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Madeleine McCann died from an overdose of sleeping tablets,
reports in a French newspaper claimed yesterday.
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Guilhem Battut, an investigative reporter for the French
tabloid France Soir, said Portuguese police had given
prosecutors a file detailing how they thought Madeleine had
died.
Battut - an experienced journalist who has worked on a
number of major inquiries - claims police believe that
evidence found in the McCanns' hire car will "prove that the
little girl had ingested medicines, without doubt sleeping
pills, in large quantities".
A source at the newspaper claimed: "We are not simply
repeating rumours carried in other papers. This is not a
theory, but a fact contained in hard evidence in the hands
of the Portuguese authorities.
"It is all very well putting theories and opinions forward,
but in the end this case will be decided on evidence. As
journalists, we have been trying to establish what evidence
is available."
DNA evidence which has reportedly been found in the hire car
includes hair, blood and bodily fluids which match
Madeleine's.
Police are said to want to examine the vehicle again. It is
currently being kept in a safe place by the family who are
considering having their own tests carried out on it as they
strive to prove their innocence.
Portuguese police are said to be drawing up a list of 40 new
questions that they want to put to Mrs McCann. But British
forensic experts expressed doubts over the claim.
Alan Baker, of the independent forensic science organisation
Bericon, said: "These samples are likely to be far from
ideal. If it is just a smear or dried deposit you could
detect the drug but not how much."
Last night friends of the family dismissed the latest
speculation. Gerry McCann reportedly told a friend: "There
are large craters in every one of these theories, in these
ludicrous accusations.'
"As far as Kate and I are concerned there is no evidence to
suggest that Madeleine is dead. We are 100 per cent together
on this, not one grain of suspicion about each other."
A close friend of Mrs McCann's said: "She is a gentle mother
who loves her children very much.''
