The parents of
missing
Madeleine McCann have posted a
message up on their website urging the people responsible for
taking their daughter to treat her with respect and love. This will be
the fourth Christmas which
Gerry and Kate McCann will be spending
without their daughter. They also reaffirmed their commitment not to
give up on their search for Madeleine.
The three-year-old
went missing in 2007 from an
apartment being rented by the McCanns
in Praia de Luz,
a popular holiday resort in Portugal. The couple’s plight was once again
thrown into the spotlight recently when claims were made by WikiLeaks
that as the pair were being
investigated for their possible
involvement in the case by the authorities in Portugal, the UK police
were also building a case against them.
Kate McCann
said that accusations had once again meant facing smears and allegations
which had no basis in reality. Since she went missing, Madeleine’s
parents have successfully fought a number of publications for implying
that they were somehow directly responsible for their daughter’s
disappearance.
The pair have
always said they believe the time wasted by the Portuguese authorities
trying to build a case against them jeopardised the efforts being made
to locate Madeleine. The McCann’s had to endure a wait of ten months
before the Portuguese authorities shelved the
case
admitting they could find no incriminating evidence against the pair.
The McCanns
believe that if the police had not wasted time on them they would have
been able to find more potential witnesses and perhaps even their
daughter. |
