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Eyewitness: I saw Maddie in Morocco

A Spanish woman holidaying in Morocco is convinced she saw missing toddler Madeleine McCann being dragged into a taxi by a middle aged woman.

Naoul Malhi, 30, says she recognised the little girl by the distinctive brown fleck in her eye.

She said, “I looked into the little girl’s eyes and I was certain it was Madeleine. There was no mistaking that mark in her eye. Her blonde hair was cut shorter and she had a big bruise on her forehead and looked very unhappy.”

Naoul made a note of the taxi driver’s ID before he sped off. She later called the taxi company and reported the sighting to police.

Investigations revealed that the driver had taken the woman and child 290km through the mountains to the port town of al Housima and dropped them both in the middle of the busy town centre. Police and private detectives have been searching the area and interviewing locals but have been unable to find any trace of the child or the woman.

But Naoul remains convinced that the little girl she saw was Maddie. “Nobody who saw what I saw would have any doubt that it was Madeleine,” she said. “Ever since I saw her I can’t get her out of my mind. I’m desperate for someone to find that girl and bring her back to her family.”

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