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Mystery over ‘child-size’ McCann bagPublished: Wednesday, 26 December, 2007, 03:24 AM Doha Time

LONDON: A bag big enough to hold a child went missing from the McCanns’ holiday apartment on the night their daughter Madeleine disappeared, it has been claimed.
Detectives are said to want to trace a blue tennis holdall allegedly owned by Madeleine’s father Gerry McCann, and reportedly used by him hours before the three-year-old vanished.
One theory being considered is that the bag was used to carry Madeleine away unseen from the apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal. However the claim was rubbished by the McCannsÕ family spokesman, Clarence Mitchell.
He said: “As far as Kate and Gerry are concerned, there’s no missing tennis bag. They came back from holiday with everything except of course, tragically, Madeleine.” The claim is made in a Sky News documentary, The Madeleine McCann Mystery, on Monday at 7.30pm.
It also reports that only one British sex offender with links to the Algarve remains a suspect in the inquiry. Sky crime correspondent Martin Brunt says all 52 UK sex offenders with links to the resort have been investigated.
Forensics expert Professor David Barclay tells the programme it is unusual for children of Madeleine’s age to be abducted by paedophiles.
“There are two options,” he says. “She came to harm at the hands of some member of the family or of friends, or that it was some paedophile ... passing by. Both are really, really unlikely. Abduction for sexual purposes of children is eight, nine, 10-year-olds. It is really, really unusual to want to take a child of three-and-a-half. There are no people in Praia da Luz that have got that sort of history.”

And The Telegraph;

http://web.archive.org/web/20071230025433/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/24/nmaddy224.xml

Gerry McCann's tennis bag 'is focus of inquiry'
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 1:35am GMT 26/12/2007

The McCann family has denied claims that a tennis bag allegedly owned by Gerry is the focus of police investigating his daughter Madeleine's disappearance.

Kate and Gerry McCann are facing their first Christmas without their four-year-old daughter Madeleine
A Sky News report claims that officers have been unable to locate a blue hold-all which Mr McCann allegedly used to carry his sports kit hours before his daughter vanished.

Tony Rogers, a former detective with experience with experience of high-profile murder cases, told the channel: "If it's a bag of a size that could be taking away from the flat a child, that would be of great interest to the investigating officer."

But Clarence Mitchell, the spokesman for Madeleine's parents, dismissed the report, insisting that Gerry had never owned such a bag.

"As far as Kate and Gerry are concerned, there is no missing tennis bag," he said.

"They came back from holiday with everything except of course, tragically, Madeleine."

Gerry and Kate McCann have consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with their daughter's disappearance.

The Sky News investigation, to be broadcast this evening, also reveals that only one British sex offender with links to the Algarve remains a suspect in the hunt for Madeleine.

All 52 British sex offenders with links to the Portuguese holiday destination have been investigated and only one is understood to remain in the frame.

The documentary comes as Kate and Gerry McCann, both 39, of Rothley, Leics, face their first Christmas without their four-year-old daughter, who went missing in Praia da Luz on May 3.

In the broadcast, Prof David Barclay, a forensic expert, says it is unusual for children of Madeleine's age to be abducted by paedophiles

Looks like The Tennjis bag is the next big thing.
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