Maddie dad: It’s time to talk about my pain

SORROW Kate & Gerry McCann BY MARTIN FRICKER GERRY McCann is to open up about his heartache over his daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

The 50-year-old will take part in a one-off radio show to raise awareness of mental health.

Gerry, who is originally from Glasgow, hasn’t spoken in detail about his pain since three-yearold Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. His wife Kate, 50, has discussed her torment at length.

Explaining his decision to appear on BBC Radio 4’s Pearl: Two Fathers, Two Daughters, Gerry said: “I decided it was a good opportunity to say something about the special bond between fathers and daughters, thinking that speaking openly might help other men in similar positions.

“It feels like the right time.” The show features a will be “honest, personal dramatisation of the and sometimes painful”. medieval poem Pearl, Gerry will also about a bereaved reiterate “his absolute parent, and will air determination to keep on September 29. looking for Madeleine”.

Cardiologist Gerry, The McCanns are who lives in Rothley, waiting to see if Leicestershire, said: Madeleine Scotland Yard will get “When I read the poem, I could extra cash to extend their see echoes in it with Madeleine’s inquiry into Madeleine’s case. situation and our loss.” The current funding runs out

The BBC said the interview this month.