Source: News of the World, 27th January 2008
Gail insisted: "I know with all my heart that Marques definitely was NOT the guy I saw three times in Praia de Luz. That man was not the guy in my drawing".
28th January 2008
The Sun
McCann cops to quiz lookalike By GARY O’SHEA
in Praia da Luz
Detectives are to quiz a drifter who looks uncannily like a mystery suspect in Maddie McCann’s disappearance.
Joaquim Agostinho, 42, denies he is the creepy man depicted in a sketch issued by parents Kate and Gerry McCann.
But Metodo 3, the Spanish private investigators hired by the McCanns, are taking the possibility seriously.
The artist's impression was based on a description by tourist Gail Cooper of a man she saw lurking near kids in Praia da Luz, Portugal, before Maddie, four, disappeared.
A source close to Metodo 3 said: ''We are going to be talking to this man as a priority, to establish if he is the one Mrs Cooper saw.''
When shown a photo of Agostinho, Gail, 50, of Newark, Notts, gasped: ''He’s the spitting image of the man I saw three times at the resort. It’s deeply shocking to see my drawing come to life.''Unkempt Agostinho lives on disability benefit in Altura, 87 miles east of Praia da Luz.
He said: ''People will claim the crazy guy is me — but I don't even know where that Praia da Luz place is.
''I've never been there. I can't even drive. I accept the drawing looks like me. But I did not kill Madeleine and the police haven’t spoken to me.''
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