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Edited transcript of the judgment

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Edited judgment from the Tribunal da Relação de Évora in the investigation of Madeleine McCann Judge: Ribeiro Cardoso 1. In the case files pending in the Public Prosecution Services in which they are investigating the disappearance of M.M. and the eventual carrying out of the crimes of abduction, homicide, exposure or abandonment ...

Madeleine McCann’s parents investigated for neglect

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

David Brown, May 28, 2008 The parents of Madeleine McCann are being investigated for possibly neglecting their daughter on the night she disappeared from their Portuguese holiday apartment, it was revealed today. The first published court ruling on the Madeleine case confirms that the police inquiry covers homicide, abandonment, concealment of a ...

McCanns ask supporters to light a candle for Madeleine one year on

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

From The Times May 3, 2008 Supporters of the McCann family around the world have been asked to light a candle, shine a torch or turn on a porch lamp tonight between 9.15pm and 10pm - the time the couple believe that Madeleine was abducted - to show they have not ...

A year on, book will fund Madeleine McCann hunt

Monday, April 28th, 2008

April 28, 2008 by David Brown After a year of intense media scrutiny, the parents of Madeleine McCann announced yesterday that they were in negotiations to write a book about the disappearance of their daughter. Kate and Gerry McCann, who have been unable to speak openly about the case since they were ...

‘Madeleine McCann was abducted by an opportunistic paedophile’

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Mark Williams-Thomas: Analysis April 28, 2008 The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is like no other I have seen before. I have followed this case from the beginning. I visited the village of Praia da Luz within hours of Madeleine’s disappearance and have returned on numerous occasions to examine what happened ...

Sharing the McCanns’ hell

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

This Saturday marks the first anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance. How have the McCanns coped? April 27. 2008 by Emma Loach Sitting at Kate and Gerry McCann’s kitchen table, watching their three-year-old twins Sean and Amelie playing on the floor, you could be observing any normal family scene. There are no histrionics. No ...

Madeleine McCann’s exhausted mother has thought of giving up search

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Steven Swinford and Christopher Thompson The mother of Madeleine McCann has admitted for the first time to having “desperate” days when she considers giving up the search for her daughter. Kate McCann, 40, says that lack of progress in finding Madeleine has left her feeling “down, desperate and exhausted”. The couple have ...

Kate and Gerry McCann: Beyond the Smears

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

By David James Smith, The Sunday Times, December 16, 2007 (link) For six months David James Smith has examined the evidence surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann for The Sunday Times Magazine. In this, the most comprehensive — and authoritative — investigation yet, he addresses the key issues facing Gerry and ...

Police speak to Kate and Gerry McCann’s friends

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

From The Times October 22, 2007, by David Brown Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will arrive in Britain this week to interview friends of the missing girl’s family, Portugal’s national police director has revealed. Detectives and a public prosecutor will oversee interviews with at least four of the seven ...

I saw Kate and Gerry McCanns’ despair and if they were acting they deserved an Oscar

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

The PR expert who advised Madeleine's parents in the first weeks of her disappearance offers a new insight into their state of mind From The Times, October 6, 2007 by Dominic Kennedy Gerry and Kate McCann’s on-screen composure in the days after their daughter disappeared was at odds with their turmoil and ...