4:03pm, Tue 17 Apr 2012 Last updated Tue 17 Apr 2012 
Madeleine McCann was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve Credit: McCann family
Spanish police are investigating a reported sighting of Madeleine McCann in a Costa del Sol resort.
Specialist officers are following up a tip-off received about 10 days ago that a girl resembling the missing British child was spotted in Nerja, 30 miles east of Malaga, sources said.
Madeleine McCann was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve Credit: McCann family The possible sighting is being handled by the specialised and violent crime unit (unidad de delincuencia especializada y violenta, or UDEV) of Spain's judicial police, the Malaga-based Sur newspaper reported.
It is understood that Scotland Yard detectives reviewing the case are liaising with their Spanish counterparts about the latest lead.
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