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EXPRESS: MONDAY 26
NOVEMBER 2007 |
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The Daily Express, Mon 26 November 2007 |
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PORTUGUESE TEAM
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KATE and Gerry McCann wrecked the
chances of solving the mystery of their daughter's
disappearance by destroying
evidence
at their holiday apartment, a senior policeman has claimed.
The Portuguese officer, one of the first detectives on the
scene after Madeleine's disappearance, said the flat was
such a mess it 'looked like there had been an earthquake'
and any clues had been 'contaminated' by people trampling in
and out.
Countering criticisms of the original police investigation
he said: 'When we arrived at the scene, it was as if there
had been an earthquake in the apartment.
'Everything had been turned over and there were more than 10
people there touching everything. How could the
evidence
not be contaminated'
'Of course, we isolated the scene, but a great deal had
already been touched.'
In an interview with Portuguese daily 24 Horas, he said
gathering evidence
at the apartment had not been a priority at first, as they
were initially investigating an abduction.
However, as the police investigation increasingly turned
towards the theory that Madeleine had died in the apartment,
they found evidence
at the scene had been destroyed.
He said: 'We set out with the
presumption that the little girl had disappeared. Only later
was the investigation steered towards a possible homicide or
abduction.
'The time that was lost was fatal but the McCanns allowed
the destruction of
evidence which would be
fundamental for the clarification of what happened.'
The comments come as it emerged the Portuguese are sending a
scientific team to the UK to conduct their own analysis of
DNA evidence
taken from the McCanns' holiday apartment and their hire
car.
Forensic officers from the Policia Judiciaria are to travel
to the Birmingham lab to be taken through what the British
team has already done and to be given access to the samples
to carry out their own tests.
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