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| Madeleine McCann: Ex-suspect Murat 'faces new questions' | Madeleine McCann: Ex-suspect Murat 'faces new questions' |
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| Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann are to question former suspect Robert Murat, the BBC has learned. | Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann are to question former suspect Robert Murat, the BBC has learned. |
| British police are due to travel to Portugal to sit in on the questioning of eleven people of interest. | British police are due to travel to Portugal to sit in on the questioning of eleven people of interest. |
| A source close to the case has told the BBC that two of the eleven are Mr Murat and his wife. | A source close to the case has told the BBC that two of the eleven are Mr Murat and his wife. |
| Mr Murat was named as an arguido, or suspect, in the case in 2007 but was later cleared by Portuguese police. | |
| He won substantial damages from various media organisations and has always denied any involvement in Madeleine McCann's disappearance. | He won substantial damages from various media organisations and has always denied any involvement in Madeleine McCann's disappearance. |
| Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, was three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on 3 May 2007. | |
| In June, Portuguese and British police searched three sites in the Algarve resort but found no evidence relating to the case. | |
| UK police had been scheduled to fly out for the questioning next week, but this was postponed on Tuesday night due to "legal technicalities". |