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Lawyers acting for the parents of Madeleine McCann have started examining Portuguese police files on the investigation, their spokesman says.Lawyers acting for the parents of Madeleine McCann have started examining Portuguese police files on the investigation, their spokesman says.
Kate and Gerry McCann were told they could begin to study some 20,000 pages filed by police in Portimao.Kate and Gerry McCann were told they could begin to study some 20,000 pages filed by police in Portimao.
The couple hope information within them could help their own private investigators continue the search.The couple hope information within them could help their own private investigators continue the search.
Madeleine disappeared aged three on a holiday with her parents in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on 3 May 2007.Madeleine disappeared aged three on a holiday with her parents in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on 3 May 2007.
McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "This is an important step forward in the search for Madeleine."McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "This is an important step forward in the search for Madeleine."
The police inquiry into her disappearance was wound up because of a lack of evidence on 21 July.The police inquiry into her disappearance was wound up because of a lack of evidence on 21 July.
Police also announced that the McCanns and a third British national, Robert Murat, were no longer formal suspects when they closed the case.
The McCanns, both 39, and Mr Murat, 34, all strongly denied having had any involvement in what happened to Madeleine.