Charity worker in Maddie sick joke row
June 25, 2008 – 12:00 pmPublished: Wednesday, 25th June, 2008 12:00
A charity boss from West Kilbride has been suspended over a sick joke about Madeleine McCann.
Senior manager Lynn McBain was suspended earlier this month after referring in a staff newsletter to the 4-year-old girl who went missing from Praia da Luz in Portugal over a year ago.
Some readers were left shocked after she joked that “McCann oven chips” had disappeared from her oven after she left them there for 20 minutes.
The 10-page booklet for Enable Scotland - who campaign for a better life for children and adults with learning disabilities - also allegedly insulted the family of a woman with learning difficulties, who is a client of the charity.
One Response to “Charity worker in Maddie sick joke row”
With the McCanns persistently pushing the image of little Madeleine for over a year with every conceivable chance they have is it any wonder that people have become desensitised?
As distasteful as it may seem, jokes are bound to start springing up, if only to counter the anger that some may be feeling with regard the case.
But sometimes the old adage stands firm: Never a truer word said in jest.
(Top) By Charlotte on Jul 10, 2008