SERGEY MALINKA - Innocent man questioned by police after Madeleine McCann vanished reveals that it 'wrecked his life'

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Innocent man questioned by police after Madeleine McCann vanished reveals that it 'wrecked his life'

Sergey Malinka was questioned by Portuguese police shortly after Madeleine vanished in 2007 and said he was 'forced' to make 'false statements'


ByZoe ForseySocial Audience Writer
20:31, 2 DEC 2017

A Russian quizzed by Madeleine McCann cops has written a book claiming his life was wrecked after he was “forced” to make “false statements.”

Sergey Malinka, 32, was questioned by Portuguese police shortly after Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz in 2007.

The computer expert was said to have swapped texts with another suspect and to look like a man seen near the hotel she was taken from.

They quizzed him again in 2014 with British cops sitting in, before he was told he was no longer under suspicion.

Sergey says his book reveals “the difficulties, threatening, blackmailing, defamation and just general aggravation” he endured.

He said: “I was forced into false statements and accusations.

“I lost everything – job, friends and hope. I’m trying to rebuild my life from the wreckage.”

He got help writing it from author friend David S Jones, 72, creator of kids’ hero Fireman Sam.

David – who lives in the resort – said: “He got involved in the McCann situation through no fault of his own.”

Sergey, about to become a dad, hopes to publish it with cash raised on crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

with all do respect Mr. Malinka, I understand about "wrecked his life", but, instead of using cash raised on crowdfunding site Kickstarter in a book, why don´t you use that cash to rebuild your life, specially now that you are becoming a dad.