First suspect in maddy case.... I'm A Scapegoat

The first formal suspect in the investigation into the abduction of Madeleine McCann says he has been made a "scapegoat".Robert Murat spoke for the first time since being questioned by Portuguese police as Madeleine's family prepared to step up its international campaign to find her.The former property developer said he would only survive the ordeal if Madeleine's abductor was caught to clear his name.Efforts to that end will step up a gear when Madeleine's uncle and aunt John and Philomena McCann lobby MPs and Lords in parliament to support their cause.Portuguese police said they did not have enough evidence to formally arrest or charge their suspect.Mr Murat was questioned while his house, just yards from where the four-year-old was snatched from her bed, was searched by forensic experts.Speaking off camera to Sky News he said: "This has ruined my life and has made things very difficult for my family here and in Britain."The only way I will survive this is if they catch Madeleine's abductor."I have been made a scapegoat for something I did not do."Mr Murat's mother's villa, at the end of the road which leads to the flat where the McCanns were staying when the youngster was snatched, was one of five properties in the area of Praia Da Luz which was searched.Despite the intense focus near the flat where they are living, waiting for a breakthrough, the McCanns have carried on with family life as normal.