British police investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance are now looking at 18 potentially linked break-ins by a lone intruder into Algarve villas. (The Algarve is the southern-most region of Portugal.)
Six have come to light since an appeal by UK detectives last month, with five involving alleged sexual assaults against young British girls.
They include an assault on a girl aged 10 in 2005 in Praia de Luz - the resort from which Madeleine vanished in 2007.
One of the suspects in these sexual assaults on British girls is David Reid who died of cancer a couple years ago. Reid, however, doesn't fit the description provided by some of the victims.
Six have come to light since an appeal by UK detectives last month, with five involving alleged sexual assaults against young British girls.
They include an assault on a girl aged 10 in 2005 in Praia de Luz - the resort from which Madeleine vanished in 2007.
One of the suspects in these sexual assaults on British girls is David Reid who died of cancer a couple years ago. Reid, however, doesn't fit the description provided by some of the victims.
Police have known of several sexual assaults of young British girls in the Algarve for some time, but this is the first knowledge of one right in Praia de Luz.
Scotland Yard says it hopes UK officers will begin operations in Portugal soon. They need permission from Portugal first and it has been a long time coming. Please pray that it will happen this week.
Last month, the Metropolitan Police revealed they were looking at a series of break-ins, including two burglaries in Praia da Luz.
More than 500 calls have been made with information since then.
Madeleine, David Reid, The Ocean Club - Praia de Luz |
Last month, the Metropolitan Police revealed they were looking at a series of break-ins, including two burglaries in Praia da Luz.
More than 500 calls have been made with information since then.
Det Ch Insp Andy Redwood said: "As a result of those 500 calls, we have now identified a further five sexual assaults and one near miss. None of those six matters we were aware of prior to our appeal.
"In this new tranche of information we have got one crime which is very clearly in the heart of Praia da Luz in 2005, on a young, white, 10-year-old girl.
"Clearly the fact that we've now got an assault that is in the heart of Praia da Luz, very close to where a previous matter had been reported, means that we are even more interested in this as part of the inquiry."
The case involving the 10-year-old was not reported to police in either country until now.
"In this new tranche of information we have got one crime which is very clearly in the heart of Praia da Luz in 2005, on a young, white, 10-year-old girl.
"Clearly the fact that we've now got an assault that is in the heart of Praia da Luz, very close to where a previous matter had been reported, means that we are even more interested in this as part of the inquiry."
The case involving the 10-year-old was not reported to police in either country until now.
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