Police: ‘Maddy could be alive’

MISSING Madeleine McCann could be found alive, Britain’s most senior police officer has said.

Paul Stephenson said it was right for Scotland Yard to agree to Home Secretary Theresa May’s request for help and said there was “always a chance” that the young girl could be found alive.

His comments come after the decision to involve the Metropolitan Police was described as a “ludicrous” move that would deny other victims of crime the chance of justice while using up valuable police resources.