Murat 'told he is to be cleared over missing Madeleine'

Robert Murat, the first person to be declared an official suspect by police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has been told he is to be cleared, it was reported today.

British expat Mr Murat, who lives with his mother in a villa less than 100m from the spot where Madeleine was last seen, was taken in for questioning by police 11 days after the four-year-old disappeared in May.