But when the paranoia sinks in,
you're under severe pressure and
things are going down a certain
line, then it does look bad.
"In a system that you don't know
and you don't really trust it's
incredibly frightening."
Although Gerry remains confident
there is no evidence to link him
and Kate with Madeleine's
"murder", he admitted the latest
twist of events had left him
with "anxieties".
"I don't need to tell you how
things don't stack up," he said.
"I know 100 per cent Kate could
NOT have done anything. I know
that's true from what I did that
night.
"And in terms of what Kate knows
about me, I was away from her
for just ten minutes."
"As I said, I was away from the
table for ten minutes," he said.
"Six minutes of that was spent
speaking to another guest I met
as I came out from checking on
Madeleine.
"All of this can come out. And
it doesn't stack up."
Speaking in an interview with
the News of the World, Gerry
also confessed he is frustrated
they are not allowed to use any
of the £800,000 Madeleine Fund
to pay their mounting legal
bills.
"It seems like a disaster that
we've got this huge donated fund
and now we're not allowed to use
it for legal costs because we're
under suspicion," said Gerry.
"We'd have to be patient but
ultimately we'll have the
opportunity to have all of the
evidence examined and discover
the whole picture about what
happened.
"And that's what's sustaining
me. At least now we've got a
clearer view of what we're up
against whereas what we had
before was smear and innuendo.
"We know what we have to fight
now. The problem is we DO have a
fight, but before I wasn't quite
sure. "You get paranoid when
there's a political shift.
"Because of the amount of
pressure there's been on the
Policia Judiciaria, and all the
criticism, you always wonder how
far they'll go.
"Now I've seen what they've got
I'm actually clearer in my mind
why they've shifted and treated
us so differently.
"I'm still concerned with their
perception of the evidence, but
that's for us to sort out with
legal support."
