McCanns cautious over sighting lead

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Clarence Mitchell said the couple would wait for confirmation from authorities and their own investigators about a recent sighting.

His comments follow reports that police in Belgium are examining CCTV footage of a girl seen in a Belgian bank which could be Madeleine McCann.

A bank security worker said she saw the girl on Monday accompanied by a woman of North African appearance, on CCTV footage from a branch of KBC Bank in the west of Brussels.

Mr Mitchell said: "We are taking this sighting seriously in the sense that all information that is relevant is taken seriously. We do not have it confirmed yet. At the moment Kate and Gerry's private investigators are liaising with the Belgian authorities. I am still waiting to hear from the investigators."

The footage has been handed to police who told reporters the child "was said to be much like Madeleine".

The report comes as officers sift through hundreds of other sightings of the missing child.

Mr Mitchell said the McCanns would wait until their lawyers and investigators had confirmation before acting. He said they would not necessarily make any move public if they did find their daughter until they had brought her home safely.

Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from her family's holiday flat in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 last year.

Belgian police said they had received more than 100 reports of possible sightings of the youngster and around 30 merited further investigation. The sightings come after it was revealed a Scotland Yard informant suggested Madeleine was stolen to order by a Belgian paedophile gang.