Portugal removes detective leading Madeleine case

Madeleine McCann vanished from her bedroom in an Algarve resort on May 3, a few days before her fourth birthday. The parents say they are innocent and have launched a high-profile campaign to find their daughter, who they think was abducted.

Amaral was quoted on Tuesday as telling daily Diario de Noticias that the McCanns were influencing British police.

"British police has only been working on what the McCanns want and what suits them," the Portuguese daily reported him as saying.