German prisoner identified as suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance – BBC News

A German prisoner has been identified as a new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from a holiday resort in Portugal 13 years ago.

The man in his 40s is a convicted sex offender who had been living in the Algarve at the time, travelling around in a camper van.

Detectives in Germany have made a television appeal for more information. Madeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing from Praia da Luz in 2007.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford.

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