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Article: Portuguese police 'taking harder attitude' towards mccanns

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August 11, 2007
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Portuguese police have suddenly adopted a harder attitude towards the parents of missing Madeleine McCann in recent days, a source said last night.

As Kate and Gerry McCann prepare to mark the 100th day since their daughter's disappearance, detectives are said to have started to treat them with a new formality.

The change in tone between the McCanns and the investigation team comes amid a series of unconfirmed Portuguese newspaper reports that police now believe Madeleine was killed in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz and the McCanns are suspects.

The McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have strongly denied these suggestions and insisted they would not be "bullied" into leaving ...

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