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Belgium DNA sample not Madeleine

Madeleine McCann - Presence at cafe can not be excluded
Madeleine McCann - Presence at cafe can not be excluded

Belgian prosecutors have confirmed that a DNA sample taken from a restaurant did not match that of the missing British four-year-old girl, Madeleine McCann.

The investigation began after a local woman reported seeing the child at the cafe, near the Dutch border, in the company of a man and a woman.

Belgian authorities say the DNA belonged to a man, but they added that her presence at the cafe could not be excluded. 

Meanwhile, traces of blood found at the Portuguese holiday apartment where the girl disappeared is still being tested at a laboratory in Birmingham.

The four-year-old went missing on a family holiday to Portugal on 3 May. Since then there have been a number of unconfirmed sightings from Morocco to Argentina.