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this site is for information and a record of Gerry McCann's Blog
Archives. As most people will appreciate GM deleted all past blogs
from the official website. Hopefully this Archive will be helpful to
anyone who is interested in Justice for Madeleine Beth McCann. Many
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Madeleine's
parents hit by £1.4m hoax |
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The parents of Madeleine McCann yesterday condemned an
'outrageous' attempt to defraud them of £1.4 million.
Kate and Gerry McCann said they had been caused 'considerable distress' by a
Dutchman who claimed to know the whereabouts of their missing four-year-old
daughter and her abductors.
The unemployed 39-year-old, who has not been named, demanded a huge payment in
return for the information.
But after the McCanns alerted the authorities, Dutch police traced the source
of the emails and arrested the man in Eindhoven
on Wednesday.
He confessed that his claims were a hoax and that he had no genuine information
about Madeleine's whereabouts.
There is a £2.5million reward for her safe return.
Consultant cardiologist Mr McCann, 39, said: "This extortion attempt has
caused Kate and I considerable distress.
"We would like to thank the Dutch police for treating this seriously and
directing their resources into investigating this outrageous crime."
It is the second time the McCanns - whose daughter was snatched from her bed in
the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz on May 3 - have
been subjected to a cruel hoax.
Last month police swooped on an Italian man and a Portuguese woman on suspicion
of trying to extort money from the family in a similar manner.
The latest attempt began on June 14, when the fraudster sent the first of six emails
to the McCanns after getting their address from the Find-Madeleine website.
It came just a few days after the couple, from Rothley in Leicestershire,
visited Holland
as part of a Europe-wide trip to raise attention about their missing daughter.
The suspect appeared before a court in Rotterdam
yesterday charged with attempted fraud, which carries a maximum of four years
in jail.
A spokesman for the Dutch prosecutor's office said: "He said that out of
boredom he had started to play with the feelings of Madeleine's parents.
"Money was probably his motive although he claims he did not really expect
to get it." |
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