Article: Maddie war of words; Clarence Mitchell with the McCanns when he took the job last year: He is standing by his statement about leaks by Portuguese police.

Byline: Vanessa Allen

THE hunt for Madeleine McCann was engulfed in a war of words yesterdayas Portuguese police criticised her parents' spokesman.

Detectives denied Clarence Mitchell's claims that police had deliberatelyleaked statements from Kate and Gerry McCann and said they regretted his'baseless intervention'.

In a rare public statement - only the fifth in the 11-month investigation - thePolicia Judiciaria said Mr Mitchell should not have spoken out, because thepolice operation had reached a 'significant' stage.

But last night Mr Mitchell insisted he stands by his claims that the statementswere 'shamelessly' leaked to overshadow ...

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