Madeleine McCann: material found in Portugal search sent for analysis

Police spent three days scouring reservoir after request by German authorities hoping to prove case against convicted rapist

Portuguese police have said material unearthed from a reservoir in Algarve will be sent to Germany for analysis after the first major search for Madeleine McCann in a decade came to a close.

After three days of excavation on a spit of land jutting into the Barragem do Arade reservoir in south Portugal, officers were stood down and a spokesman for the Policia Judiciaria said the collected material" would be delivered to the German authorities.