Mr Murat, 34, who used to live at Hockering, near Dereham, has accepted substantial undisclosed damages from British Sky Broadcasting over an article and video on the Sky News website. His solicitor Louis Charalambous told Mr Justice Eady - sitting at London's High Court - that the material claimed that in the early days after Madeleine's disappearance from Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007, Mr Murat's behaviour was reminiscent of child murderer Ian Huntley.There was also a suggestion that Mr Murat - who was not in court yesterday - had deliberately tried to mislead journalists by pretending to be acting in an official capacity for the police.Victoria Shore, counsel for BSkyB, which is also paying Mr Murat's costs, made an unreserved apology for publishing the false allegations, and the distress caused.
Mr Charalambous told the judge that the allegations were entirely untrue and it was accepted that Mr Murat had no involvement whatever in the abduction of Madeleine. (Source: EDP24)