The Mystery of Corrie McKeague

Andrew wrote:Do Biffa dispose of their rubbish at the landfill site...?

unreorganised wrote:

Andrew wrote:Do Biffa dispose of their rubbish at the landfill site...?

I think I suggested that earlier on. Somebody might have had to make an admission that "recycling" has been going direct to landfill.

Andrew wrote:.... They say it will take 6 to 10 weeks to search the 920 square metres. To put that size into perspective, the average football pitch is just over 7100 square metres.

Couldn't they just bring in some cadaver dogs and walk round that particular area in a day and see if any alerts are given and then do the necessary fingertip search.....?

TheTruthWillOut wrote:I think it has been said that cadaver dogs can't/won't be used as it is too dangerous for them. I guess the gases that come off the site like methane and glass and metals cutting their paws.

A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice as part of the continuing Corrie McKeague missing person investigation has been told he will face no further action.

The 26-year-old was arrested on Wednesday 1 March and interviewed about information provided to the investigation before being bailed. However, after more work by detectives, he has now been told he will face no further action.

Police have been carrying out extensive work to check and re-check data provided to officers. As a result of this comprehensive checking process and analysis it was discovered that the initial weight of the waste pick-up supplied to the investigation was incorrect and that it was far higher than originally thought.

This directly led to the arrest as police moved to secure any potential evidence however, following further work and the interviewing of a second man under caution, detectives now believe there was no attempt to hide information.

Detective Superintendent Katie Elliott said; "Through the persistence of officers and their detailed work we recently identified that the data provided was incorrect. We now know the weight of the waste collection from the ‘horseshoe’ on the night Corrie went missing was over 100kg, when the original information we were given indicated that this was 11kg, and this makes our search of the landfill the next logical step to try to find Corrie.

“The investigation has identified that the company who provided the data usually charge per collection, not per weight of load collected, and it appears that it was genuinely believed by the company that the data provided was correct. There was no intention to mislead the investigation, however our discovery, through persisting with this through our enquiries and evidence gathering, now puts a new emphasis on the search.

“Corrie’s family have been made aware of this new information and we continue to liaise with them as we move forward.

“Our extensive work around CCTV to see if Corrie could have left the Brentgovel Street area and the vast number of other enquiries we have been making have been crucial to getting us to this point.

“We have had to be methodical and systematic in our approach to ensure we were not ruling out the line of enquiry that may give us the answers. The search of the landfill is a huge undertaking, and still may not provide the answer as to what happened, but now, with new information uncovered by the officers working on the case, this is the priority.

“We would like to thank all of those organisations who have been assisting with the investigation. Their assistance and co-operation throughout has allowed us to conduct the enquiries we needed to do and we are grateful that they have been supportive of our work.”

Any information relating to Corrie’s disappearance should be passed to the incident room on 01473 782019. Alternatively you can call 101 and ask to speak to the team.

costello wrote:@TTWO, I have just heard the same on our Scottish news headlines.Bizarre indeed.... sorry but in the words of Wendy Murphy 'I'm not buying any of this". Just my thoughts as ever.

Bampots wrote:Because most recycling is something council tax payers must do......but lots of councils dont!!!

chirpyinsect wrote:

costello wrote:@TTWO, I have just heard the same on our Scottish news headlines.Bizarre indeed.... sorry but in the words of Wendy Murphy 'I'm not buying any of this". Just my thoughts as ever.

I'm with you on that note Costello. The average weight of the collections from Greggs were checked for several months before, and worked out at 11kg give or take. The bin man would have to move the bin to hook it onto the lorry so must have struggled to shift it. 100kg isn't easily moved. All reports at the beginning stated 11kg.
If 100kg was recorded then Greggs would be billed for 100kg and would surely by now have queried it. If only 11kg was recorded, Greggs would not have queried it so how on Earth did it come to light?