‘CM’ [Correio da Manhã] today starts the exclusive publication of excerpts from the book by Gonçalo Amaral, who believes that Madeleine McCann died inside the apartment at Praia da Luz. The episode of the holidays in 2005, in Mallorca – which raises suspicions about a friend of the couple – and the DNA results are the first parts.

British police officers were yesterday accused of trying to stop DNA information allegedly linked to Kate and Gerry McCann’s hire car from being made public.

David Payne, one of the McCanns’ friends that were on holidays in the Algarve on the 3rd of May last year, when Madeleine disappeared, was suspected of paedophile behaviours.

Lincoln Crown Court Judge Michael Heath felt sorry for floor specialist Paul Young, who he said had acted out of “understandable frustration”
Lincoln Crown Court Judge Michael Heath felt sorry for floor specialist Paul Young, who he said had acted out of “understandable frustration”

Lincoln Crown Court Judge Michael Heath felt sorry for floor specialist Paul Young, who he said had acted out of “understandable frustration”

Despite causing £24,000 worth of damage he has walked free from court after a judge took sympathy on him and said he had acted out of “understandable frustration”.

With support for the McCanns wavering as they face the prospect of a fresh police interrogation, residents of the town say they cannot bring themselves to display Madeleine’s poster when her parents are still considered suspects.

THE boss of the Spanish detective agency hired by the McCanns has bizarrely boasted Maddie could be “home by Christmas”.

Metodo 3 chief Francisco Marco insisted yesterday for the THIRD time that missing Maddie was in their sights.

The private detectives hunting for Madeleine McCann were once arrested in a phone-tapping scandal linked to leading politicians and businessmen.

Five senior members of the family-run firm Metodo 3 ? including director-general Francisco Marco, who is liaising with Kate and Gerry McCann ? were held amid claims of industrial and political espionage.

António Cluny, president of the Portuguese public prosecutors’ service, said that it appeared that there was insufficient forensic evidence to prove that Madeline was killed by her parents.

A private security firm has been secretly investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann for four months because her parents feared that Portuguese police were failing properly to search for their daughter.

Control Risks Group (CRG) is believed to have been checking reported sightings of Madeleine from around the world and building up profiles of likely abductors.

THE father of missing Madeleine McCann will continue his visit to the United States today with a series of meetings with politicians.