Madeleine police search suspect's home

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have begun another search at the home of the only official suspect.

Robert Murat's spokesman Tuck Price said around ten police officers, including two from Britain began searching the land surrounding Mr Murat's house.

They cleared undergrowth and cut down trees on the property in Praia da Luz, just yards from where the little girl was snatched from her family's holiday apartment more than three months ago.

Mr Murat is not currently at home and the search is expected to last up to four days.

The latest search in Portugal comes as police in Belgium investigate a possible sighting of the four-year-old there.

A customer at a restaurant in the Flemish town of Tongeren, not far from the Dutch border, said she was "100 per cent sure" she had seen the youngster.

She said the girl was with a couple, a Dutch man and an English-speaking woman, who were acting strangely and not like "normal parents".

A police spokeswoman said they were treating the report "seriously" and are looking for DNA on a drinks bottle used by the girl.

They have also issued an identikit drawing of the man based on the description given by the "trusted witness".

Meanwhile, Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate McCann travelled to Spain to mark the three months since her abduction.

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