Girl spotted in Belgium 'not Madeleine'

Police have confirmed that a girl spotted last month was the daughter of a Belgian man and not missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann, news reports said today.

A woman had alerted police after spotting a girl she believed was Madeleine at a roadside café in eastern Belgium.

Madeleine went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, on May 3, while her parents Gerry and Kate from Leicestershire were having dinner with friends.