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Article: British forensic experts claim Portuguese police misused Maddy results
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 24, 2007
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BRITISH scientists have hit out at Portuguese police for
allegedly twisting evidence in the investigation into Madeleine
McCann's disappearance.
The Forensic Science Service in Birmingham is said to have sent
an email to police in the country complaining that detectives had
"wildly misused" laboratory findings.
The row is over "inconclusive" forensic evidence retrieved from
the McCanns' Portuguese hire car.
Traces of Madeleine's DNA were reportedly found inside but the
family say they could have come from her belongings.
Portuguese police have been accused of overplaying the findings
by suggesting they showed the fouryear-old's body could have been
carried in the car's boot.
The email ...