Madeleine detectives fail to quiz paedophile
Thursday June 11 2009
FINAL attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile, based in Germany, about her disappearance failed yesterday.
Retired UK policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany yesterday hoping to speak to Raymond Hewlett, who is said to have been staying an hour's drive from the McCann's Portuguese holiday flat when the little girl vanished. But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down.
Mr Edgar said he was "very disappointed" with the lawyer's behaviour.
He went on: "I have been attempting to speak with Raymond Hewlett to eliminate him from our investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann."
"He is not a suspect but I was keen to interview him because of his failing health.
- Sam Marsden in Praia da Luz
