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« Reply #100 on: June 21, 2009, 02:32:56 PM »

EXCLUSIVE: New key suspect in prison
UK NEWSEXCLUSIVE: NEW KEY SUSPECT IN PRISON 



MADDIE: Still missing, 2 years on
Sunday June 21,2009
By James Murray and Tracey Kandohla DETECTIVES believe a man being held in a UK prison on a murder charge may hold vital information about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

They say he was in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on the day Madeleine vanished in May 2007, just before her fourth birthday.

The investigators working for the McCann family are now trying to build up an extensive picture of his movements in the Algarve resort at the time.

They are anxious to learn if he was staying near the McCanns’ holiday apartment and if he had any contact with the family.

The astonishing development came in the wake of huge international publicity last month which included a televised reconstruction of Madeleine’s disappearance and an emotional appeal for help from parents Kate and Gerry McCann.

The man in the spotlight cannot be identified for legal reasons because he is in jail accused of a murder which took place in this country.

Retired Detective Inspector Dave Edgar, who is heading the McCanns’ investigation, would like to question him about his movements in Portugal but recognises that he may not get an opportunity to speak to him until after his trial.

The Sunday Express can reveal that he is one of seven potential suspects Mr Edgar is trying to rule in or out of his complex investigation.

He has recently been to Praia da Luz to try to check the alibi of a British paedophile who strongly resembles a the description of a man seen looking intently at the McCanns’ apartment shortly before Madeleine disappeared.

The man, who lives permanently in Portugal, was interviewed by Portugese police two years ago because of his child-abuse past.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/108977/EXCLUSIVE-New-key-suspect-in-prison
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« Reply #101 on: June 21, 2009, 11:23:49 PM »

Meanwhile, one of the first cops to arrive at the flat the night Maddie vanished had £100,000 put into his bank account soon after, Portuguese TV claimed yesterday.

It was alleged the National Republican Guard corporal was being investigated.

A spokesman for GNR, who were criticised for contaminating the Maddie crime scene, said no one was being probed.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/2493351/Murder-suspect-link-to-Maddie.html

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« Reply #102 on: June 21, 2009, 11:32:52 PM »

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« Reply #103 on: June 22, 2009, 03:29:13 AM »

Spotlight on murder accused in Maddy mystery
Published Date: 21 June 2009
By Simon Bristow
PRIVATE detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann want to speak to a man who is on remand in a British jail, it has been revealed.
The man, who is accused of murder, is one of seven people the team hired by Madeleine's parents to hunt for the little girl hope to interview, a source confirmed.

Madeleine, from Rothley in Leicestershire, was nearly four when she went missing while on holiday with her family in Portugal two years ago.
Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the McCanns, refused to go into detail on the revelations, saying: "A number of individuals remain as persons of interest to the Madeleine investigators.

"However, the investigators will not be naming or identifying any of those persons of interest.

"No competent investigation would be expected to do so whilst the inquiries continue."

Madeleine disappeared from Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3, 2007 while her parents Gerry and Kate McCann dined with friends nearby.
Despite a massive police investigation and huge publicity worldwide, she has not been found.

A month ago two investigators hired by the McCanns identified violent paedophile Raymond Hewlett as a "person of interest" to their search, but failed to secure an interview.

Retired policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany hoping to speak to Hewlett, who was being treated for throat cancer at a hospital in Aachen.

But negotiations between the investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down and the former soldier did not speak to them, despite denying any involvement in the case in newspaper interviews.

Mr Edgar said he had been told that the paedophile could only manage a 60-minute interview, when it would take five hours to quiz him properly.
He described himself as "very disappointed" the interview did not go ahead, but added: "He is not a suspect but I was keen to interview him because of his failing health."

Hewlett, a 64-year-old convicted sex attacker who used to live in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, was alleged to have been staying in Portugal when Madeleine disappeared.

He was said to have been staying an hour's drive from the McCanns' holiday flat when the little girl vanished.

He insisted he had never seen the missing girl other than in posters and on television.

In an interview with a national newspaper, he said: "The only time I've seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I've never seen her in real life."

Hewlett was interviewed by a West Yorkshire Police detective earlier this month over an indecent assault which happened more than 30 years ago.

The indecent assault was committed on an eight-year-old girl in Manchester, but West Yorkshire Police agreed to lead the inquiry in tandem with its investigation into the 1975 murder of Lesley Molseed.
Hewlett was suspected of murdering 11-year-old Lesley, whose body was found on moorland near Ripponden, but was cleared when DNA evidence revealed her killer was Oldham man Ronald Castree.

He has been a suspect in the indecent assault case since 1999.
Hewlett, who has also lived in Blackpool and Telford, was jailed several times in the UK for sexually assaulting young girls.
His previous convictions include the attempted rape at gunpoint of a 14-year-old girl in Todmorden.

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« Reply #104 on: July 02, 2009, 01:03:32 PM »

Forensic checks on Maddie perv's vanBy SIMON HUGHES
and ANTONELLA LAZZERI

Published: 27 Jun 2009
A VAN used by Maddie McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett will be "ripped apart" in a hunt for clues.
Private detectives believe forensic checks could provide crucial evidence about the toddler's disappearance.



Fingerprints ... the painstaking search for clues


The battered blue Dodge has been seized by cops in Germany, where paedo Hewlett, 64, is being treated for cancer.

A source close to the probe added: "It will be ripped apart to look for a trace of Maddie."

Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate, 41, said: "Our investigators have known about the vehicle for some time."


A former detective with more than 20 years' experience said: "A single hair or a clothing fibre could provide the breakthrough everyone is so desperate for."

Hewlett and the van were a familiar sight when Maddie, then three, was snatched from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007. It was the one vehicle he was known to drive at the time.

Hewlett has been jailed three times for sex attacks on young girls but has insisted: "I didn't kill the McCann girl."

He claimed he was 60 miles away when Maddie disappeared.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/2504160/Forensic-checks-on-Maddie-pervs-van.html
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« Reply #105 on: July 02, 2009, 01:07:38 PM »


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Cops let Maddie suspect off hookBy SIMON HUGHES
and ANTONELLA LAZZERI

Published: 29 Jun 2009
A SUSPECT in the Madeleine McCann case was let off the hook — after a private detective tailing him was deported by cops.
The detective was told to leave Portugal after the suspect complained.

It is illegal in Portugal to run a private investigation into a crime when a police one is still active. As a result of the deportation, the suspect had nearly a year to get rid of any possible evidence against him.

The man lived near the holiday complex in Praia da Luz where Maddie, three, disappeared on May 3, 2007.

A source close to the McCann family last night accused Portuguese cops of “hindering” the investigation, adding: “It’s a disgrace.”

The detective was working for the Spanish firm initially hired by Kate and Gerry McCann. Their British investigators are now looking into the man.

s.hughes@the-sun.co.uk

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/2505189/Cops-let-Maddie-suspect-off-hook.html

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« Reply #106 on: July 04, 2009, 09:44:14 PM »

http://www.express.co.uk/ourpaper/view/2009-07-05

The link leads to UK's Sunday Express, from the little I can read it tells of a child missing for 6 years recently returned home. Expresses there's hope for Madeleine.

The article isn't posted on the site...yet, anyway. Just the front page.
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« Reply #107 on: July 09, 2009, 02:22:19 AM »

Wasn't it reported the perv came into a bunch of money right after Madeleine's disappearance? Hard to keep up with all the info. If this is true, then he did not act 'alone' - in the various aspects and pieces of this crime - and if so, then I believe there may be a huge Northern CA (Not Santa Rosa!) connection. Can't quite put my finger on it, but some pieces are there... pedo ring, Napa County (why should they be left out, sigh) and... Portugal... too much of this is going on, it's beyond epidemic....
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« Reply #108 on: July 12, 2009, 09:45:46 AM »

12 July 2009
Madeleine McCann's new file
Nigel Nelson

British Ambassador Alexander Ellis has asked Portuguese police to reopen the Maddie McCann case.

Now the force has promised to look at new evidence into Madeleine's disappearance in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz two years ago just before her fourth birthday.

They had said Maddie was dead and the case was closed. But Foreign minister Chris Bryant said: "The head of the Portuguese criminal investigation police is ready to consider credible new leads which may come to light."

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Detectives working for Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry of Rothley, Leics, say the Algarve is awash with paedophiles. In the last four years seven children of tourists have been molested and there are 38 known sex offenders in the area.

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« Reply #109 on: July 26, 2009, 04:12:05 PM »

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21 July 2009
By Paul Fielding
A FORMER Blackpool soldier, linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is unlikely to face charges over a sex attack 30 years ago.
A team of detectives from West Yorkshire police flew to Germany to question Raymond Hewlett over the assault on an eight-year-old girl in 1972 and took a DNA sample.

But sources at the Yorkshire force said that although they were still awaiting instructions on how to proceed from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), it was unlikely charges would follow. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "We have been over to interview him and are currently liaising with the CPS regarding the matter.

"We are also still awaiting the results of a DNA profile."

Hewlett, 64, who was brought up in Hawes Side Lane, Marton, is currently in hospital in Aachen where he is being treated for throat cancer.

Private detectives working for the McCann family have not named him as a suspect but want to question him after receiving some worrying information from people who knew him.

In the past he has been jailed three times for sex attacks on young girls but has since insisted "I didn't kill the McCann girl".

Hewlett is said to have been staying around an hour's drive from the McCanns' holiday flat in Praia da Luz in Portugal when the little girl vanished on May 3, 2007.

The battered blue Dodge van owned by Hewlett at the time of Madeleine's disappearance has been seized by German police and looked over by investigators.

It has been alleged the vehicle was seen parked close to the McCanns' complex on several occasions around the time the youngster went missing.

The McCanns' investigators – retired UK policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley – flew to Germany last month in a bid to question Hewlett.

But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down and the detectives flew home empty handed.

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/DNA-clues-delay-in-Maddie.5477327.jp
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« Reply #110 on: July 29, 2009, 05:28:11 PM »

Did Maddie get an opportunity to negotiate with Hewlett ?

What is all the political nonsense when it comes to crimes against children ??

What Rights did Maddie have ?
Why should anyone be concerned for his rights ??

That Van should hold DNA evidence that should strip him of his rights.
This man has already attacked other children before... 
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« Reply #111 on: August 05, 2009, 09:01:58 PM »

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25890813-26103,00.html

AFP not investigating Madeleine McCann case
August 06, 2009
THE Australian Federal Police say they are not investigating a local connection to Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

Four-year-old Madeleine vanished from her family's rented holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007, while her parents dined with friends at a nearby restaurant.

Two British media sources say a search is underway for an Australian who may be able to shed light on the case.

The Daily Mail says a witness has given private detectives new information about an Australian man who could be linked to the young girl's disappearance while on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal in May 2007.

But The Sun says an Australian woman is believed to hold vital clues to the abduction. It reported detectives have been told an Australian woman spoke to a Brit outside a bar in Barcelona, Spain, three days after the young girl went missing. The witness only came forward in recent weeks, it said.

"What this Australian is reported to have said is of enough significant interest to launch a hunt for her," a source close to the private investigation told the newspaper.

But the AFP said the case was not being followed up locally.

"We haven't received a request for any assistance," a spokeswoman told AAP.

"So at this stage we are not investigating any of the allegations made ... this morning."

Investigators hired by Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann are expected to hold a press conference in London to release images of the person being sought.

The McCanns believe Madeleine is alive and can be found unless they are shown clear evidence to the contrary. Portuguese police closed their investigation a year ago.
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« Reply #112 on: August 06, 2009, 01:09:24 AM »



"What this Australian is reported to have said is of enough significant interest to launch a hunt for her.

"We don't know where she is.

"She could still be in Spain, back in Australia, or anywhere else.

"But we need to find her quickly."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537620,00.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/2573496/Hunt-for-Australain-woman-with-vital-Madeleine-McCann-clues.html
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« Reply #113 on: August 06, 2009, 02:35:17 AM »

Madeleine McCann search turns to Victoria Beckham look-alike with Aussie accent

Peter Wilson, Europe correspondent | August 06, 2009
Article from:  The Australian

A WOMAN with an Australian or New Zealand accent is being sought over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in a surprise twist just over two years after the English girl went missing.
The woman is described as "a bit of a Victoria Beckham look-alike" and was in the Spanish city of Barcelona in May 2007, three days after Madeleine disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal.

Investigators hired by Madeleine's parents say the woman said something to two British men which suggested that she knew about the fate of the then three-year-old.

A police artist's portrait based on descriptions by the witnesses shows the woman, who is estimated at 30 to 35 years old and was short, slim and had short brown hair.

One of the British men has told investigators that the woman had an Australian or New Zealand accent, while the second witness said it was Australian.

Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell told The Australian that Gerry and Kate McCann still believed they might find their daughter alive and they viewed the new hunt for this woman as one of the strongest leads uncovered during the entire investigation.

Dave Edgar, a retired British police detective who has been hired by the family to lead the search for the missing girl, said a recent tip-off from the two British men, who did not wish to be publicly identified, had convinced him that the woman in Barcelona may know what happened to Madeleine.

Interest in Madeleine's disappearance is still strong in Britain and Edgar is to release the artist's portrait and details of the new lead at a London press conference attended by journalists from Spain, Portugal and the UK.

The woman is described as being about 157.5 cm (5 foot 2 inches), with a slim build and was wearing expensive-looking blue jeans and a jersey top, possibly in a pastel color.

She is believed to speak excellent Spanish, possibly Catalan.

The two English witnesses say they noticed her when they were drinking in bars at a popular Barcelona marina at about 2am on May 7, 2007, just over 72 hours after Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday apartment in the seaside resort of Praia da Luz, about 13 hours drive away.

The men had been moving between bars and restaurants in the Port Olimpic Marina, a Barcelona area popular with both tourists and locals, when one of the witnesses noticed the well-dressed woman, who he says appeared agitated.

She was walking up and down outside the El Ray de la Gamba restaurant bar for about 10 minutes and appeared to be waiting for somebody.

The first witness, a 41-year-old British man, approached her and they had a short conversation in which she apparently thought he was the person she was waiting to meet.

It was what she said before realising that he was not the person she expected that has convinced the investigators that she may have information about Madeleine.

The woman then sat down in another bar nearby, where the second witness from the group of British men also noticed her.

At one point the woman had a brief angry conversation with somebody else, who may have bumped her, and the witnesses said she seemed to speak fluent Spanish. She was last seen walking away towards a local hospital and the more distant ferry and cruise ship terminals.

The investigators have conducted their own inquiries at the marina and are working with local police to see if anybody there recognises the British police artist's drawing.

The family's continuing hunt for Madeleine has been funded by public donations and large defamation settlements paid by the UK's Express newspaper group after publishing several reports suggesting that the McCanns and the friends they were holidaying with in Portugal may have been responsible for Madeleine's disappearance.

The investigators have asked anyone who may know the woman to contact them by emailing investigation@findmadeleine.com or calling +44 845 838 4699.

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A computerized sketch has been released of a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" private investigators want to trace in the hunt for Madeleine McCann.

 A computerized sketch has been released of a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" private investigators want to trace in the hunt for Madeleine McCann.

She was reportedly seen by two British men in Barcelona, Spain, three days after the little girl disappeared from Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3 2007.

The woman said something to one of the men which convinced the McCanns' private investigators she might have information about Madeleine.

The sketch was issued by McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell and David Edgar, the retired detective who now leads the search for the missing girl.

The pair gave details of the development at a press conference in London.
Mitchell said the two men first saw the woman when they were drinking in bars at the city's Port Olimpic Marina at about 2 a.m.

He said she was well-dressed but appeared agitated and kept walking up and down outside the El Ray de la Gamba restaurant bar.

One of the witnesses, a 41-year-old British man, had a brief conversation with her.

Mitchell would not reveal what she said for operational reasons, but said it was "potentially significant" to the little girl's disappearance.

He said the woman was then seen having a "heated conversation" with another person in Spanish in a nearby bar. She then wandered off towards a hospital.

The witnesses said the brown-haired woman was aged between 30 and 35, slim, about 5 feet 2 inches tall, and described as "a bit of a Victoria Beckham lookalike."

She is said to have had an Australian accent, and is also thought to speak fluent Spanish or Catalan.

Edgar said the witnesses had not come forward earlier for "personal reasons" and denied that they were drunk, even though they had visited a number of bars on that night.
He said the conversation took place about 72 hours after Madeleine disappeared — and it was possible that Madeleine could have been taken to Barcelona by boat in that time.

Mitchell said Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate "were not surprised" when told about the woman but were not "getting their hopes up or down."

But he added: "In this case they are hoping this might prove as significant as Dave believes."

Click here to read more on this story from Sky News.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Madeleine-McCann-Face-Of-Woman-Suspect-In-Search-For-Missing-Girl/Article/200908115355466?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15355466_Madeleine_McCann%3A_Face_Of_Woman_Suspect_In_Search_For_Missing_Girl
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« Reply #116 on: August 06, 2009, 11:57:30 AM »

Spain keeps getting mentioned..
It is the home base of human trafficking and sexual deviance in my opinion.
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« Reply #117 on: August 06, 2009, 02:59:30 PM »

Parents Of World-Famous Missing Child Release Picture Of Possible Suspect
Monday January 21, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff


He's a grizzled looking man with a long moustache and hair to match.

And he may be responsible for one of last year's most infamous crimes.

The family of Madeleine McCann has released sketches of a male seen near the area where the little girl disappeared last May. The four-year-old vanished from her hotel room at a Portuguese resort, after her parents went to a nearby restaurant for a quick dinner. She hasn't been seen since and there's been endless speculation about her fate.

Some believe she was taken by a sexual predator and killed, others that she was sold into a child slavery ring. And authorities in Portugal seemed to be zeroing in on her parents. The new clues are supposed to be of a suspicious man seen lurking near the inn at the Praia de Luz complex that night. Witnesses recall seeing a man carrying a child that evening, and the family hopes putting out a more detailed drawing of what he  looked like could spark a long dormant memory in someone who was there.

"We believe this man could be linked to Madeleine's disappearance," family spokesman Clarence Mitchell explains. "If he is innocent we want him to come forward for his own sake so he can be ruled out."

Madeleine's parents have since returned to their native Britain, as the cloud of suspicion around them continues. A website detailing all the clues - including several new sketches of the mystery man - remains up and running. Find it here.

The chances of solving this case get more remote as the months wear on, but the youngster's parents vow they will never give up. So far, no one has been charged in the abduction.

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72hrs after Maddie kidnap she waited for girl to be handed overBy ANTONELLA LAZZERI

Published: Today
A WOMAN who looks like Victoria Beckham went to a marina to take delivery of a child just 72 hours after Madeleine McCann was kidnapped, it emerged yesterday.

Detectives searching for Maddie released an e-fit of the Posh lookalike and launched a global hunt, saying: "We need to find her."
The woman spoke to a British man at a bar in the Port Olimpic marina in Barcelona, Spain.

He approached her because she was "agitated" and had been pacing up and down outside for ten minutes. She then mistook him for a man she had arranged to meet for the handover of a delivery.


The private detective leading the search for Maddie, ex-cop Dave Edgar, refused to reveal the contents of the two-minute conversation "for operational reasons". He said: "It was significant. It is a strong lead."


But a source told The Sun that the woman, thought to be Australian, asked the man: "Have you got her? Have you got the child?"




Clues ... bar where woman asked 'have you got her?' and map of where Maddie could have been taken
The source said: "The man came to believe the woman had been expecting to meet someone who was going to hand something over to her. From what she said about having 'her' he took it to be a female child.

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"He had no idea what she meant at the time but when he found out about Maddie's abduction he found it very suspicious.


"The woman seemed to be at the bar at an appointed hour, waiting for someone to show up and hand over something. When she realised he wasn't who she was expecting, she quickly brought the conversation to a close."


The conversation happened at the El Rey de la Gamba bar at about 2am on May 7 2007, just days after Maddie, then aged three, was snatched from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.


The fact that the meeting took place at a marina is significant, as investigators have always believed Maddie could have been smuggled out of Portugal by boat.


Two people were seen carrying a bundle towards Praia da Luz harbour at 6am the day after Maddie vanished, and it is thought she may have been snatched to order for a childless couple.


Mr Edgar said Maddie "could definitely" have been taken from Portugal to Barcelona by yacht, or been driven there in about a day.

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The Posh lookalike is said to be slim and "glamorous", aged 30 to 35, about 5ft 2in with spiky brown hair.


She walked away from the British witness after realising her mistake, but he later bumped into her again at a bar next door. A friend with the man told investigators she had an Aussie accent.


Investigators have interviewed staff at the two bars and shown them the e-fit, but no one has been able to identify her. Investigators are now asking Australian Federal Police to help trace her.


Maddie's doctor parents Kate and Gerry, both 41, of Rothley, Leics, have been informed.


Their spokesman Clarence Mitchell contacted aides of David and Victoria Beckham out of courtesy to let them know about the lookalike. David made a video appeal over Maddie shortly after she was snatched.

The British man, 41, was in Barcelona for his brother's stag do, and only came forward after seeing news reports on the second anniversary of Maddie's kidnap.


He had been reluctant to speak up before as he did not want his wife to think he was chatting up women in bars. Mr Edgar said he was a "very credible witness," adding: "He recognises he should have come forward before."



ANYONE with information should email investigation@findmadeleine.com or call the hotline on 0845 8384699.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/2573496/Posh-lookalike-sought-in-Maddie-hunt.html

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« Reply #119 on: August 06, 2009, 08:23:47 PM »

Have you got the child? asked Australian woman hunted in Madeleine McCann inquiry  By Rod Chaytor 7/08/2009

This is the Victoria Beckham look-a-like who is being hunted by detectives searching for Madeleine McCann.

Just 72 hours after Madeleine vanished the agitated women mistook a British tourist for a man she was impatiently waiting to meet outside a bar in Barcelona and asked him: “Have you got her? Have you got the child?”

 
Detectives searching for Madeleine McCann now believe she could have been swiftly shipped off to Barcelona after she was snatched from her parents’ apartment in Portugal.

Former Detective Inspector Dave Edgar is basing his theory on a new lead involving a mysterious woman said to look like Victoria Beckham.

The woman, who possibly had an Australian accent, was seen three days after Madeleine vanished behaving in an agitated manner outside a Barcelona bar as she apparently waited for the arrival of a child. She asked a British tourist: “Have you got her? Have you got the child?” It is thought she had mistaken him for a man she was meeting outside the El Rey de la Gamba in the city’s marina area

Mr Edgar added: “It’s a strong lead. Madeleine could have been in Barcelona by this point. The fact that the conversation took place near the marina could be significant. It is something we are looking at.”

The investigator and his colleague ex-Detective Sergeant Arthur Cowley say it is possible Madeleine, then three, was snatched to order from the resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 and smuggled on to a boat moored nearby.

It could have made the 800 mile-odd trip around the Iberian coast to deliver her in Barcelona.

The witness who saw the mystery Posh lookalike has only recently come forward. The 41-year-old man, who is in a senior management job,  had been on a stag weekend in the city. He kept silent initially because he was afraid his wife would think he had been chatting up the woman.

Mr Edgar said: “He’s a credible witness. He had been drinking but was not drunk. The account he has given is precise.

“He didn’t come forward earlier for personal reasons and I am satisfied with those personal reasons. I think he now wishes that he had come forward sooner.

“The woman is not a suspect but somebody we wish to speak to. She was most definitely on her own.”

An efit of the women was released yesterday in an effort to identify her. Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Gerry and Kate McCann, said the witness had approached the woman and had a short conversation with her at around 2am.

He added: “This conversation was potentially significant. Following the conversation the woman sat down in another bar.”

Mr Mitchell said the woman was then heard to have an angry exchange in fluent Spanish with another man who accidentally bumped her chair.

He added: “The woman was last seen walking away in the direction of a hospital and the more distant ferry and cruise ship terminals.”

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