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Sky.com - Portuguese forensic experts involved in the Madeleine McCann case will arrive in Britain today, Sky News has learned.

Crime correspondent Martin Brunt said two officers are coming to the UK with a detective and pathologist.

They will meet representatives from the national forensic service in Birmingham which has been testing samples from the case.

On top of that, they may liaise with police officers from Leicestershire - the county where the missing girl's parents Gerry and Kate live.

And they may also re-interview friends of the couple who were with the pair on the night Madeleine went missing.

But it is not thought they will speak to the McCanns themselves.

Brunt said: "This trip is more about the forensic scientists talking to the forensic service in Britain and finding out what processes they use."

The team may include Portugal's second most senior policeman Paulo Rebelo, who is now leading the inquiry.

Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the McCanns, said he could not confirm the visit was happening.

Madeleine disappeared on May 3 in the resort town of Praia da Luz.