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Portuguese police may make a formal request to reinterview
the parents of missing Madeleine McCann.
Detectives are reported to be preparing an application to a British court to reinterview Kate and Gerry McCann and their friends.
The McCanns' spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said: "Kate and Gerry and their
friends have consistently said they are more than happy to be reinterviewed if Portuguese police feel it is necessary.
"Indeed their friends are keen to be reinterviewed,
if that helps to clarify any inconsistencies the police feel may exist in their
original statements, and if it leads to Kate and Gerry being eliminated from
the inquiry.
"Their friends, like Kate and Gerry, have absolutely nothing to
hide."
The McCanns were dining with friends when Madeleine went missing shortly before
her fourth birthday in the resort of Praia da Luz in
the Algarve
on May 3.
Four members of the Portuguese investigation team flew home from the UK yesterday
after a meeting with British forensic experts to discuss DNA samples collected
for the inquiry.
The tests are said to have been carried out on blood samples, bodily fluids and
hair found in the McCanns' holiday apartment and the vehicle they hired 25 days
after the child disappeared.
Both Leicestershire Police, who are helping their Portuguese counterparts, and
the Birmingham-based Forensic Science Service have described the meeting as
"routine". |
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NEWS NOVEMBER 2007 |
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