Police officers involved in the investigation to locate missing Madeleine McCann were secretly investigated for alleged misconduct.

Madeleine McCann was three-years-old when she went missing from her parents holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007, while with her parents Gerry and Kate McCann.

An investigation into her disappearance by Scotland Yard is still ongoing.

Now it turns out that three police officers involved in the investigation were secretly being investigated for neglect or failure in their duty while working on the extensive investigation.

Two of the allegations not upheld and the other was withdrawn.