Corrie Mckeague: Reward To Find Missing Airman Doubles

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-42369608

Doubled from £50k to £100K.

[EDDIE51]

Saplesam That was what the police thought at first. They were given information that the lorry only had 11 Kg of waste which is absurd. It would not drive all the way to the landfill and pay the tipping fee for 11 Kg. That was the reason they did not investigate the landfill right away. Another example of police incompetence which has quite possibly meant that the mystery will never be solved. When they got the correct information it turned out that the correct weight was over 1000 Kg of waste. 11 Kg was so obviously wrong that there is an investigation as to why they did not realise it was wrong immediately.

[naomi24]

Eddie, //Another example of police incompetence//

I really do object to that. The police can only act on the information available – and that’s what they did.

[Baldric]

///Police were initially told that the weight of the waste pick-up was 11kg - but after investigation found that the weight was actually 100kg, far higher than initially thought///

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/data-blunder-means-bin-lorry-12707121

[naomi24]

Precisely!

[vulcan42]

Doesn't the refuse lorry driver have to go the landfill site to find out how much he is carrying? He wouldn't have known how much he'd picked up until the vehicle was weighed- at the landfill site.

[naomi24]

Vulcan, The lorry was weighed at the landfill site but the police were given grossly inaccurate information.

[EDDIE51]

The point is that the police should have had the intelligence to realise that a lorry would not make a trip to the landfill to dump 11kg.
They should have immediately realised that was not correct and investigated further. It was the delay that made the search so difficult.They did not investigate the landfill for several weeks, by which time hundreds of tonnes more waste had been dumped there.

[anneasquith]

I think this case will remain a mystery.

[naomi24]

Eddie. Hindsight is a wonderful thing .... unless you're the infallible sort who wouldn't have a use for it anyway.

[EDDIE51]

If a police officer was told the lorry drove all the way to the tip and paid to get in (each lorry is charged an entry fee to dump waste) just to tip an 11Kg load and did not question the figure that officer is at best short on brainpower. It should have been instantly obvious the figure could not be correct.

[mikey4444]

Eddie....you are correct, and I have made the same point many times here on AB.

The Police should have questioned what they were told, for the reasons that you have given.....they didn't.

There is a world of difference between 11kg and 100kg

Th Cambridge News link, provided by Baldric also says ::::.

"A man was arrested after police uncovered this information, but has been told he will face no further action after officers said they were satisfied it was a genuine mistake.

The 26-year-old was arrested on Wednesday, March 1, on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice"

I can find no evidence how or why he was suspected of "attempting to pervert the course of justice"

In addition, his Mobile phone was tracked all the way to the landfill site.

[douglas9401]

Eddie: " When they got the correct information it turned out that the correct weight was over 1000 Kg of waste. 11 Kg was so obviously wrong that there is an investigation as to why they did not realise it was wrong immediately"

Mikey: There is a world of difference between 11kg and 100kg

I think you'll both be able to work out the point here and wind your necks in.

[mikey4444]

Dougie.....My info came directly from the Cambridge News link that Baldric has provided.

So, don't be so rude......wind your own neck in.

[naomi24]

Eddie, //and paid to get in (each lorry is charged an entry fee to dump waste) just to tip an 11Kg load//

That’s ridiculous. I doubt very much that each lorry driver pays individually every time he goes to the tip. Lorries collecting domestic or commercial waste must be on contracts for that sort of thing so the contents of the lorry aren't relevant. Drivers don’t get to the gate and have to rifle their pockets for a bit of loose change!

Mikey, //I can find no evidence how or why he was suspected of "attempting to pervert the course of justice"//

Perhaps he hindered investigations by telling the police the weight was 11kg.

Just love these armchair critics! The police have spent £1.5million pounds on this. I’d say they’ve done and are doing their best to find him.

[mikey4444]

On this Naomi, like so many other things, we shall have to agree to disagree.

[douglas9401]

The point being, Michael, that you criticise the police for getting figures wrong then go on to do the same thing with not a hint of embarrassment.

If the Cambridge News link is also wrong then surely it illustrates how easy it is to make a mistake.

All police officers are human but not all humans are police officers.

I'm away to work.

[naomi24]

Mikey, try to muster up a bit of common sense! You too, Eddie!

[mikey4444]

Eddie....being chided by Naomi, for not using common sense, is a bit like being whacked around the head with a wet haddock, given her views on other things.

[naomi24]

Mikey, you've dropped that ball you're so fond of ..... again. Funny how you do that when it suits you.

[Jackdaw33]

Pot, kettle...