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From Sky news

Madeleine: Murat 'Set To Be Cleared'
Updated: 14:21, Saturday September 22, 2007

The first person to be named an official suspect in the Madeleine McCann inquiry is to be cleared, according to reports in Portugal.
Robert Murat has always vehemently denied involvement in the four-year-old's disappearance.
The Briton's home has been searched and he has twice been questioned by police, who named him as their first "arguido" - or official suspect.

But a report in the weekly newspaper Sol reported that Murat had now been told that police have no case against him.

However, the 33-year-old is to remain an arguido until the investigation is complete to avoid compromising other ongoing inquiries, the newspaper said.

Murat - who lives with his mother in a villa less than 100 yards from the apartment from which Madeleine went missing - has not commented publicly on the speculation.

Police searched his house and garden using specialist sniffer dogs after suspicions were aroused over his interest in the case.

Murat, whose father is Portuguese, had earlier offered his services as a translator to police working on the case and became a familiar sight around the crime scene in the days after Madeleine's disappearance.

A British newspaper reporter expressed her concerns to police, who indicated that there were already interested in Murat.

After questioning the property consultant for several hours at their local headquarters in the town of Portimao, Portugal's Policia Judiciaria declared him an official suspect.

Madeleine has not been seen since she disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

Her parents Kate and Gerry have also been named formal suspects in the case.

They too have insisted they played no part in Madeleine's disappearance and have said they want the focus to return to finding their daughter.