Thursday, June 28, 2007

ITALIAN HELD OVER MADELEINE CASE !

Madeleine has been missing since 3 May. An Italian man has been arrested in southern Spain over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, reports say.
Spain's El Pais newspaper says the man was arrested in Algeciras - a few hours drive from the Portuguese resort where Madeleine disappeared on 3 May.
The paper says a woman, who they believe could be the man's wife, was also arrested.
A spokesperson for the Spanish National Police says that, at this stage, they cannot confirm the information.

The Spanish interior ministry told the AFP news agency that the man was arrested after the authorities issued an international arrest warrant for him.
"Police are examining the possibility of a link" with the Madeleine case, the spokesman told AFP.
El Pais said the national police had arrested an Italian man and a woman at a property in Cadiz province, who they suspected could be linked to Madeleine's disappearance.
The newspaper's website said the operation started at about 0500 in a town near Algeciras in Cadiz province.

Officers from the specialist and violent crimes unit searched a property for several hours, according to a local resident.
But the police were being cautious and refusing to give details about the man arrested, said the website.
Portuguese Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa told BBC News that he did not believe the arrests were directly connected to Madeleine's kidnapping.
He added that he could not confirm reports that the arrests were connected to charges of attempting to extort money from the McCanns.
'Hopes dashed'
A spokeswoman for the McCanns said the family were not commenting directly on the potential development.
"They will be looking to the Portuguese police to advise them on any developments.
"They treat everything fairly and they look to the Portuguese as to what is given more weight and what is given less weight," said the spokeswoman.
Madeleine's great uncle, Brian Kennedy, had not heard about the potential development in the investigation until he was contacted by the media.
He said the family was trying not to get its hopes up too much because they had so frequently been dashed.
The McCanns went to Spain last month to ask for assistance to help find Madeleine.
They think it is one of the places she might have been taken because of its proximity to Portugal.
Border controls were not put on alert for the first 12 hours of Madeleine's disappearance.
Madeleine was taken from her apartment as she slept in the Algarve village of Praia da Luz on 3 May.
BBC NEWS REPORT.

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