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| McCanns seek 'Beckham lookalike' | McCanns seek 'Beckham lookalike' |
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| Private detectives hired by Madeleine McCann's parents want to trace a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" with an Australian accent. | Private detectives hired by Madeleine McCann's parents want to trace a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" with an Australian accent. |
| The woman is being sought because of something she said to two British men who met her in Barcelona three days after Madeleine went missing. | The woman is being sought because of something she said to two British men who met her in Barcelona three days after Madeleine went missing. |
| A press conference is currently taking place in London. | A press conference is currently taking place in London. |
| Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, was three when she went missing from a holiday flat in Portugal on 3 May 2007. | Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, was three when she went missing from a holiday flat in Portugal on 3 May 2007. |
| Pursuing leads | Pursuing leads |
| The two men first saw the woman when they were drinking in bars in Barcelona's | |
| Port Olimpic Marina at about 2am on May 7 2007. | |
| She was said to be well-dressed but appeared agitated and kept walking up and | |
| down outside the El Ray de la Gamba restaurant bar, apparently waiting for | |
| somebody. | |
| One of the witnesses, a 41-year-old British man, had a brief conversation with | |
| her in which she apparently thought he was the person she was scheduled to | |
| meet. | |
| She said something to him that has made the McCanns' private detectives think | |
| she may know something about Madeleine. | |
| The witnesses said the woman was aged between 30 and 35, short and slim | |
| Full details about the Spice Girl lookalike will be released later. The private detectives believe she may have important information about Madeleine's disappearance from the Algarve's Praia Da Luz. | Full details about the Spice Girl lookalike will be released later. The private detectives believe she may have important information about Madeleine's disappearance from the Algarve's Praia Da Luz. |
| Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann will not be attending the press conference, instead former detective inspector Dave Edgar will appear alongside the McCann's spokesman Clarence Mitchell. | Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann will not be attending the press conference, instead former detective inspector Dave Edgar will appear alongside the McCann's spokesman Clarence Mitchell. |
| Mr Edgar and a second retired British detective, Arthur Cowley, were hired by the McCanns to continue the search for their daughter after the official Portuguese investigation was shelved in July last year. | Mr Edgar and a second retired British detective, Arthur Cowley, were hired by the McCanns to continue the search for their daughter after the official Portuguese investigation was shelved in July last year. |
| The two former policemen have visited a number of European countries in the pursuit of leads. | The two former policemen have visited a number of European countries in the pursuit of leads. |
| This week Leicestershire Police said it had spent almost £750,000 assisting the Portuguese police in their inquiry. | This week Leicestershire Police said it had spent almost £750,000 assisting the Portuguese police in their inquiry. |