Former suspect Robert Murat still haunted by Madeleine McCann caseThe Telegraph
5 June 2014
Robert Murat, who was a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, says despite being cleared in 2008 he still feels that people link him to the case.
Robert Murat speaking in Praia da Luz as searches take place on the mound nearby.
Robert Murat, the first formal suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, says he still lives with the legacy of being wrongly implicated in her abduction as police spend a fourth day investigating on an area close to where she went missing in Portugal seven years ago.
Officers, accompanied by their Portuguese counterparts, were expected to probe the area in Praia da Luz on the Algarve until Friday but have applied to spend an extra seven days there.
Yesterday, forensics officers were seen in an area which was previously hidden by undergrowth, while ground-penetrating radar equipment was used in another.
Mr Murat, a British ex-pat and property developer, who lived 100 yards from where the missing girl was last seen in the Algarve 15 months ago, helped police with translation in the first few days after her disappearance.
He was questioned by police less than two weeks after she vanished and made an arguido, the Portuguese equivalent of a suspect, but has always strongly protested his innocence.
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