UPDATE ON MADELEINE McCANN (1ST DECEMBER '08)
I know a few people have been looking at my blog when doing searches for updates on the Madeleine McCann case so am going to post any news that I hear.
This is the latest news this morning:-
Portuguese police are reportedly set to make a formal request to re-interview the friends of Kate and Gerry McCann over daughter Madeleine's disappearance.
Sources told the SIC Portuguese news channel that a team of detectives and the prosecutor would fly to Britain next week for interviews.
According to reports, they will deliver letters of appeal to British police, asking them to interrogate the friends, known as the Tapas Seven, again with Portuguese officers present.
The McCanns were dining with friends when Madeleine went missing shortly before her fourth birthday in the resort of Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3.
It was also reported police wanted to re-interview the McCanns but were refused permission without offering more evidence against the couple.
The Daily Mail reported that public prosecutor Jose Magalhaese Meneses refused to grant permission for the McCanns to be reinterviewed without seeing stronger evidence against them first.
It said police and the prosecutor met for more than three hours to discuss the results of DNA tests carried out by the UK's Forensic Science Service.
Saturday's reports come a day after four members of the Portuguese investigation team flew home from the UK following a meeting with British forensic experts to discuss DNA samples collected for the inquiry.
The tests are said to have been carried out on blood samples, bodily fluids and hair found in the McCanns' holiday apartment and the vehicle they hired 25 days after the child disappeared.
Both Leicestershire Police, who are helping their Portuguese counterparts, and the Birmingham-based Forensic Science Service have described the meeting as "routine".
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Will we ever find out what has happened to poor Madeleine? Is she still alive? All we can do is hope.
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