Portuguese police wanted to bug McCanns

Portuguese police wanted to bug the parents of missing Madeleine McCann but a judge refused to give permission, their case files have revealed. Police wanted to bug Gerry and Kate McCann to eavesdrop on their conversations before making the couple “arguidosâ€_, or formal suspects, last summer. Their files from the investigation have revealed that on August 1 last year, detectives requested permission to place two bugs in the McCanns’ apartment in Praia da Luz and one in their car. But judge Pedro Frias refused to grant the order, saying the couple’s witness statements would be enough. The McCanns’ arguido status was lifted on July 21, when prosecutors shelved the case. Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family’s holiday flat in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 last year. A cluster of new... [read full story]