From another forum, with thanks.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/452079/Madeleine-police-are-urged-to-hunt-Ocean-Club-thief
Madeleine police are urged to hunt Ocean Club thief
SCOTLAND Yard detectives hunting Madeleine McCann’s kidnapper are being urged to trace a former worker at the Ocean Club holiday villa complex from where she disappeared.
By: James Murray
Published: Sun, January 5, 2014
A criminologist who has spent years analysing Portuguese police files has discovered information about the man, who had previously been caught stealing.
He lived close to the spot where a man was seen carrying a child, who detectives believe was Madeleine, at the time of the abduction.
Madrid-based Heriberto Janosch has written to Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange detectives with details of his findings.
The revelation comes after it was reported that Scotland Yard officers have identified three “prime suspects” in a burglary gang after analysing phone data around the time of the abduction on May 3, 2007, at Praia da Luz in Portugal’s Algarve.
The report claimed there were a high number of calls between the group after Madeleine vanished. It also suggested the gang was responsible for two earlier raids at neighbouring apartments, one of which was foiled when they were disturbed by an elderly resident.
Now Yard chiefs are involved with discussions with counterparts in Portugal on how and when to arrest the trio, one of whom is Portuguese.
Mr Janosch said that the individual he is interested in was not working at the Ocean Club during the evening when Madeleine disappeared. He said: “When I read the information in the Portuguese police files I felt it was important to contact Scotland Yard to make sure they were aware of it.