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Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have renewed their search of the home of 33-year-old Briton Robert Murat. | Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have renewed their search of the home of 33-year-old Briton Robert Murat. |
Up to 10 officers returned to the home of the only official suspect in the case, in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve. | Up to 10 officers returned to the home of the only official suspect in the case, in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve. |
Four-year-old Madeleine went missing from the resort in May, while she was on holiday with her family. | Four-year-old Madeleine went missing from the resort in May, while she was on holiday with her family. |
Mr Murat's property was initially searched days after Madeleine was abducted while she slept. | Mr Murat's property was initially searched days after Madeleine was abducted while she slept. |
The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Praia da Luz, says police - including two British detectives - arrived at the house at 0700 (0500GMT). | The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Praia da Luz, says police - including two British detectives - arrived at the house at 0700 (0500GMT). |
He says the property is thick with vegetation and the officers are using rakes and hedge trimmers to clear the search area. | He says the property is thick with vegetation and the officers are using rakes and hedge trimmers to clear the search area. |
'Sighting' | |
Mr Murat, who is currently away from the premises with his lawyer, was not arrested. | Mr Murat, who is currently away from the premises with his lawyer, was not arrested. |
Mr Murat's house is not far from where the McCanns were staying | |
He was declared a suspect 10 days after Madeleine was last seen, on 3 May, but has strenuously denied any involvement in her disappearance. | He was declared a suspect 10 days after Madeleine was last seen, on 3 May, but has strenuously denied any involvement in her disappearance. |
Mr Murat's house is about 100m (330 ft) from where Madeleine's family was staying. | Mr Murat's house is about 100m (330 ft) from where Madeleine's family was staying. |
He has been told the search will take up to four days. | He has been told the search will take up to four days. |
The search comes as police investigate a possible sighting of Madeleine in Belgium. | |
Detectives have issued a sketch of a Dutch man and an English woman seen with the girl in a restaurant in Tongeren on the Dutch border. | |
A customer at the restaurant said she was "100% sure" she had seen the four-year-old. | |
Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate McCann have also travelled to Spain to mark the three months since her abduction. |