Madeleine paedophile link theory

MET police intelligence suggesting Madeleine McCann may have been snatched to order for a group of paedophiles in Belgium is being investigated.

Newly released police files show Scotland Yard passed on a report from an informant who said a photograph of the child holidaying in Portugal was taken and passed to what's described as a "purchaser".

We're told the reliability of the information is extremely hard to assess.