Madeleine McCann: who is the new suspect?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This month German police have identified a convicted sex offender as a prime suspect in the case of the missing British girl - last seen in the Algarve in 2007.
Guest:
David Collins, Sunday Times Northern Correspondent.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips: Sky News, ITV, ABC, BBC, 7NEWS Australia.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before we start today's stories of our times, a note of warning you may find the content in this episode upsetting |
| 0:06.4 | as issues including sexual violence and crimes against children are discussed. cast. family holiday in Portugal. Tonight Madeline's parents, Jerry and Kate, are still waiting desperately for news. |
| 0:26.0 | And with every hour that passes, the questions only grow. |
| 0:29.0 | Words cannot describe the anguish and despair that we are feeling as the parents of her |
| 0:36.7 | beautiful daughter Madeline. |
| 0:38.7 | Brand new push this morning to try to solve a mystery that's puzzled authorities for six years now. |
| 0:43.4 | One of Britain's most senior police officers says his team are pursuing critical leads |
| 0:48.0 | in the Madeline McCann investigation. |
| 0:49.9 | The new suspect in the Madeline McCann case has been described as strange and |
| 0:53.8 | intimidating by people in the Portuguese village where he stayed around the |
| 0:57.4 | time of the child's disappearance. It's reported the suspect is being named as |
| 1:01.2 | Christian B. A 43-year-old man who's believed to have been in the same area of southern Portugal where three year old Madeline went missing. |
| 1:09.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm David Eronovich. |
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