The Met Police is launching an internal probe into the missing person inquiry of Alice Gross, 14, who was last seen in West London on August 28 Scotland Yard has launched a review into the shambolic handling of the Alice Gross case. The internal probe will examine what was done in the immediate aftermath of the 14-year-old’s disappearance – the so-called ‘golden hour’ when most cases are solved. MPs have expressed grave concerns over the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the case and delays in treating it as more than a missing person inquiry. The force also faces criticism over delays in asking the Latvian authorities for help in catching prime suspect Arnis Zalkalns.
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Internal probe will examine what was done in so-called 'golden hour' of case
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Met Police faces criticism over delays in asking Latvian authorities for help
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Main suspect Arnis Zalkalns, 41, came to UK after killing his wife in 1997
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Scotland Yard has not issued warrant for his arrest due to lack of evidence
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Zalkalns seen on bike 15 minutes after Alice, 14, from Hanwell, was last seen
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His ex landlord in West London sexually abused a teenage girl for 4 years
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Lionel Ferris, 68, was recently recalled to prison after breaking his parole
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British detectives flew to Latvia yesterday – almost a month after Alice went missing
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Latvian justice minister Gaidis Berzins said his department has not received a ‘legal request [for help] from the UK authorities’
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Zalkalns learnt search and survival techniques during the 1990s in the Latvian home guard
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His former landlord is a convicted paedophile who sexually abused a teenage girl for four years.
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