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Madeleine McCann police 'consult sacked chief'

HOMEPAGE NEWS REPORTS INDEX NEWS NOVEMBER 2007
Original Source: TELEGRAPH: 01 NOVEMBER 2007
By Caroline Gammell
Last Updated: 2:33am GMT 01/11/2007
 
Detectives investigating the Madeleine McCann case have consulted the chief inspector who has been sacked from heading the inquiry amid claims of a lack of leads, it has been reported.

Chief Insp
Goncalo Amaral was removed from the case at the beginning of October after he accused the British police of only following up lines of inquiry put forward by the missing girl's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann.

He was apparently convinced that the couple, who are formal
suspects in the case, were involved in the disappearance of their four-year-old, who vanished from Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3.

His supposed theory, that Mrs McCann may have accidentally killed her daughter and then relied on her husband to cover it up, was thought to have been dismissed in favour of the idea that Madeleine had been abducted.

But it has emerged that the new police chief in charge of the investigation,
Paulo Rebelo, has met Mr Amaral on several occasions as part of his review of the case. It is understood that a number of detectives who have worked on the case, including Guilhermino Encarnacao, the head of the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria in Faro, attended these meetings.

A police source told Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas: "At the moment all the evidence that was collected by the original investigation team is being re-evaluated."

Mr Amaral was a controversial figure throughout his time on the case. In June it emerged that he was facing a criminal hearing for allegedly concealing evidence after a woman jailed for the murder of her daughter claimed his officers tortured her into making a confession.

Leonor Cipriano, 36, claimed she was forced to kneel on glass ashtrays with a bag over her head as police hit her during almost 48 hours of questioning.

Mr Amaral, a father of three, strenuously denied covering up the alleged abuse, which is said to have been carried out by three of his colleagues.

His latest involvement in the case comes only days after Mr Rebelo visited the McCann's
Ocean Club holiday apartment to carry out a re-enactment of events the night Madeleine went missing. Officers spent several hours at the ground floor apartment and at one point a bundle was passed through a half open window.

Despite a number of potential leads, police appear no closer to solving the case.

One source close to the inquiry admitted that investigators "needed a miracle" to solve the case, which has dragged on for nearly six months without a breakthrough. Public prosecutor Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses has already warned that the case against the McCanns is not strong enough based on current evidence.

The couple, from Rothley in Leicestershire, have hired
private investigators in Spain who are working on the theory that Madeleine may have been snatched to order by a paedophile gang and could still be alive in north Africa.

Mr McCann, a cardiologist, is due to return to work this week at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. It is understood he will only carry out administrative duties on a part-time basis until he and his employers feel he is ready to return to full-time employment.

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