British expats to be quizzed in Madeleine case
BY BRENDAN DE BEER, IN NEWS · 11-11-2014 19:59:00 · 0 COMMENTS
Sources close to the investigation involving the search for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, have today told The Portugal News two British expats are set to be declared formal suspects or arquidos. Another two Britons will be called in as witnesses.
British expats to be quizzed in Madeleine case
Dates confirmed for questioning have been confirmed as being afrom November 24 to 28 at the PJ police headquarters in Faro.
Sources told said the questioning of suspects was unlikely to stretch beyond this period.
Any new requests will have to come in the form of a new letter of international request.
Sources said there are 11 persons of interest, of which
seven will be declared arguidos, and four will be heard as witnesses.
There are two Britons in either of these groups. The two British witnesses are a couple (a man and a woman), but the two British suspects are not related in any way and are both men.The seven suspects do not include any of the four questioned over the summer.The Brits were all resident in Portugal at the time of her disappearance and have remained here since, sources said.The theory that Madeleine was abducted by someone passing through,remains a scenario which Portuguese police continue to believe to be among the most probable.
Detectives from Scotland Yard are expected to sit in during questioning of suspects, but sources said today no official request had yet been received from London, though this appears to be a mere formality.
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