'German prosecutors were asked to authorise a covert police operation with someone posing as a friend of the woman’s and trying to get her to confess, but the courts refused,' a source claimed Kate and Gerry McCann still hold out hope of finding their daughter (Image: PA )

German prosecutors declined to investigate a couple suspected of hitting Madeleine McCann in a wild new drink-driving incident theory, it has been claimed.

Portuguese officials called for an inquiry into a British man and his German wife after the man's UK-based sister tipped off the police, suggesting he might be hiding a sinister secret about Maddie's disappearance. ‌

However, German authorities reportedly turned down a request to deploy an undercover cop with a false identity to befriend the female

See Full Page