New claims about discovery of missing UK girl Maddie’s body

05/07/12 18:23 CET

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A South African businessman claims to have found evidence missing British girl Madeleine McCann is buried in a neighbours’ garden next to the Algarve holiday resort where she went missing in 2007.

According to Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã, Stephen Birch says he has been using geo-radar to covertly search Robert Murat’s property, which is nearby the Ocean Club.

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