Hero cop says Scotland Yard could be sitting on Madeleine McCann mystery 'game changer'
A TOP detective who snared Levi Bellfield has claimed that Scotland Yard could be sitting on "a real game changer" in the Madeleine McCann mystery.
Colin Sutton urged British cops to carry out new tests on the complex DNA samples found in the case that were ruled "inconclusive” in 2007.
The former detective, who solved more than 30 murders during his career at Scotland Yard, said advanced new testing methods could crack the case.
DNA samples were taken from swabs lifted from the McCann family's holiday flat and hire car after sniffer dogs allegedly detected the "scent of death".
Leading forensics expert Dr Mark Perlin offered to re-test the "inconclusive" DNA samples – but detectives snubbed his offer to analyse samples for free.
In the latest episode of Nine News' Maddie podcast, Mr Sutton was asked what it would mean if new tests found Madeleine's DNA in the family’s rental car.
He said: "On that basis, that that car was hired by the McCanns three weeks after Madeleine disappeared, then it is a real game changer, isn't it?
“Because there is no way, according to information that we have, that she could have been in that car.
"The big question then is how can her DNA get into that car three weeks after she disappeared?"
CRUCIAL SWAB
This crucial swab was from the boot of a silver Renault Scenic that Kate and Gerry McCann leased 25 days after Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz.
It was one of 18 complex DNA samples, which are potentially loaded with vital clues about Madeleine's disappearance.
Cops reached a dead end when the tests came back inconclusive 12 years ago.
But Dr Perlin reckons new techniques could blow the case wide open and finally reveal what happened to Maddie.
He claims his Pittsburgh lab Cybergenetics, which helped identified 9/11 victims, can routinely unlock the kind of samples the FSS struggled with.
He told Nine's podcast investigation: "If a lab can produce informative data, even if it is complex and mixed, but they can't interpret it then you can have tremendous injustice – of guilty people not being convicted, or innocent people staying in prison.
"What is needed is an objective and accurate interpretation that can scientifically resolve the DNA."
The Met Police said: "The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann remains ongoing. We are not providing a running commentary."
Kate and Gerry McCann have repeatedly denied any involvement in their daughter's disappearance and were cleared of wrongdoing.
Police believe Madeleine was snatched by a paedophile or a member of a trafficking gang.
Scotland Yard is waiting hear if the Home Office will grant a further £150,000 to continue its £12million search for another 12 months.
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