Scotland Yard's Madeleine McCann quiz bill soars to £4.5m
THE cost of Operation Grange, the Scotland Yard review of the Madeleine McCann mystery, has risen to £4.5million, the Sunday Express can reveal today.
Detectives are said to be making “good progress” with the estimated £6,228-a-day investigation that began in May 2011.
The Home Office told us: “We remain committed to supporting the search.”
Home Secretary Theresa May will this week face pressure to explain in detail if taxpayers are getting value for money.
The Yard will also be under pressure to call a press conference to say if they are any nearer to catching whoever was responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance in the Algarve in Portugal on May 3, 2007, when she was three.
On Friday, the sixth anniversary, her parents Kate and Gerry are expected to join supporters for prayers by a candle that burns day and night in their home village of Rothley, Leicestershire.
Michelle Canilleri, who lives in the village, said: “We want to make sure Madeleine will never be forgotten.”