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The parents of
Madeleine McCann
have accused British police of 'giving up' on their missing daughter.
Kate and
Gerry McCann
spoke out just days before the
third anniversary
of Maddie's disappearance, urging investigators to go back to
the start and review the case.
The McCanns, both 41, fear their own £2million search - funded by public
donations received since Maddie vanished from their Algarve holiday
apartment - has stalled.
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Disappointed:
Gerry and Kate McCann believe police should be doing more to
find their daughter |
They claim this is due to the failure of both
Portuguese and
UK police
to investigate leads unearthed by their private
investigators.
In a pre-recorded GMTV interview due to be broadcast today, Mr McCann
said: 'It's not right that an innocent, vulnerable British citizen is
essentially given up on. And I don't think it's right that, as parents,
that we have to drive the search.'
He added: 'We need to have a proper review of all the information
--that's how we will move the investigation forward.'
Mrs McCann, a GP who gave up work to concentrate on the search for
Madeleine, said: 'We do this in medicine. You know, if there is a case
that you don't seem to be getting the diagnosis, somebody will come in
and review it. They'll go back to square one... and that's where you
find out what else needs to be done and it will help point you in the
right direction.'
Leicestershire Police has carried out its own inquiries as has the
taxpayer-funded Child Exploitation and On-Line Protection Centre. But
neither is actively seeking the little girl.
The three-year saga has already cost UK taxpayers nearly ?500,000.
The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, told GMTV's
Lorraine Kelly
it was 'incredibly frustrating' that police in Portugal and the UK are
not doing more to find Maddie, who was three when she disappeared from
the holiday complex at Praia da Luz on the evening of May 3, 2007.
The McCanns were criticised for leaving the girl and their twins Sean
and Amelie, then two, alone in the apartment while they dined with
friends at a tapas restaurant 40 yards away.
In the latest interview, Mr McCann, a consultant cardiologist, said that
if they could go back, they would not leave Maddie alone. |
