New clue to McCann

POLICE investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are reportedly searching Bulgaria for a waitress they believe could lead them to the “woman in purple”.

The Sun reports it is thought the woman seen close to the apartment from where Madeleine vanished in May 2007 could be a potential witness.

The waitress police are looking for is believed to have worked at the tapas bar where Madeleine’s parents dined before returning to find their daughter had vanished from the unit in Portugal’s Algarve.

Spanish criminologist Heriberto Janosch Gonzalez told The Express: “I have been combing through all the police files trying to identify who the woman in purple could be. It has been widely reported that Yard officers are in Bulgaria.”