 44.

[edit] See also

Paul Burrell

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Witness who saw ‘Madeleine’ in Morocco receives Mafia death threats
This is London – London,England,UK

Naoual Malhi, 24, says men claiming to work for the country’s crime barons have warned her to keep her mouth shut about what she saw –

Police: blonde girl in Morocco is not Madeleine
Times Online – UK

Naoual Malhi, 24, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin, told police that the girl was in the arms of a middle-aged woman in Fnideq at the end of September. …

Madeleine ‘sighting’ sparks probe
Guardian Unlimited – UK

Naoual Malhi, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin, saw the child with a woman in the village of Fnidk on August 21. She asked if she could share their taxi .

Cops reveal shambles of Maddy crime scene
Mirror.co.uk – London,UK

Naoual Malhi, 30, said last week she saw a girl with a woman near Fnidk in September. Abdelmajid Chadili, head of the judicial police, said last night: “We …

I SPOTTED GIRL WITH MADDIE ‘EYE’ GET IN A TAXI WITH RICH ARAB
Daily Star – London,UK

Naoual Malhi, 24, was so convinced it was Madeleine she tried to follow the girl into the back of the cab. She was prevented from getting in, but got close …

Six months after Madeleine vanished the latest sighting leads to a …
Daily Mail – UK

The curious onlooker was a 24-year-old Moroccan woman named Naoual Malhi, and – improbable as it may seem – her sharp observation and quick wits may yet …

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Naoual Malhi says men claiming to work for the Morocco's crime barons have warned her to keep her mouth shut

A woman who claims to have seen Madeleine McCann being bundled into a taxi in Morocco, says she has received anonymous Mafia death threats.

Naoual Malhi, 24, says men claiming to work for the country's crime barons have warned her to keep her mouth shut about what she saw - and ditch plans to probe the sighting herself.
The mum-of-one, whose daughter Ines is Madeleine's age, has told how one growled: "Let this lie if you know what's good for you, your daughter and the rest of your family, otherwise you're a dead woman next time you're in Morocco."
But brave Naoual is pressing ahead with plans to defy the threats and return to her homeland to look for the girl she saw.
She is also getting the calls - which come from withheld numbers - taped so she can hand them over to police helping in the hunt for the missing four-year-old.
Naoual, who lives near Marbella, Spain, said: "I'm not frightened by the mafia.
"It's obvious I'm on to something otherwise they wouldn't be calling.
"They've warned me I'm going to be killed next time I step on Moroccan soil unless I shut my mouth about Madeleine.
"But I know the girl I saw getting into that taxi was her and I'm not going to stop until I find her.
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Spanish woman Naoual Malhi claims to have seen Madeleine McCann being bundled into a taxi in Morocco

"We're taping all the phone calls and I'm going to give them to police to investigate.
"It could provide them with another good clue to her whereabouts."
Naoual claims to have seen a blonde girl with Madeleine's distinctive right iris in the arms of a middle-aged woman in Fnideq, northern Morocco, at the end of September.
She lost them after they headed to the former Spanish garrison town of Al Hoceima, further east along the Mediterranean coast.
Last month she travelled to north Africa with private investigators working for the McCanns - and says she received hundreds of phone calls from people who had seen the pair in various locations in Morocco's Rif Mountains.
They were last spotted in the remote town of Karia Ba Mohamed near Fez - but the trail is now thought to have gone cold.
Naoual says she and her family have been receiving death threats on a Moroccan mobile she put on a picture poster of Madeleine distributed throughout the area.
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Kate and Gerry McCann consider Naoual's information to be 'highly credible'

Her Fez-based family have been answering the phone and taking information down from callers since she returned to Spain on October 16.
Kate and Gerry McCann believe Morocco is the place their daughter is most likely to be - and consider Naoual's information to be "highly credible".
They insist Portuguese police are wrong in believing Madeleine died by accident in their apartment on May 3 when she was last seen - and they disposed of her body.
Naoual, who describes herself as a qualified doctor, said: "All I want to do is reunite the McCanns with their daughter.
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Detectives working on behalf of the McCanns have been focusing their attention on the remote Rif Mountains

"I have a young girl the same age so I know how they must feel.
"There is no doubt in my mind Madeleine is in Morocco. Blonde girls are highly sought after there. I suspect the woman she is with is looking after for someone until she is old enough to be forced into child prostitution.
"After the death threats I've received, I'm more certain than ever that that someone is the Moroccan mafia.
"It's not nice to get these calls. But they just make me more determined to get to the bottom of this. I'm preparing to return to Morocco as soon as I can."
Metodo 3, the private investigators working for the McCanns, has said it also believes Madeleine is alive and being held against her will in Morocco.
They are currently trawling lists of Portuguese paedophiles in the belief a local man stole her to order from her Algarve apartment and took her to Morocco after crossing the border with Spain hours after the snatch.
A Norwegian tourist and two Spanish tourists have also reported sightings in the north African country.
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Map: Recent 'sightings' of Madeleine in Morocco

A newspaper reported at the weekend that criminal Godfathers in Morocco have been told police will scale back drug busts against them if they agree to help the Madeleine probe.
Police chiefs in Morocco have angrily denied their country is a child sex haven and say their searches for Madeleine have produced no evidence she is there.

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Madeleine: McCanns consult American lawyers over 'cadaver dog' evidence

Last updated at 18:07 16 September 2007

Kate and Gerry McCann's legal team have consulted the lawyers of an American man accused of murdering his estranged wife in a case where cadaver dog evidence was key, a source said today.

Two British sniffer dogs, one capable of detecting blood and human remains, were brought to Portugal in early August.

The cadaver dog picked up a "scent of death" on everything from Mrs McCann's clothes to missing Madeleine's favourite soft toy Cuddle Cat, according to reports.

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Hunt: Keela was brought in to help police find Madeleine

During police interviews the McCanns were shown a video of the animal "going crazy" when it approached their Renault Scenic hire car, newspapers have claimed.

Leaked reports from the investigation have suggested Madeleine's parents could have accidentally killed her and then disposed of her body using the car.

Although they do not know the full details of Portuguese prosecutors' case against them, the McCanns are concerned it may rest on the dog's reaction.

They want to highlight the judge's dismissal of cadaver dog evidence in the high-profile Eugene Zapata murder trial in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Helpful hound: Eddie was also drafted to help in the search for Madeleine

The couple's lawyers have already contacted Zapata's defence team, who are now sending their large file on the matter to Britain.
Zapata's estranged wife, flight instructor Jeanette Zapata, was 37 when she vanished on October 11 1976 after seeing her three children off to school. Her body has never been found.

Detectives suspected Zapata of involvement in her disappearance but did not charge him because of a lack of evidence.

Police decided to conduct new searches using cadaver dogs, a new investigative technique, when an old friend of Mrs Zapata contacted them about the case in 2004.

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Eugene Zapata (left) was convicted of first-degree murder of his estranged wife Jeanette (right) when sniffer dogs found traces of human remains at his home

Zapata, 68, was charged with first-degree murder last year after the dogs indicated they sniffed human remains in a small basement "crawl space" at the former family home in Madison and other properties linked to him.

But Dane County Judge Patrick Fiedler ruled last month that the evidence that led to the charge could not be put before the jury.
He said the dogs were too unreliable in detecting the odour of remains and noted that no remains were actually found.

The judge agreed with an analysis of the three dogs' track record by Zapata's defence team that found they were incorrect 78 per cent, 71 per cent and 62 per cent of the time.
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Gerry and Kate McCann: hired an American lawyer over sniffer dog 'evidence' that detected the 'scent of a corpse' on Mrs McCann's clothes

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Mr Fiedler told the court: "The state has failed to convince me that it's any more reliable than the flip of a coin." Zapata denies murder, and the jury in the case went out on Friday to start considering its verdict.

A source close to the McCanns' solicitors said: "The legal team are in touch with the lawyers who represented the defendant in the case.

"The court papers, giving the legal submissions, are on their way to the McCann team for consideration.

"At the moment there are no formal charges and therefore there is no formal allegation against which the McCann team can work. We are having to work a little bit in the dark.

"But given that we understand the central plank of what the police are alleging involves sniffer dogs - albeit British ones which are said to be particularly good - this is important and relevant, and will be raised with the police and brought to the judge's attention."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-482105/Madeleine-McCanns-consult-American-lawyers-cadaver-dog-evidence.html#ixzz1Hpodaw2D

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The BBC won’t rest until we’re all talking filth

In the superb recent remake of True Grit, I don’t think there was a single four-letter word.
Yet it was a perfectly credible portrayal of the lives of fierce and often violent men in a cruel, half-civilised time.

In fact, half the pleasure of the film was the almost biblical English, spoken naturally by everyone – slower, clearer and a hundred times more powerful than the slurred, jerky newspeak of our day.

Classic: Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights. The BBC plans to insert four-letter words into a new dramatisation

But don’t expect the BBC, that propaganda organisation for avant-garde muck, to learn any lessons from that.

Fresh from ruining Winifred Holtby’s thoughtful classic South Riding on TV, the Corporation now plans to insert four-letter words into a dramatisation of Wuthering Heights on Radio 3.

Partly this is attention-seeking, and I know they are hoping for condemnation from people such as me. But that is because they are immoral and cheap.

Many people still loathe swearing and are made unhappy by it. For instance,
a grandparent trying to listen to this classic with a grandchild could not do so without great embarrassment.

The BBC knows this, thanks to the many complaints it gets about on-air swearing. It still does it because it is biased against the older Britain where swearing was done only under strict rules.

Its executives and journalists use four-letter words in front of their own children, and think it fine to use them in front of yours, too. They think you’re backward and repressed for not doing it yourself.

The same impulse lay behind the needless four-letter scene in that overrated film The King’s Speech. Fashionable liberals despise restraint and take special delight in debauching innocent and kindly things.

It is quite important that this dramatisation fails and is seen to fail, and that it receives a large number of complaints when it is aired. If they can get away with Wuthering ****ing Heights, it won’t be long before we have David ****ing Copperfield, Vanity ****ing Fair, Romeo And ****ing Juliet, Paradise ****ing Lost, Gray’s ****ing Elegy written in a ****ing Country Church¬yard, Tenny¬son’s In ****ing Memoriam, Brave New ****ing World and, before you know where you are, Alice In ****ing Wonderland, Lord Of The ****ing Rings and (of course) Harry Potter And The ****ing ¬Goblet Of Fire.

For goodness sake, we already have Martin Amis if you want this sort of stuff.

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McCanns urged use of police sniffer dogs

Couple became suspects because of the forensic tests they had requested

Kate and Gerry McCann requested the re-examination of evidence that led directly to the Portuguese police naming the couple as official suspects in the death of their daughter because they were so concerned about the chaotic nature of the police investigation.

The couple, worried that inquiries by the Policia Judiciaria were losing momentum, asked detectives last month to re-examine the apartment where their daughter went missing and also for the use of sniffer dogs to seek fresh clues.

The subsequent use of British police-trained dogs detected the 'scent of death' on Kate's clothing, a finding that was central in the decision by the Portuguese authorities to name Madeleine McCann's parents as formal suspects.

Fresh forensic tests also found new biological samples, partially matching Madeleine's DNA, in the apartment and in the parents' hire car - developments that crystallised the thesis of Portuguese police that the couple were somehow responsible for the disappearance of the four-year-old.

'The family were asking for the investigation to be more thorough,' said a source close to the McCanns.

'That is the supreme irony of the case; that it was them who were asking for the police to look harder at the evidence and re-examine all the issues. Is that the action of a guilty couple?'

Police sources close to the investigation said yesterday that, although the sniffer dogs 'reacted' to some of Kate's clothes, 'no usable evidence' could be extracted for DNA testing, meaning there was no forensic corroboration for the dogs' reaction.

Tomorrow, in an ironic reversal of the UK media invasion of Praia da Luz, a number of Portuguese journalists who have been covering the McCann case are due to arrive in Britain and make their way to Rothley for a scheduled press conference on the case.

Before the refocusing of the inquiry urged by the McCanns, Portuguese police had named only Robert Murat as an 'arguido' - official suspect - but sources close to the investigation have told The Observer there is no evidence so far that he was involved. Yesterday a Portuguese newspaper said Murat himself had been told this by police, but that he would remain a formal 'arguido' for the duration of the investigation.

Portuguese detectives appear to be moving back to the notion that Madeleine was abducted by a stranger from her bedroom.

A source close to the inquiry said yesterday that there are 'no new potential suspects' and no serious new leads in the investigation. He added that the search last week of the home of Dutchman Eef Hoos, who runs a business cremating the bodies of family pets about 30 minutes' drive from Praia da Luz, was 'merely routine'.

Police are also thought to be reappraising a reported sighting by a man from Yorkshire of Madeleine in Morocco, which appeared to corroborate that
of a sighting by a Norwegian tourist in the North African country. Although the sighting dates back to May, it remains one of the last credible sightings of Madeleine.

Last week a Portuguese judge ruled there was no need to question the McCanns after police failed to find new evidence.

However, a friend of the McCanns hinted yesterday that they may head back to Portugal even without being summoned by the police.

'They may return for social reasons, they have friends over there,' he said.

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The UK's justice system will take a "backward step" if the government closes its Forensic Science Service, experts have said.

The warning comes in a letter to the Times which was signed by 33 leading forensic scientists.

They say the move would see the UK lose its position as the world leader in crime-scene investigations.

The Home Office said it was confident the move would not adversely affect the criminal justice system.

It has decided to break up the service, which makes an operating loss of £2m per month.
'Disbelief and dismay'

The letter has been signed by international scientists including the pioneer of DNA fingerprinting, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys.

The scientists warn that the decision has has been met with "disbelief and dismay" around the world.

Prof Jeffreys said: "I would love to know a little bit more about the thinking, if indeed any thinking at all went into this bizarre decision, and whether that thinking involved any understanding whatsoever about the nature of forensic science and its importance in delivering justice."

International Society for Forensic Genetics president, Professor Niels Morling, who co-ordinated the letter, said there was global support to save the Forensic Science Service (FSS).

He said: "So many of us have benefited from the research, development and education offered by the FSS - a worldwide network of scientists is grateful to the FSS and to British society.

"Our plea to the British government is: 'Please consider what you will do next - ask where [you] will be in five or 10 years' time if this goes ahead?'

"Where will the research be? Who will do the development work? Who will look after the quality of forensic science in a competitive market? Closing the FSS is a backward step."
'Hasty and reckless'

The FSS has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including those of Soham murderer Ian Huntley and Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright.

The Home Office says the FSS is expected to be wound up by March 2012, with the loss of about 1,600 jobs.

Crime reduction minister James Brokenshire said: "The Forensic Science Service is making significant and unsustainable operating losses and it is vital we take action to remedy this now.

"We believe in a competitive market, overseen by the Forensic Science Regulator to ensure quality standards are maintained. Research will continue to provide innovation in this area to help solve crimes."

He has said the Birmingham-based service could run out of money in January.
The FSS has two offices in Birmingham and sites in Chepstow, Chorley, London, Huntingdon and Wetherby.

Shadow home secretary Ed Balls said: "In what's becoming a consistent pattern of this Conservative-led government, ministers made this hasty and reckless decision without any consultation and little regard for the consequences.

"As this eminent group of scientists say, getting rid of the Forensic Science Service risks serious damage to the kind of pioneering research and innovation which has helped solve serious crimes."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12084761

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Forensic lab errors in hundreds of crime cases

Sandra Laville , crime correspondent
The Guardian, Thursday 22 February 2007
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Hundreds of killers and rapists may have escaped justice because of blunders by the government-owned forensic science laboratory that were uncovered by senior police officers reviewing the unsolved murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common.

Over a five-year period, the Forensic Science Service (FSS) failed to detect tiny samples of DNA in 2,500 cases involving murders, rapes and serious assaults.

Senior officers believe that in many of those cases DNA samples could have been found and matched to suspects, had the FSS used different techniques that were being used by other privately run laboratories.

They are furious at the failings and have demanded an explanation from the FSS.

The 2,500 cases will be resubmitted for testing, either at the FSS laboratories or at private labs. The FSS says it may find DNA in about 200 of the 2,500 cases but admits this is merely a guess. Hundreds of suspects who have escaped justice as a result of the mistakes are likely to be rearrested and charged if the new tests provide DNA results.

Tony Lake, chief constable of Lincolnshire police and the Association of Chief Police Officers' spokesman on forensic issues, said the cases in which the FSS had failed to find tiny specks of DNA involved the most serious crimes.

"This is about not getting results when it might be expected that there was DNA, rather than getting a result that was wrong.

This type of DNA analysis of tiny amounts of DNA is carried out normally in the most serious crimes. We were not best pleased. We were not impressed. We rely on our forensic providers to have the highest standards."

The failings were uncovered last year, during a review of the 2001 Nickell murder investigation. Ms Nickell was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in July 1992. Colin Stagg was acquitted of murder in 1994 after police were criticised for trapping him into a confession.

During a second inquiry into the killing in 2001 the FSS re-examined items recovered from the murder scene.

But in a test known as low copy number (LCN), involving microscopic samples, they missed tiny samples of DNA that had been taken from her body. When Scotland Yard carried out its review of the inquiry last year another forensic laboratory using a different technique discovered the DNA that the FSS had missed.

Mr Lake was asked to carry out a review to establish the scale of the failings. He wrote to all chief constables yesterday asking them to examine their files for any cases between 2000 and 2005 that have not resulted in a conviction, in which small samples were sent to the FSS and returned negative, when a positive result might have been expected.

He said yesterday that after 2005 the standards at the FSS raised no concerns as different techniques were being used.

The Home Office yesterday denied accusations from David Davis, the shadow home secretary, of a cover-up.

A spokeswoman said: "On operational advice from the police, the initial stage of this operation has been kept confidential.

As soon as ministers became aware of this issue, they asked Acpo to undertake an operational review to secure the nature and extent of it and to take remedial action. Acpo is very close to completing that work and has found no evidence that we should be concerned about standards being used today."

Kathy Lee, a spokeswoman for the FSS, said scientists estimated that of the 2,500 cases that needed retesting, around 200 were likely to provide a positive match with a suspect.

But she admitted this was just a guess.

She said the errors had occurred because the rapid advances in technology meant DNA could now be found on tiny residues. "This happened when LCN was in its infancy," she said.

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Richard and Gloria Taylor demanded further action against three unnamed scientists from the Government's Forensic Science Service (FSS), whom they accused of making "basic mistakes".

Inquiry: 'Human error' behind forensic mistakes in Damilola Taylor case

The couple said they were enormously disappointed with the "dreadful errors" exposed in an official report commissioned by the Home Office.

The Taylors' solicitor, Neil O'May, said: "They believe that those responsible for these dreadful errors should be brought to account so that nothing like this could ever happen again. The report describes the catalogue of errors as 'extremely regrettable' - a conclusion that the family feel is lame in the extreme. The Government should instead now act decisively to overhaul the quality of forensic science used in court."

Damilola bled to death in the stairwell of a block of flats in Peckham, south London, in 2000 after suffering a single stab wound to his leg, probably from a broken bottle.

Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, were convicted of Damilola's manslaughter at a second trial in August last year, the third to be staged over the killing.

The inquiry into the FSS's mistakes found they was down to "human error" rather than a failure in the system as whole. Conducted by forensic expert Professor Brian Caddy and top barrister Alan Rawley QC, it said three FSS experts "failed to recover crucial evidence".

The report said that a new FSS service, in which items are examined twice by separate forensic scientists, should be adopted by police in major cases despite the extra cost. The new double-checking service would have added just £55,000 to the overall cost of the Damilola investigation.

Other recommendations were that each FSS laboratory should be evaluated at least once a year by specialist teams within the organisation, and there should be more emphasis on close co-operation between scientific officers and their supervisors.

Home Office minister Joan Ryan said: "I would like to express my sincere apologies to Damilola Taylor's family and acknowledge the further distress this has undoubtedly caused them." She would give full consideration to the report's recommendations after receiving a response from the FSS, she added.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/49589-damilolas-parents-condemn-errors#ixzz1HhKEMLlk

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/49589-damilolas-parents-condemn-errors

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The FSS is the market leader in the supply of forensic science services to police forces in England and Wales, as well as being a source of training, consultancy and scientific support.

The FSS originally set up and maintained the UK National DNA Database, but it is now run by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).

The FSS suffered damage to its reputation following the failure to recover blood stains from a shoe in the murder of Damilola Taylor.^[5]

Further damage occurred when the FSS failed to use the most up-to-date techniques for extracting DNA samples in cases between 2000 and 2005.^[6]

This led the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to advise all police forces in England and Wales to review cases where samples had failed to give a DNA profile.^[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_Science_Service

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http://www.algarveresident.com/story.asp?XID=40848

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NORA PAUL (nee Healy) Year 2007

Kate's aunt (Brian Healy's sister) is Madeleine's godmother. She currently lives in Vancouver, Canada and has given interviews to CTV.ca. "When Madeleine's godmother and great aunt Nora Healy was asked about the Portuguese police operation, she raised her eyebrows and said: "Well, it upped a gear when the British ambassador arrived." She is best remembered for her phone interview where she said, "There was six of them together, and there was a neurosurgeon, an anesthesiologist, there was six medical professionals. If there'd been an accident, (A) if it was accidental and they were doing something bad, THEY COVERED IT ... could have covered it up. If it was accidental, they'd have taken care of it.." Norah Paul was visiting her relatives in Skipton from her home in Vancouver when Madeleine went missing. Michael Wright then drove her to Liverpool to meet the Healys and all four flew to PDL on 4th May. Sue Healy and Nora Paul were photographed arriving together at the Mark Warner complex.

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Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists.

Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort.

Cadaver Dog Handbook sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs for the location of human remains.

It explains scent theory and its applications, introduces basic training and searching strategies/tactics, and covers the legal and taphonomic issues associated with dog searches.

Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists.

Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cadaver-Dog-Handbook-Forensic-Training/dp/0849318866

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Sniffer-Dogs-Report-Says-No-Approved-Standards-For-Police-Dogs-Which-Are-Complicating-Some-Probes/Article/201103415959107?linkedfrom=fb

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http://www.bobaugust.com/gullible.htm

http://www.bobaugust.com/arnelle.htm

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CFNews13Casey Casey Anthony News13

Still talking about k-9 alerts. Another supervisor with Sheriff's office says dog alerted in 3 places in backyard. #CaseyAnthony

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"I know what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances." ?

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Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Page 8
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE FORCE
Witness Statement by Caroline Burrows 23.04.08
Occupation: Police Officer
This statement, consisting of two pages, each signed by me, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
Date: 23 April 2008
Signature:
I am police inspector 4186 Caroline Burrows of the Leicestershire police, currently based in the criminal unit.
In 2007 in relation to the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was sent to Portugal in the official role of liaison officer to the McCann family.
According to the letters of request from the Portuguese police, I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was anything said or done by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during your contacts that may have raised any suspicion that they had knowledge of what happened to Madeleine, besides the circumstances described to the Portuguese investigators?

My response to the above question is: No.
This statement was made by me and is true in accordance with my understanding

Witness Statement by Eleanor Johnson 22.04.08
Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Page 7
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE FORCE
Witness Statement by Eleanor Johnson
Occupation: Detective DC 4356
This statement, consisting of one page, signed by me, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief .
Date: 22 April 2008
Signature:
I am police inspector 4356 Johnson of the Leicestershire police, currently based in the criminal unit.
In 2007 in relation to the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was sent to Portugal in the official role of liaison officer to the McCann family.
According to the Letters of Request from the Portuguese police, I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was anything said or done by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during your contacts that may have raised any suspicion that they had knowledge of what happened to Madeleine, besides the circumstances described to the Portuguese investigators?

My response to the above question is: No.
This statement was made by me and is true in accordance with my understanding.

Witness Statement by Michael Graham 21.04.08
Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Page 13
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE FORCE
Witness Statement by Michael Graham
Occupation: Police Officer
This statement, consisting of one page, signed by me, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief .
Date: 21 April 2008
Signature:
I am police inspector 1127 Graham of the Leicestershire police, currently based in the criminal unit.
In 2007 in relation to the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was sent to Portugal in the official role of liaison officer to the McCann family.
According to the Letters of Request from the Portuguese police, I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was anything said or done by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during your contacts that may have raised any suspicion that they had knowledge of what happened to Madeleine, besides the circumstances described to the Portuguese investigators?

My response to the above question is: No.
This statement was made by me and is in accordance with my understanding.

Witness Statement by Neil Holden 25.04.08
Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Page 12
LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE FORCE
Witness Statement by Neil Holden
Occupation: Police Officer
This statement, consisting of one page, signed by me, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief .
Date: 25 April 2008
Signature:
I am police inspector 607 Holden of the Leicestershire police, currently based in the criminal unit.
In 2007 in relation to the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was sent to Portugal in the official role of liaison officer to the McCann family.
According to the Letters of Request from the Portuguese police, I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was anything said or done by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during your contacts that may have raised any suspicion that they had knowledge of what happened to Madeleine, besides the circumstances described to the Portuguese investigators?

My response to the above question is: No.
This statement was made by me and is in accordance with my understanding.

Witness Statement Statement by Jim McGarvey – 25.04.08
Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Pages 11 – 12
Witness Statement Statement by Jim McGarvey
This statement consisting of two pages is true and consistent with my understanding.
Date: 25th April 2008
I am police Inspector McGarvey of the Leicestershire police force, currently based in the criminal unit.
In 2007 and in relation to the Portuguese investigation carried out into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was detached to Portugal in the role of communication officer for the family.
In accordance with the Portuguese PJ Letter of Request I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was there anything done or said by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during various contacts that could raise any suspicion that they could have had any knowledge of what could have happened to Madeleine, beyond the circumstances described tothe Portuguese investigators.

My reply to the question: No.
In relation to the above I would like to mention that at approximately 20.00 on the 5th May, I arrived at the McCann apartment with other family communications officers. We were asked several times during this meeting about questions that Gerald and Kate would like to have followed up and responded to by the PJ.
I remember that during the meetings, Kate revealed that Madeleine had spoken with her in the morning of her disappearance and said that she remembered the twins had cried during the night and that she wanted to know why neither her mother or father had appeared. Kate asked herself whether this fact could have any relation with Madeleine’s disappearance.
Gerry and Kate also questioned whether there was any suggestion that pointed to the use of drugs to facilitate Madeleine’s abduction.
This statement was made by me and is truthful in accordance with my knowledge.

Statement by: Stephen Markley – 25.04.08
Cartas Rogatorias Vol V
Pages 9 – 10
Statement by: Stephen Markley
Occupation: Police Officer
This statement (composed of 2 pages and signed by me) is true and in accordance with my understanding.
Date: 25th April 2008
Signature
I am police officer Markley of the Leicestershire Police currently working in the criminal unit.
In 2007 and in relation to the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, I was detached to Portugal in the role of family communication officer.
According to the Portuguese PJ Letter of Request, I was asked to respond to the following question:
Was there anything done or said by Kate or Gerry McCann in your presence or during your various meetings that could raise any suspicion that they had any knowledge about what could have happened to Madeleine, beyond the circumstances described tothe Portuguese investigators?

My reply to the question was: No.
However, in relation to the above, I would like to add the following: At about 20.00 on Saturday 5th May 2007, I arrived at the apartment where Kate and Gerry were staying, with other officers. During the meeting Gerald and Kate had a number of questions to which they wanted follow up and responses from the PJ.
One of these questions was that they wanted the PJ to be aware of was Madeleine’s revelation about Wednesday night, when she said that she was left alone during the night. She told Kate and Gerry that she remembered the twins crying and that she wanted to know why neither her mother nor her father had gone to the room to see what was happening.
They also wanted to know whether the PJ had any evidence that would suggest that the person who took Madeleine had used any substance to facilitate the abduction.
This statement was made by me and is truthful in accordance with my understanding.

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“Family Liaison Officers statements”

January 28th, 2011 at 11:13 am M.C. Says: The above statements are the versions that the anti Madeleine’s
will try and avoid and encourage others to avoid reading.
People are onto their partial posting of things.
January 28th, 2011 at 11:14 am SPA Says: One more proof of this couple´s innocence. So, I have to ask: why Mr. amaral insisted in his rubbish? To write a book of lies, to gain fame and fortune at the expenses of those he betrayed.
January 28th, 2011 at 11:45 am honestbroker Says: It is recorded in Almeida’s interim report that the McCanns asked that the twins be tested.
But what is posted above has added something I never realised before; that in the immediate aftermarth of Madeleine’s abduction, Kate and Gerry wanted to know whether there was any evidence that drugs had been used.
That is highly significant and another nail in the coffin of the conspiracy loons who try to insist the McCanns covered up something sinister to do with drugs.
Thank you for the piece.
January 28th, 2011 at 2:58 pm Tweets that mention Family Liaison Officers statements | Madeleine - Writing the Wrongs -- Topsy.com Says: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Father Jack, Jill , Jill , Jill , Mrs Doubtfire and others. Mrs Doubtfire said: @JillyCL Family Liaison Officers statements http://madeleine-writingthewrongs.com/2011/01/27/family-liaison-officers-statements/ #mccann [...]
January 28th, 2011 at 3:35 pm SPA Says: I agree with you honestbroker.
March 6th, 2011 at 6:18 pm Sabot Says: Oh Good. Perhaps the cretins will read this, and stop lying. Not that I hold out much hope. And anyway, no doubt they will find something else to lie about.
What a way to build a case against two innocent people.

March 6th, 2011 at 6:21 pm Sabot Says: Jesus. I have just realised that this was posted over a month ago, and still they go on lying.
So they do know what they are doing, and quite deliberately.

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