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• Madeleine McCann was snatched by a group of thieves, it has been claimed
• Police believe she disturbed them as they robbed her holiday apartment
• This is thought to be the final line of inquiry being considered by the Met
• Sir Bernard Hogan Howe said this week the probe could formally end soon

Madeleine McCann was kidnapped by a group of thieves because she woke up while they robbed her family's holiday apartment, it has been claimed.

This is believed to be the final line of inquiry mentioned recently by Scotland Yard's boss Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who said two days ago the probe could formally finish within months.

It is believed to centre on a group of thieves which included a 16-year-old teenager and a man who worked at the Mark Warner resort in Portugal when she disappeared in 2007.





Sir Bernard's comments come just weeks after the Home Office granted £95,000 funding to keep the investigation - which now only has a handful of officers working on it - going for another few months.

It's claimed they have been identified as suspects by British police, but officers are being blocked from accessing them by Portuguese cops who say no new evidence has been brought forward.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz47CZIYSxb

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Lets hope the scurrilous Portugese police help in catching the abductors and Kate can finally have some closure