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Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says he feels "vindicated" after reaching a £600,000 settlement from 11 British newspapers in a libel claim.Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says he feels "vindicated" after reaching a £600,000 settlement from 11 British newspapers in a libel claim.
Mr Murat said the more than 100 articles and sensational headlines about him had caused the "total and utter destruction" of his life.Mr Murat said the more than 100 articles and sensational headlines about him had caused the "total and utter destruction" of his life.
He said an apology from the papers allowed him to "rebuild his life".He said an apology from the papers allowed him to "rebuild his life".
Mr Murat is still an official suspect - or arguido - in the three-year-old's disappearance in Portugal in May 2007.Mr Murat is still an official suspect - or arguido - in the three-year-old's disappearance in Portugal in May 2007.
The 34-year-old had travelled from his home in the Algarve to accept the settlement at London's High Court.
His then girlfriend Michaela Walczuch and IT consultant Sergey Malinka also brought proceedings against Associated Newspapers, Express Newspapers, MGN Limited and News Group Newspapers.
They accept that Mr Murat's actions after the abduction were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to help find Madeleine McCann Louis Charalambous Profile: Robert Murat
Mr Murat's solicitor, Louis Charalambous, said they had taken the action over "baseless inaccurate media coverage".
He said the newspapers had accepted that they had not been involved in Madeleine's disappearance.
"They accept that Mr Murat's actions after the abduction were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to help find Madeleine McCann," Mr Charalambous said.
The settlement, he said, would allow all three to "bury the lies published about them".
Outside the court Mr Murat said: "I am pleased that the publications concerned have today admitted the falsity of all their allegations and I can now start to rebuild my life.
"Today's statement of full apology in open court means I can emerge from this action vindicated and with the recognition and acknowledgement that what was said against me was wholly untrue."
In March, Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann reached a libel settlement and got an apology from Express Newspapers for suggesting they were responsible for her death.