Madeleine 'probably went looking for parents'

MADELEINE McCANN was probably abducted after walking out of her holiday apartment in search of her parents, an expert on her disappearance said yesterday.

Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas said it was unlikely an abductor entered apartment 5a at the Ocean Club in Praia Da Luz, Portugal.

The former detective said Madeleine was probably snatched by an opportunistic paedophile as she looked for her parents while they ate with friends at a nearby tapas bar. He said publicly-available evidence leads him to believe the three-year-old arranged her toys on her bed and left through the unlocked patio door.