Met Police 'to wind up' probe into Madeleine McCann's disappearance

The Sun claimed last night that funding for the Operation Grange inquiry - launched four years after the Portuguese police began their unsuccessful search for the youngster in 2007 - will end later this year unless new lines of inquiry emerge.

ssion. 'I have never seen him more scared than he was in that moment, it was the first time I had ever seen tears in his eyes,' she said of the 24-year-old who has six-year-old daughter to a previous rel

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Brueckner also is alleged to have admitted abducting Madeleine to a friend - and the German team of investigators, led by public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters (above), said they were certain he had killed the three-year-old

Detectives are said to be frustrated by the failure to compile sufficient evidence to prosecute Christian Brueckner (pictured), a convicted paedophile, who was named two years ago by German police as the prime suspect for Madeleine's abduction

She added: 'I felt very at home with everybody, sort of like falling down the rabbit hole and having a family overnight... After such a hard year for everybody, I think even being on set at all was such a privilege.' 

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'The letter did not state that there was evidence or proof that Madeleine is dead, the MPS continues to investigate Madeleine's disappearance as a missing person investigation. No letter has been received by the Met from the German prosecutor.'

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Scotland Yard is set to wind up its investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance, according to reports. The Sun claimed last night that funding for the Operation Grange inquiry - launched four years after the Portuguese police began their unsuccessful search for the youngster in 2007 - will end later this year unless new lines of inquiry emerge

'We hang on to the hope, however small, that we will see Madeleine again.