[Josy]

The dramatic arrest of a Brit in the hunt for Madeleine McCann has been described as “potentially highly significant”.

It has boosted the hopes of the missing youngster’s anguished parents Kate and Gerry.

A source close to the couple said: “The arrest only happened as a result of a claim that Madeleine may still be alive.”

The suspect was held in a swoop by Greater Manchester Police after the Sunday Mirror last week revealed that a man bragged about seeing Madeleine alive just weeks ago.

A respected barrister told us the man boasted to him that he had met the child on a Mediterranean island. It was claimed Maddie was “introduced” to the man this summer.

It is understood that the Manchester officers who made the arrest also seized computers from a private address and sent them for forensic examination.

Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange team have been handed the barrister’s detailed statement, which is rated as “high up on the credibility scale”.

The Yard officers had reopened the probe into the disappearance of Madeleine, then aged three, from the McCanns’ holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007.

The dramatic twist in the inquiry comes as Kate and Gerry, both 45, prepare to appear in a Crimewatch appeal on BBC1 tomorrow night.

It is understood they are being kept fully briefed on developments.

We told last week how the barrister went to police after being told of the Maddie sighting.

Tourist resorts popular with Brits are now thought to feature in the active inquiry. A family source confirmed last night: “This is high up on the credibility scale.

"The barrister did the right thing by going to police. His information has gone into the Operation Grange system and I know they are working on it.

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Would be one of the biggest shocks ever if this girl had to be found alive.

[Me. I Am Salman]

I hope they find her this time :'(

[Marc]

Obviously I hope she's alive but I think she's dead...

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Josy

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Would be one of the biggest shocks ever if this girl had to be found alive.

To be fair it wouldn't be the first time, far from it, and sometimes after much longer than this. I remember reading about a girl who was held by some guy for over a decade and he started to think of her as his friend or a family member, and one day out with her in his car, he left her alone and went into a station to pay for petrol. At which point, obviously, she bolted to the nearest police station. And there were those three women recently who were freed from a basement after several years.

But it would probably be a bigger shock purely because of how high-profile this case has been, I suppose.

[Z]

Stranger things have happened, as Toy Soldier said in the post above, it would be remarkable if she was found alive and it would be an amazing thing to happen... I just hope that her life isn't ruined by all of this, she's 9 years old now, she's at an age where she will remember things that have happened to her...

[Gstar]

I think she's alive

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Marc

Obviously I hope she's alive but I think she's dead...

i think so too

they say if you don't solve a crime in the first 48 hours, it's probably not going to be solved.

[Vicky.]

It was claimed Maddie was “introduced” to the man this summer.

Doesnt sound good to me at all.

If by some slim chance shes not dead (accident that parents covered up) and I have been wrong for years..and this story is true, that one line alone makes it sound like she has been used for dodgy stuff.

[lostalex]

but like we saw here in America a few months ago, girls that were missing for 10 years were found, so i guess you can never give up hope.

I think she's dead though, especially because of the media attention around it. Whoever snatched her, i'm sure they killed her and disposed of the body long ago. It's very rare for anyone to be found after this much time as gone by.

Honestly i hope she is dead, because if she's not, it means she's probably in some type of sexual slavery, which, at least for me, i'd rather be dead than being used as a sex slave for this long of time. i think at this point it might be a better thing for her to be dead than to think of the horrors she would have endured for this long.

sometimes death is better.

[Shaun]

Part of me hopes she is indeed dead, just to save her from the inevitable public eye scrutiny if she's survived... can imagine all of the crazy paps trying to bag the first photo, and shoddy journalists speculating what happened to her and how ****ed up she would be

[lostalex]

She was so young when she was taken, she might not even know that she is Madeline McCann. She was so young, she probably has no idea. She might even see news stories about herself on TV and not even realize that it is her.

[Ammi]

..I don't understand from that article how they think she may be still alive though..?..just that they have arrested someone who might have taken her...

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..I don't understand from that article how they think she may be still alive though..?..just that they have arrested someone who might have taken her...

It says she was introduced to the arrested man in summer?

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Doesnt sound good to me at all.

If by some slim chance shes not dead (accident that parents covered up) and I have been wrong for years..and this story is true, that one line alone makes it sound like she has been used for dodgy stuff.

I agree, it sounds like she might have had a horrid existence.


And like you I kinda thought the parents had something to do with her death.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

It says she was introduced to the arrested man in summer?

..yeah but I wonder why they think he kept her alive..what evidence they have, maybe..?...

[MTVN]

Don't think the guy they arrested is supposed to have taken her, just to have seen her once last year

[Z]

All these sightings must be so frustrating for her family

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Zee

All these sightings must be so frustrating for her family

..yeah they must, every time getting their hopes up and then in the past coming to nothing..just that roller coaster of emotions, it must be almost too much to bear..I just cannot imagine how they feel and what their lives are..but I do understand that they feel they have to have some kind of closure or answers obviously....

[Nedusa]

I think this is more red herrings , it will turn out to be another fruitless lead. This adds oxygen to the kidnap story and keeps the bulk of the public thinking along those lines.

I think her parents know far more than they will ever tell and welcome baseless stories like these.

I hope she is alive but fear she died by accident that night and the rest of this is a panic reaction that has resulted in this abduction story.

[Kazanne]

I hope the police are doing the same for Ben Needham and others that have gone missing

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

I think this is more red herrings , it will turn out to be another fruitless lead. This adds oxygen to the kidnap story and keeps the bulk of the public thinking along those lines.

I think her parents know far more than they will ever tell and welcome baseless stories like these.

I hope she is alive but fear she died by accident that night and the rest of this is a panic reaction that has resulted in this abduction story.

If that was the case, they'd have let the case die down years ago surely?

It's the parents who have kept the case in the limelight 6 years on.

[Kizzy]

Wow it would be wonderful to find her.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

If that was the case, they'd have let the case die down years ago surely?

It's the parents who have kept the case in the limelight 6 years on.

that's what i always wonder too

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Doesnt sound good to me at all.

If by some slim chance shes not dead (accident that parents covered up) and I have been wrong for years..and this story is true, that one line alone makes it sound like she has been used for dodgy stuff.

Wasn't there some rumours about something like that already? From a friend of the the couples that were on holiday?

[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Josy

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Would be one of the biggest shocks ever if this girl had to be found alive.

Where are you getting this information from ? I have not heard of any arrests being made in connection with this case. Or if an arrest has been made it has not been made public as of today Monday 14th October.

Where are you getting this news from ??