PROSECUTOR TO CONSIDER MCCANN CHARGES

Papers outlining the evidence against Gerry and Kate McCann are expected to be passed to the Public Prosecutor in Portugal today.

With the couple back in their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, the prosecutor will consider any charges against them over daughter Madeleine's disappearance on May 3, Portuguese police spokesman Olegario Sousa added.
Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the prosecutor has a number of options and may call for more evidence or advise on the investigation.
Family spokesman Brian Kennedy, who is Madeleine's great uncle, said of the family: "They are holding up extremely well."
The Portimao-based prosecutor, Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e Meneses, will look at the DNA evidence as well as the statements given by the McCanns to see if there is a case against the couple.
Sky News reporter Jason Farrell, who is in Praia da Luz, said: "We don't know as yet how strong the evidence is against the couple.

"It's quite possible the prosecutor will look at this and press charges - or equally that no charges will follow."
Chief Inspector Sousa said Portuguese police decided to pass the file on to the prosecutor despite not having all the results from forensic tests being carried out by the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham.
The samples were taken from the McCanns' holiday apartment and hire car.
The McCanns have been told they could be called back to Portugal "at any time".
They are receiving legal advice from Michael Caplan QC, the lawyer who represented former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet.
Mr Caplan is an expert on extradition and acted for Pinochet when Spain tried to extradite him from the UK in 1999.

A family friend said he was advising the McCanns on "much more than just extradition" but would not elaborate further.
It is understood the McCanns could have to wait months before learning whether they will be charged or cleared.

Portuguese detectives appear to be working on the theory that Mrs McCann killed her daughter by accident and covered up the death by claiming she was abducted.
DNA test results received in recent weeks have apparently boosted this hypothesis.
According to reports in Portugal, police are to make new searches as part of the investigation.
Detectives with sniffer dogs are preparing to search the area near the holiday apartment in Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished.
Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said he had scouted around the area, but there were no signs of police activity.
He added: "We do know that forensic tests are continuing. There's always the possibility they will throw up something interesting for detectives to consider."

'McCanns Holding Up Well'

Papers outlining evidence on Gerry and Kate McCann are expected to be passed to public prosecutors in the Portuguese town of Portimao. Madeleine's great uncle Brian Kennedy says the couple are coping well following the news.

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