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| McCann files to be given to judge | McCann files to be given to judge |
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| Portuguese prosecutors are to hand to a judge the files on missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann. | Portuguese prosecutors are to hand to a judge the files on missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann. |
| Madeleine's parents - who have been named as suspects - are now waiting to hear what action will be taken. | Madeleine's parents - who have been named as suspects - are now waiting to hear what action will be taken. |
| BBC reporter Caroline Hawley said the options available to the judge included ordering more search warrants and changing the McCanns' "arguido" status. | BBC reporter Caroline Hawley said the options available to the judge included ordering more search warrants and changing the McCanns' "arguido" status. |
| It had been thought the prosecutor would take longer to study the files, our correspondent said. | |
| On Monday, police handed their files to the Algarve-based prosecutor, Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses, for him to decide whether to bring charges against Kate and Gerry McCann. | |
| Speaking outside the prosecutor's office in Portimao, Luisa Duarte said Mr Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses had received the papers and decided they should go before an instructional judge. | |
| The judge has 10 days to make a decision on the files' contents. | |
| The McCanns are back at their home in Rothley in Leicestershire where Mr McCann has described the events of the past week as an "unending nightmare". |