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21/01/2008
Calls Follow 'Disturbing' Man's Photofit
Police have received dozens of calls after releasing 'photofit' images of a man – described by a witness as 'disturbing' - who may have information about the abduction of missing child, Madeleine McCann.
Sketches were made following a statement given by a British holidaymaker who stayed in the same resort as the McCanns in Portugal last year.
They are thought to resemble another drawing done of a man that a friend of the McCann's saw on the night the four-year-old vanished.
McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "He is out there - now let's find him."
The olive-skinned man was said to be seen acting suspiciously near the apartment complex in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished on May 3 last year.
Holidaymaker Gail Cooper said she saw the man walking by himself in heavy rain on the deserted beach at Praia da Luz on April 20. Later the same afternoon, she received a visit from the same man, whom she described as "disturbing".
The man was nervous and agitated and claimed to be collecting for a local orphanage, she said.
Mr Mitchell said Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry were "buoyed" by the picture, but said Portuguese police had been told about the sighting of the man in May.
Investigators have asked anybody with information to call 00 34 902 300 213.
(BMcC)
Sketches were made following a statement given by a British holidaymaker who stayed in the same resort as the McCanns in Portugal last year.
They are thought to resemble another drawing done of a man that a friend of the McCann's saw on the night the four-year-old vanished.
McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "He is out there - now let's find him."
The olive-skinned man was said to be seen acting suspiciously near the apartment complex in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished on May 3 last year.
Holidaymaker Gail Cooper said she saw the man walking by himself in heavy rain on the deserted beach at Praia da Luz on April 20. Later the same afternoon, she received a visit from the same man, whom she described as "disturbing".
The man was nervous and agitated and claimed to be collecting for a local orphanage, she said.
Mr Mitchell said Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry were "buoyed" by the picture, but said Portuguese police had been told about the sighting of the man in May.
Investigators have asked anybody with information to call 00 34 902 300 213.
(BMcC)
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Madeleine's parents visit holy shrine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have made a pilgrimage to Portugal's holiest site to pray for the four-year-old's safe return. Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Fatima, home of the Marian shrine, in what is expected to be the first of several visits across Europe in order to raise awareness of their daughter's abduction.
Madeleine's parents visit holy shrine
The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have made a pilgrimage to Portugal's holiest site to pray for the four-year-old's safe return. Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Fatima, home of the Marian shrine, in what is expected to be the first of several visits across Europe in order to raise awareness of their daughter's abduction.
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