UK UK - Charlene Downes, 14, Blackpool England, Nov 2003

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Anorak has an excellent article on this case as well as similar cases, highlighting the manner in which the search for Charlene Downes has been used by groups like EDL as a means to stir white fears.

The Truth About Charlene Downes And Blackpool’s Paedophile Gangs

The EDL getting involved in the case may bring missing Charlene Downes to the news cycle, but it is a highly selective campaign. Demonising all Asians and Muslims is more akin to a blood libel than a campaign to end all abuse.
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(much more at link)
 
Charlene Detective must quit

A senior detective – who played a key role in the Charlene Downes murder probe – has been told she must resign.

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Despite one of Lancashire Police’s biggest ever missing person’s inquiries Charlene, who was 14 when she disappeared in 2003, has never been found.

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During the 11-week trial in 2007, Preston Crown Court heard detectives believed they could hear reference to Charlene’s body being put into a mincing machine.

But Mr Reveshi and Mr Albattikhi walked free from court when a jury failed to reach a verdict.

A re-trial was ordered, but the case collapsed on the eve of the hearing after prosecutors withdrew the charges and the judge ordered not guilty verdicts be returned on both defendants.

More: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/charlene_detective_must_quit_1_4089268
 
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...-crowd-targets-street-over-charlene-1-6930825
Chanting crowd targets street over Charlene
Published Nov 3, 2014.
A tenant has today told of the moment more than 50 people – believed to include ex-British National Party leader Nick Griffin – stood outside his home calling for his landlord to appear. Latvian Janis Rozite, 22, said he was sat at home in Bloomfield Road on Saturday when the crowd appeared outside his property. They demanded to speak to the landlord who was one of the two men cleared several years ago of being involved in the disappearance of Charlene Downes.

Saturday marked the 11th anniversary of when the Blackpool schoolgirl went missing.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04t9mdv

Wasn't sure if anyone still follows this thread? However there was a recent Panorama (BBC) programme 'The Girl Who Vanished', analysing the horribly botched police investigation. It seems there was zero evidence whatsoever against the men the prosecution was brought against. It must be horrible for her family, to not know what happened to her, after all these years [emoji17]
 
A breakthrough in Charlene's case...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4143872/charlene-downes-murder-2003-man-arrested/

COLD CASE TWIST Charlene Downes murder breakthrough as man, 51, arrested after Blackpool teen’s body was ‘chopped into kebabs’ following 2003 disappearance

Schoolgirl Charlene, 14, went missing nearly 14 years ago in case that has been dogged by police blunders

DETECTIVES are today quizzing a suspect over the murder of teenager Charlene Downes, who is feared to have been chopped up into KEBABS.

Schoolgirl Charlene, 14, of Blackpool, went missing in November 2003.

No trace of her has ever been found but detectives believe her body was chopped up and had “gone into kebabs” at a takeaway in the town.

Lancashire Police announced a breakthrough in the cold case after a man, 51, who lived in Blackpool at the time of Charlene's disappearance was arrested this morning on suspicion of her murder.

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http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/n...suspicion-of-charlene-downes-murder-1-8680073
A man has been arrested in Preston on suspicion of the murder of Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes.

The arrest was made this morning by the team of detectives investigating Charlene's murder.


A 51-year-old man, who lived in Blackpool at the time of Charlene's disappearance in 2003, was taken into custody.

He will be questioned by officers today.
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Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers.org they can email: charlenedownesinvestigation@lancashire.pnn.police.uk

A £100,000 reward remains on offer for information leading to the conviction of her killer or killers.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-arrested-suspicion-murdering-missing-10909542
 
From February 2017:

A man who admitted sexually abusing two teenage girls has been jailed.

Nigel Lloyd abused the girls, then aged 15, between 2001 and 2003 in Blackpool, Lancashire.

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The 51-year-old was arrested by police investigating the murder of 14-year-old Charlene Downes. There is no direct link between the cases.

Man jailed for sexually abusing girls
 
Mum of missing Charlene Downes tells how she survived 15 years of hell
Det Chief Insp Richard McCutcheon of Lancashire Police said: “We are committed to finding Charlene and her killer.

“We continue to focus on child sex exploitation.”

A police spokesman added that a man, 53, arrested in August 2017 on suspicion of Charlene’s murder but, released pending further enquiries still remains under investigation.
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iulia said:
Mum of missing Charlene Downes tells how she survived 15 years of hell
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Empty words from the Police really. How many officers are actively working on this after all this time and in the face of huge spending cuts? I'm willing to bet it's zero.

The system as a whole has really let Charlene down and hopefully we can use cases like these to try and learn from the mistakes.

She made walk in visits to the sexual health clinic 13 times in the 2 years leading up to her disappearing. How on earth does that not get reported to social services, especially considering she'd have been only 12 years old in the early visits?

To top it off the police then completely botch the case. Really feel for her parents as they're very unlikely to get justice now.
 
iulia said:
Charlene Downes: Blackpool mother claims investigation was sidelined because they are working class | Daily Mail Online
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She's not wrong, think of all that money wasted on trying to find Madeleine McCann. Meanwhile many other families can't even get the police to put a proper search together for their kid.

I've always said if they were from a council estate and on benefits then the McCanns would have been prosecuted years ago. Just another example of how being rich helps you when it comes to the Police.
 
I just read her mums book. It horrified me how the police initially just treated her as a runaway - I doubt it would have saved her but it could have led to a conviction if they investigated these men a lot earlier.

There wasn't very much about the trial in the book, I'm not sure if that was for legal reasons or if the mum didn't want to go there.

I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" the book because it's such horrid subject matter but I'd certainly recommend it if you're interested in missing persons.
 
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