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Madeleine suspect re-questioned | Quote: | The only official suspect in the case of the missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann is being re-questioned by Portuguese police.
Robert Murat, 33, is being questioned at a police station in the Algarve, a spokeswoman for the McCann family said.
The British expatriate was previously questioned for 12 hours and his mother's villa was searched.
Madeleine, from Rothley in Leicestershire, was taken from an apartment in Praia da Luz on 3 May.
Mr Murat has denied any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance.
'Routine'
His spokesman, Tuck Price, spoke to him after a morning of questioning and said he would be returning for more later.
"He [Mr Murat] says they are just going through everything again but he sounds well and I'm sure it's just a routine thing that they have to do."
Mr Price added that Mr Murat hoped the questioning would mark the beginning of the end of police classification of him as a suspect and he could soon be reunited with his daughter.
The BBC's Alison Roberts said police had told her officers were cross-checking people's statements.
After they initially questioned Mr Murat in May, officers said they did not have the evidence to formally arrest or charge anybody.
Mr Murat, who previously lived in Hockering, Norfolk, had been living with his mother Jenny, 71, at her villa, Casa Liliana, close to where Madeleine was last seen.
He has said he helped police with translation work during the early stages of the hunt for Madeleine.
Justine McGuinness, spokeswoman for the McCanns, said it was a matter for Portuguese detectives and Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, did not wish to comment.
They have travelled to the Vatican, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Morocco to urge people to help in the search for their daughter.
There have been a number of reported sightings of Madeleine, but none so far have yielded any more information on her whereabouts.
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