Social Services screw things up from time to time, that's true enough. What organisation doesn't? What individual doesn't, for that matter? Most of the time they do a pretty good job. I'm sure the same is true of their opposite numbers in Portugal.

I agree with that.

It is also true of the police and the forensic science service.

On the whole all of these organisations do a very good job and I do have to say that I feel the Portuguese police are also trying to do a good job in what seems to be very difficult circumstances.