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MADELEINE DNA CLUES LOCKED UP

HOMEPAGE NEWS REPORTS INDEX MADELEINE PHOTOS NEWS NOVEMBER 2007
Original Source: EXPRESS: TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2007
Nick Fagge in Praia Da Luz  Tuesday 27 November 2007
 

CRUCIAL evidence which could point the finger of suspicion at Kate and Gerry McCann is being kept under lock and key, it was revealed last night.

 

DNA tests are said to undermine their claims that they had nothing to do with the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.

 

 

A piece of lining from the couple’s hire car is being held in high-security storage at a laboratory in Birmingham.

 

 

It is there that tests into DNA particles allegedly linking the McCanns to Madeleine’s death have been carried out.

 

 

The disclosure, made by sources within the laboratory, undermines claims by the couple that their own tests have cleared them of involvement in the four-year-old girl’s disappearance.

 

 

Last week sources close to the McCanns told the Daily Express that examinations of the couple’s Renault Scenic hire car – in which Madeleine’s body is alleged to have been carried – discovered “no DNA evidence linked to Madeleine”.

 

 

These tests were made by an independent team of Home Office-accredited pathologists whose results appear to contradict completely Portuguese police findings.

 

 

But yesterday sources within the laboratory of the Forensic Science Service said key evidence from the car – a piece of its boot lining – is being kept locked away and the McCanns’ scientists have had no access to it.

 

 

It is claimed this means that the results from the couple’s own DNA tests cannot absolve them because they were carried out on the wrong material.

 

 

Last night the McCanns’ official spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, confirmed that a piece of evidence had been retained by the Forensic Science Service but added that this did not alter the couple’s position.

 

 

Mr Mitchell said: “We do not believe that this affects the results of our tests at all.

 

 

“They were extremely thorough and covered all aspects of the vehicle. The piece retained by the Forensic Science Service is extremely small. If anything has been found on it there is a wholly innocent explanation for it.”

 

 

Several other pieces of crucial forensic material are also being kept in the high-security storage facility at the laboratory in Birmingham, it is claimed.

 

 

Leaks from the Portuguese police maintain that these official tests discovered traces of Madeleine’s bodily fluids and hair in the back of the car.

 

 

Detectives in the Algarve see this as highly significant because the car was rented 25 days after she vanished and was one of the main reasons police directed their investigation towards the parents.

 

 

No official statement has ever been made on these forensic examinations which were carried out at the British laboratory at the request of the Portuguese authorities.

 

 

But within hours of the first batch of results arriving in Portugal, both Kate and Gerry McCann were called in for questioning and were named as arguidos – official suspects.

 

 

A second set of test results, which are understood to have supported the initial conclusions, were subsequently sent to detectives in the Algarve.

 

 

The McCanns have always maintained there are innocent explanations for any traces of Madeleine in the car because her DNA could have been transferred via her clothes or toys. But these suggestions have been dismissed by detectives, claim sources close to the investigation.

 

 

They point out that the highly-regarded scientists conducting the tests take such possibilities into account.

 

 

Detectives also emphasise that the scientists are able to distinguish between DNA which has been deposited directly from a body and that which has been passed on via a secondary source such as clothing.

 

 

The official forensic tests are also understood to have found traces of Madeleine’s blood at the Mark Warner holiday apartment in Praia da Luz where she disappeared. Specially-trained sniffer dogs detected the scent of death on Kate McCann’s clothes, in the hire car and at the apartment.

 

 

However, Portuguese police sources say forensic test results are rarely enough to press charges and add that other evidence is usually needed.

 

 

The McCanns deny any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance.

 

 

Last week their lawyer, Edward Smethurst, said he believed it was “highly unlikely” that charges would ever be brought against the couple.

 

 

Madeleine has now been missing for 208 days.

 

 

She vanished from the family apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 while her parents were dining with friends at a nearby tapas bar.

 

 

As she was being tucked up in bed, she said: “Mummy, I’ve had the best day ever. I’m having lots and lots of fun.”

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Last week father Gerry again used his online blog to emphasise his belief that she was abducted and “is still out there somewhere”.

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