Items found in Madeleine McCann search not confirmed as evidence – officials

Results of extensive search for clues about missing girl at a remote Portuguese reservoir ‘need to be evaluated’

German prosecutors have said a number of items recovered in searches last week that may be linked to Madeleine McCann’s disappearance have not yet been confirmed as evidence.

The searches, which took place in Portugal after requests from German investigators, involved a large section of the Barragem do Arade reservoir being cordoned off, in an area about 30 miles from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine went missing in 2007.