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BRITISH CONSUL Celia Edwards has arrived at the PJ headquarters in Portimao as Kate McCann continues to be questioned after being made a formal suspect in her daughter’s disappearance.
A large crowd, some whistling and jeering, greeted Kate McCann as she arrived this morning. Husband Gerry McCann is due at the headquarters later this afternoon to be interviewed separately.
Speaking on behalf of the McCanns, Justine McGuinness said Portuguese police suggested to Kate that traces of Madeleine’s blood were found in a car the family hired 25 days after the girl went missing.
Kate McCann told them there was “no way” Madeleine’s blood could have been found inside the car and she continues to protest her innocence.
Tests have also been carried out on specks of blood from the apartment where Madeleine went missing on May 3.
Mrs McCann’s lawyer, Carlos Pinto de Abreu, has advised her there is “a possibility” she may be charged in connection with her daughter’s death.
“The police are treating Kate as if she is involved in the death of her daughter,” said Justine McGuinness. “”That suggestion hasn’t been put to Gerry, so they are treating them differently. It is a ridiculous suggestion.”
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