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A paedophile suspected of being involved in the disappearance of
Madeleine McCann
'confessed' to knowing what happened to the little girl
on his deathbed, it has been claimed.
Raymond Hewlett wrote to his estranged son denying he played a part in
the three-year-old’s abduction, but claimed he knew she had been ‘stolen
to order’ by a gypsy gang.
Cancer sufferer Hewlett, who has a record of raping and abducting
children, had previously claimed to have seen the missing toddler twice
before she vanished in 2007.
But he vowed only to reveal where he was the night she went missing if
he was paid thousands of pounds.
Kate and Gerry
McCann’s private detectives refused the request.
Today his son Wayne claimed to the Sun that the letter was delivered to
him by a mystery man a week after he died in April.
Wayne, who has had no contact with his father for 20 years, claimed his
father insisted he had nothing to do with Madeleine’s disappearance –
but that he knew who did.
He said: ‘He said a very good gipsy friend he knew in Portugal had got
drunk and “let it out” that he had stolen Maddie to order as part of a
gang.
‘My dad said this gang had been operating for a long time and had
snatched children before for couples who couldn’t have children of their
own.
‘Maddie had been targeted. They took photos of children and send them to
the people they were acting for. And they said Yes or No.’
Private detectives working for the McCanns are said to be ‘extremely
interested’ in the claims and are preparing to interview Wayne.
Wayne, 40, says he burned the letter because it ‘unnerved’ him so much.
The Sun reported they learned of the existence of the note through
another source and confirmed they had not been approached by Wayne
originally.
Madeleine went missing from The
Ocean Club
Hotel in
Praia da Luz
in the
Portuguese Algarve while her parents dined at a
restaurant
on the
resort.
Hewlett was living with his family on a campsite an hour’s drive away at
the time. |
