A Russian quizzed by Madeleine McCann cops has written a book claiming his life was wrecked after he was “forced” to make “false statements.”
Sergey Malinka, 32, was questioned by Portuguese police shortly after Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz in 2007.
The computer expert was said to have swapped texts with another suspect and to look like a man seen near the hotel she was taken from.
They quizzed him again in 2014 with British cops sitting in, before he was told he was no longer under suspicion.
Sergey says his book reveals “the difficulties, threatening, blackmailing, defamation and just general aggravation” he endured.
He said: “I was forced into false statements and accusations.
“I lost everything – job, friends and hope. I’m trying to rebuild my life from the wreckage.”
He got help writing it from author friend David S Jones, 72, creator of kids’ hero Fireman Sam.
David – who lives in the resort – said: “He got involved in the McCann situation through no fault of his own.”
Sergey, about to become a dad, hopes to publish it with cash raised on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/russian-quizzed-madeleine-mccann-case-11629343
Sergey Malinka, 32, was questioned by Portuguese police shortly after Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz in 2007.
The computer expert was said to have swapped texts with another suspect and to look like a man seen near the hotel she was taken from.
They quizzed him again in 2014 with British cops sitting in, before he was told he was no longer under suspicion.
Sergey says his book reveals “the difficulties, threatening, blackmailing, defamation and just general aggravation” he endured.
He said: “I was forced into false statements and accusations.
“I lost everything – job, friends and hope. I’m trying to rebuild my life from the wreckage.”
He got help writing it from author friend David S Jones, 72, creator of kids’ hero Fireman Sam.
David – who lives in the resort – said: “He got involved in the McCann situation through no fault of his own.”
Sergey, about to become a dad, hopes to publish it with cash raised on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/russian-quizzed-madeleine-mccann-case-11629343
