Kate McCann “How Do You Prove Innocence?”

Gerry McCann “It Was Like Dining In Your Backgarden”

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Ex-Pat defends cops

Ex-Pat defends cops

Maddie: One year on Sunday, April 27, 2008 By Gail Edgar A Dublin man now living in Praia da Luz, close to the apartment where the McCanns were staying when Madeleine vanished, has defended the Portuguese police’s investigation of the case. Retired cellar master Morris Lee, who’s been living in the Algarve town for five [...]

Donegal trip ‘too painful’ for McCanns

Donegal trip ‘too painful’ for McCanns

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The grandmother of Madeleine McCann today said it may be too painful for the missing girl’s parents to return to a Donegal village where they all spent a happy Easter holiday last year. Eileen McCann, who owns Peoples Bar in tiny St Johnston, close to the border with Co Londonderry, said [...]

Unyielding support for under-fire McCanns in Co Donegal

Unyielding support for under-fire McCanns in Co Donegal

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By Clare Weir In the sleepy Co Donegal village of St Johnston, where Madeleine’s granny Eileen still owns a bar, residents were resolute in their support for the family after the latest revelations from the Portuguese police. Gerry McCann’s father John was born in Derry and grew up in St Johnston. [...]

Dominic Lawson: Kate McCann, a victim of our emotional tyranny

Dominic Lawson: Kate McCann, a victim of our emotional tyranny

Through dignity and self-preserving detachment she has denied the mob its vicarious pleasure Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Everyone has a view on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann – but only the media have the power to inflict on us a tsunami of prejudice masquerading as detection. Thus it was that listeners to the hitherto dependable [...]

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