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MADELEINE McCann's mother submitted herself to a drugs test to counter
accusations that she was on medication when her daughter vanished, her lawyer
said yesterday.
Kate McCann agreed to the tests to refute claims that she was mentally unstable
and taking anti-depressants around the time of the child's disappearance in Portugal on 3
May, said Edward Smethurst.
One line of inquiry reportedly pursued by Portuguese police was that Mrs
McCann, a qualified GP, had killed Madeleine, now four, because she was
"struggling to cope".
Toxicology tests on Mrs McCann's hair in September showed no evidence of drugs
in her body over the past eight months, said Mr Smethurst.
"The kind of drugs she might be on did not show up," he said.
The tests form part of a dossier of evidence compiled by the McCanns - named as
suspects by the Portuguese police - and their advisers, which they claim
demolishes the case against them. |
