THE boss and former pal of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian B sensationally claimed “we all know” what happened to the missing tot.

Tiziano Ilg hired the fellow German at his restaurant when the paedophile suddenly turned up in the remote village of Foral in the weeks following Maddie’s disappearance.

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Ilg, now in his late 60s and still living in the region, has kept a low profile since German police identified his old worker as a prime suspect in Maddie’s case.

And it’s understood he has not spoken to police about his fellow countryman.

But in 2016 the former restaurateur claimed it was “time to stop looking” for three-year-old Madeleine, who disappeared some 40miles away from his Foral restaurant.

Responding to an online news article about her disappearance, Ilg cryptically said: “It’s time to stop looking and stop imagining.

“We all know.”

The comment was made on his secret Facebook profile, which is listed under another name.

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The profile has just 12 friends.

It was widely thought that Ilg went back to his native Germany after selling the Foral restaurant to a new owner in 2013.

But The Sun can reveal he still lives in the area, in nearby Tunes.

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