Paedophile to be quizzed in Maddy case

BRITISH police were yesterday preparing to interview a convicted paedophile in Germany who is being investigated over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

Briton Raymond Hewlett, was staying near Praia da Luz, in Portugal, when the three-year-old went missing in May 2007, according to reports.

Hewlett, who grew up in Blackpool, Lancashire, has been jailed several times for sexual offences against young girls. The former soldier is wanted for questioning by West Yorkshire police in connection with a case dating back more than 30 years. The 64-year-old is being treated for throat cancer in a German hospital.