The man wanted in the UK in connection with the disappearance of Madeliene McCann this afternoon was jailed for 18 months for possession of child pornography.

Roderick Macdonald, who was living in an apartment in Sannat, admitted to being in possession of pornographic photographs of children found on his laptop.

On Tuesday, the 77-year-old convicted paedophile consented to his extradition when he appeared before Magistrate Audrey Demicoli, a day after he was arrested by the police in Gozo.

Madeleine McCann has been missing since May 2007 after disappearing during a family holiday in Portugal.

The magistrate jailed him for 18 months.

The Mirror has reported that the man told people he met in Sannat that he has a Maltese mother.