the new suspect in the madeleine mccann
case has been described as strange and
intimidating by people in the portuguese
village where he stayed around the time
of the child's disappearance in 2007.
one resident claimed people were
terrified of the man identified by the
german authorities as christian bee
because he carried a gun our
correspondent gavin lee
sent this report this small village is
where christian b
is said to have stayed in the weeks
after the disappearance of madeleine
mccann
the suspects reported to have turned up
here 30 miles from where she went
missing without money
asking for work christian b is
understood to have stayed in this
village for several months and was often
seen at this
restaurant and with his camper van that
police have appealed for information on
and several people have told us they
found him strange
and that he was intimidating they said
he spent time with two friends who
rented this house
and claimed they were fostering german
children
this woman who asked not to be
identified rented the property to the
couple
she says locals feared him and he was
seen with a weapon
on his belt everybody was really
terrified of him
because my friend's daughter had a
health issue
a mental health issue and my friend was
very scared that
you know he could he could really do
something to her
and and being seen with a gun i suppose
you know people will
would be frightened in germany police
are also investigating the suspect
over the disappearance of five-year-old
inga in 2015.
and the father of another german child
six-year-old renee who went missing from
this algarve beach in 1996
says police have told him there could be
a link
this local fireman was part of the
search team
we never had any evidence about where
rene had been seen
one person said he was near the river
but wasn't very sure
um normally when people drown in this
part of the coast the body appears after
a few hours
in four days since a new madeleine
mccann appeal police have received
almost
400 tip-offs from the public help which
is vital they say
if there's to be a breakthrough in this
case gavin lee bbc news
portugal