McCanns ‘very pleased’ with police review

Madeleine McCann’s parents were yesterday said to be “very, very pleased” with Scotland Yard’s review of their daughter’s disappearance, as it emerged detectives have identified “more than a handful of people of interest” in the case.

Det Chief Supt Hamish Campbell said the review, dubbed Operation Grange, has identified "both investigative and forensic opportunities" and said the people of interest could be explored further, if only to be eliminated.

Kate and Gerry McCann, who spoke earlier this month about how they were encouraged by the police review, yesterday repeated their support for it.

Madeleine, who was then nearly four, disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal's Algarve in May 2007 .
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