Madeleine McCann-linked paedophile fled to NZ
The paedophile who is to be extradited to the United Kingdom for questioning in the Madeleine McCann case spent time in New Zealand.
Roderick Macdonald, 76, was reportedly living in the Algarve in Portugal at the same time as Madeleine McCann's disappearance in 2007.
He was apprehended in Malta on Monday after being on the run since 2012 following his conviction for abusing two girls in Brighton, England.
Macdonald, who also reportedly uses the surname Robinson, left Portugal in 2010 after he was deported to Australia to face charges of raping an eight-year-old girl.
The incident happened in 1989 and while on bail he fled to New Zealand, the Telegraph reported.
It was not known how long he spent in the country but he made his way back to Portugal by the end of the year, where he was arrested in a campsite in the Algarve.
He was returned to Australia and served a six-month sentence after the charges were downgraded to indecent assault.
He moved to Thailand in 2011, where the authorities deported him back to the UK after learning of his convictions.
The former oil rig worker moved to Brighton in 2012, where he was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for six years over his conviction in Australia but not long after he targeted two sisters, aged five and seven, on a yacht at Sussex Yacht Club.
He was found guilty but fled abroad prior to his sentencing and was handed a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, in his absence.
A CASE TIMELINE
2007
May 3 - Kate and Gerry McCann leave their three children asleep in their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in southern Portugal. Three-year-old Madeleine then goes missing.
A large search over the coming weeks finds little trace of Madeleine.
May 25 - The McCanns make a series of interviews asking for information on their daughters whereabouts.
August 6 - A Portuguese newspaper reports that British police sniffer dogs have found traces of blood on a wall in the McCanns' holiday apartment. Suspicion is cast on the parents.
August 11 - Exactly 100 days after Madeleine disappeared, investigating officers publicly acknowledge for the first time that she could be dead.
September 7 - The McCanns are both made suspects by Portuguese detectives.
September 9 - The McCanns fly back to England with their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.
2008
July 21 - More than a year into the case the Portuguese police suspends its investigation and removes the McCanns from its suspect list.
July 24 - The former lead detective on the case, Goncalo Amaral, publishes a book in which he alleges that the young girl died in her family's holiday flat on the day she went missing.
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2009
September 9 - A Portuguese judge bans further sale or publication of Amaral's book following legal action by the McCanns. This injunction is later upheld before being overturned on appeal.
2010
July 5 - The McCanns meet with British Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss search for Madeleine.
November 15 - The McCanns announce they will write their own book about their daughter's disappearance and the struggle to find her.
2011
May 12 - The McCanns publishes their book. Scotland Yard launches a review of the case after a request from May, supported by Prime Minister David Cameron.
May 22 - Jerry and Kate return to Portugal to make a fresh appeal for information.
2012
April 25 - Scotland Yard detectives say they believe Madeleine could still be alive, release an age-progression picture of how she might look now as a nine-year-old and call on the Portuguese authorities to reopen the case.
April 26 - Portuguese police turn down that request, saying there is no new material which would allow them to reopen the case.
2013
July 4 - The Metropolitan police say they have new evidence and are investigating 38 "persons of interest" after launching a formal investigation.
October 14 - British Detectives release a sketch of a man they want to identify. There is a new reconstruction on British television show Crimewatch of the events on the night of Madeleine's disappearance.
2014
January 29 - Scotland Yard detectives travel to Portugal following leads in their hunt for Madeleine McCann, looking to interview three main suspects.
May 6 - British detectives granted permission to excavate two sites at the Algarve resort where Madeleine vanished seven years ago.
June 2 - A large area of waste land in Praia da Luz, Portugal, is cordoned off.
October 15 - Convicted paedophile Roderick Macdonald, believed to have been in Portugal at the time of Madeline's disappearance, will be extradited to Britain, according to UK newspapers.
Original article from www.stuff.co.nz
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