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Jun 2020
28m 18s

Madeleine McCann: who is the new suspect...

THE TIMES
About this episode

This month German police have identified a convicted sex offender as a prime suspect in the case of the missing British girl - last seen in the Algarve in 2007.


Guest: 

David Collins, Sunday Times Northern Correspondent.


Host: David Aaronovitch. 


Clips: Sky News, ITV, ABC, BBC, 7NEWS Australia.


Additional music: Jordan Powell, Chris Zabriskie (licenced under Creative Commons)


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