A 76-year-old British man, linked by the British media to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, will be extradited from Malta to Britain.

Roderick Macdonald, reportedly once held in Australia, is to be questioned by British police about a paedophile ring possibly linked to the abduction of Madeline.

Macdonald was also accused of sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl in Australia, Britain's Daily Mirror reported.

The man, who had most recently been living in Gozo, Malta, is to be extradited to Britain where he will be jailed for sexual assault of a girl aged under 13, the Times of Malta reported.