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19/03/2014
Police Hunt For Intruder In Madeline McCann Search
Police searching for Madeleine McCann have launched a new appeal for a man who may have sexually abused five girls in Portugal between 2004 and 2006.
According to the police the man, who is described as tanned with dark hair, is suspected of breaking into 12 properties from 2004 to 2010, which were occupied by UK families in the Western Algarve.
In four of the incidents between 2004 and 2006 the man sexually assaulted five white girls, aged between seven and ten years in their beds.
In most cases there were no signs of forced entry, nothing was taken from the villas.
Of the 12 offences, four were in Carvoeiro, six in the Vale da Parra and two in Praia da Luz.
(CVS/CD)
According to the police the man, who is described as tanned with dark hair, is suspected of breaking into 12 properties from 2004 to 2010, which were occupied by UK families in the Western Algarve.
In four of the incidents between 2004 and 2006 the man sexually assaulted five white girls, aged between seven and ten years in their beds.
In most cases there were no signs of forced entry, nothing was taken from the villas.
Of the 12 offences, four were in Carvoeiro, six in the Vale da Parra and two in Praia da Luz.
(CVS/CD)
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