The first suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will formally settle his libel claims against several British news outlets for a reported £500,000 at the High Court today.
Robert Murat, 34, is expected to attend the reading of an agreed statement by lawyers before Mr Justice Eady in London.
The announcement has been scheduled in court 13 at 10.30am.
Mr Murat named 12 news outlets in the original action, launched in April.
Law firm Simons, Muirhead and Burton confirmed that a statement would be read at the High Court today, but refused to comment further.
He received an apology from The Scotsman the following month, following a piece it ran about the disappearance of the then three-year-old Madeleine from Praia da Luz in Portugal last year.
Sky confirmed yesterday the TV station was not involved in the cu
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