Ryan Parry In Altura 28/01/08

A loner who looks like a drawing of a “creepy” Madeleine McCann suspect has denied any links to her disappearance.

Joaquim Agostinho, 42, said: “It’s not me in the picture. I accept that the drawing looks like me.”
The former cockle picker, who lives in Altura, 90 miles from Praia da Luz, added: “I did not kill Madeleine
and I’ve never been to Praia da Luz. I cannot even drive.”

Agostinho has not been quizzed by Portuguese police but Gail Cooper, whose sighting of a stalker inspired the police sketch, said: “Oh my God, he’s the spitting image of the man I saw.”

Yesterday, police ruled out a “Madeleine” sighting in Chile after the girl was identified as American Haylee Dreyer, six.