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‘Absurd’ to blame parents says lawyer It was terrible, horrible, they gave up the search...
THE Mccanns’ lawyer said suggestions they were to blame for Maddie’s disappearance were “unfounded and absurd”.
Rogerio Alves said the couple had been demonised “in industrial doses”. He echoed
The “terrible and horrible” moment came in 2008, a year after Madeleine vanished.
It left the family as the only people working to find her.
Gerry said: “After the initial Portuguese investigation closed, no one else was doing anything pro-actively to the Met Police statement saying the couple were not suspects and added: “The parents’ involvement was dealt with at the time by the original investigation by the Portuguese. We’re happy that’s completely dealt with.” try and find Madeleine. And I think every parent could understand that what you want – and what we have aspired to – is to have all the reasonable lines of inquiry followed to a logical conclusion. Gerry spoke in the couple’s moving interview to mark 10 years since their daughter disappeared on holiday in Praia da Luz. He continued: “It was terrible, it was horrible. As much as we tried and (were) fortunate to have had so many donations
Cops on Praia beach into Madeleine’s fund, and to use that money to try and investigate, your hands are tied. You don’t have the powers law enforcement have.
“Since the Metropolitan Police actually started their investigation, it has taken a huge pressure off us, individually and as a family.”
The Mccanns, in an interview with the BBC’S Fiona Bruce broadcast today, said the battle with ex-portuguese cop Goncalo Amaral caused frustration, anger and even risked harming the search.
He wrote The Truth of The Lie, accusing the Mccanns of responsibility for Madeleine’s disappearance. Amaral also took part in a TV documentary claiming the child was dead, there had been no abduction and her body had been hidden. He was ordered to pay