The Aruban public prosecutor's office believes Joran van der Sloot’s latest television confession is ‘unreliable’. Dutch broadcaster RTL aired Mr van der Sloot’s latest version of the death of Natalee Holloway on Sunday.

In the interview Mr Van der Sloot was questioned by a former reality show contestant about the fateful evening in 2005 while he was monitored by a lie detector. He now claims the American girl fell off a balcony under the influence of cocaine and he dumped her body in a swamp at the Bulbali bird sanctuary.

The Aruban police received a copy of the interview in August 2009, just after it was filmed. Both Aruban and Dutch experts have examined the tape thoroughly and concluded that the timeline is plausible, but that other elements are out of order.

It has been almost five years since Natalee Holloway disappeared and, police say, if she was left in a swamp only minute traces of her body will be found. They have asked Mr van der Sloot to tell them exactly where in the 70-hectare swamp he left her remains. However, even though he said in the interview that he was willing to pinpoint her location, he has subsequently repeatedly refused to do so.

So far the police have been unable to collect sufficient evidence to arrest and charge Joran van der Sloot.

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