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Former missing persons detective ‘very surprised’ if Madeleine McCann probe gets funding next year

Source: PA

A former Metropolitan Police detective specialising in finding missing children has said she would be “very surprised” if the force’s hunt for Madeleine McCann receives more funding next year.

Scotland Yard has spent more than £13 million on the girl’s case so far, with 2024 marking the 17th anniversary of her disappearance in May 2007. The Met was granted a further £110,000 by the Home Office this May, significantly less than the £300,000 awarded the previous year.

German investigators carried

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