British police hunting for Madeleine McCann are to begin digging a patch of waste ground just yards from the Portuguese resort from which she disappeared.
It is believed that Specialist search teams will start by searching sites across Praia da Luz – including this waste ground near the Ocean Club apartment complex from where she disappeared seven years ago.
The land was apparently not fenced at the time of Maddie’s disappearance. The land shares a border with the path where witnesses claim to have seen a man passing, holding a child wearing pyjamas on the night of her disappearance.
In the days following, police searched the site with specialist dogs – but no excavations were ever made.
Despite enormous public interest in the increased activity surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine, Portuguese police have threatened to halt their work if information is given to the media.