POLICE TO QUIZ MADELEINE'S MOTHER !
Portuguese police are to re-interview the mother of missing Madeleine McCann.
Kate McCann and her husband Gerry have previously been interviewed over the disappearance of their daughter from an apartment in Praia da Luz on 3 May.
Mrs McCann arrived at Portimao police station, with a lawyer, for formal questioning as a witness. Police have said the McCanns are not suspects.
Separately, Portuguese detectives confirmed they had the partial results of forensic tests by a UK laboratory.
Four-year-old Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from the family's holiday apartment while her parents were eating in a nearby restaurant.
Blood traces
Mrs McCann arrived at the police station in the Algarve at 1400 BST (1300 GMT) on Thursday, driven by her husband.
In a statement released before the interview, she appealed to her daughter's abductors, saying: "It is not too late - please let her go or call the police."
She said: "We came to Portugal an ordinary family of five. We just want to know what happened on May 3 and want to be able to go home one family, reunited."
The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Portimao, said: "It's our understanding that what will take place here will be a formal police interview.
"This is not an informal meeting of the type the McCanns have had regularly with detectives since Madeleine disappeared."
He added that a family spokeswoman had stressed Kate McCann would be questioned as a witness not as a suspect.
Mr McCann is thought to face further questioning himself on Friday.
Madeleine was last seen on 3 May.
Family spokeswoman Justine McGuinness, speaking shortly after Mrs McCann entered the police station, said: "Kate and Gerry are happy to help the police in their investigations to find their daughter Madeleine, as they have been since she was taken.
"Kate continues to believe that Madeleine is still alive, and to hope and pray that she will be returned soon.
"Kate is a loving, gentle mother - one of the victims in an extraordinary and terrible set of events."
Portuguese police spokesman Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said partial results from tests had been received but would give no further details.
Samples, including suspected traces of blood, were recovered from the McCanns' holiday apartment.
The UK's Forensic Science Service has spent the past month analysing samples.
Last week, the McCanns launched a libel action against a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter.
But a public statement from the director of police followed saying the McCanns had never been viewed as suspects.
The McCanns have travelled extensively through Europe to raise awareness of the search for their daughter.
BBC NEWS REPORT.
Kate McCann and her husband Gerry have previously been interviewed over the disappearance of their daughter from an apartment in Praia da Luz on 3 May.
Mrs McCann arrived at Portimao police station, with a lawyer, for formal questioning as a witness. Police have said the McCanns are not suspects.
Separately, Portuguese detectives confirmed they had the partial results of forensic tests by a UK laboratory.
Four-year-old Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared from the family's holiday apartment while her parents were eating in a nearby restaurant.
Blood traces
Mrs McCann arrived at the police station in the Algarve at 1400 BST (1300 GMT) on Thursday, driven by her husband.
In a statement released before the interview, she appealed to her daughter's abductors, saying: "It is not too late - please let her go or call the police."
She said: "We came to Portugal an ordinary family of five. We just want to know what happened on May 3 and want to be able to go home one family, reunited."
The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Portimao, said: "It's our understanding that what will take place here will be a formal police interview.
"This is not an informal meeting of the type the McCanns have had regularly with detectives since Madeleine disappeared."
He added that a family spokeswoman had stressed Kate McCann would be questioned as a witness not as a suspect.
Mr McCann is thought to face further questioning himself on Friday.
Madeleine was last seen on 3 May.
Family spokeswoman Justine McGuinness, speaking shortly after Mrs McCann entered the police station, said: "Kate and Gerry are happy to help the police in their investigations to find their daughter Madeleine, as they have been since she was taken.
"Kate continues to believe that Madeleine is still alive, and to hope and pray that she will be returned soon.
"Kate is a loving, gentle mother - one of the victims in an extraordinary and terrible set of events."
Portuguese police spokesman Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said partial results from tests had been received but would give no further details.
Samples, including suspected traces of blood, were recovered from the McCanns' holiday apartment.
The UK's Forensic Science Service has spent the past month analysing samples.
Last week, the McCanns launched a libel action against a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter.
But a public statement from the director of police followed saying the McCanns had never been viewed as suspects.
The McCanns have travelled extensively through Europe to raise awareness of the search for their daughter.
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