The only "evidence" that the girl was abducted is Kate and Gerry's word for it. Nothing else whatsoever . It is right and proper they should answer all questions - however discomfiting it may be.

It seems the McCanns were more interested in becoming media celebs and going all around Europe meeting important people.

There was a statement from a friends (presumably former now) who went on holiday with them the year previous who said she heard Gerry and one of the other men who went on holiday with them (and was also there in Portugal) making questionable comments about their daughters.

I'm surprised that there are people who don't think the McCanns were negligent for leaving their kids alone so they could go out for dinner - yeah it's true that some parents do stuff like that all the time but I don't know how many would do that on holiday in a foreign country, would leave the apartment unlocked and would do that to children as young as theirs - I can understand leaving an 8 year old alone in the house while you nip to the shops to get bread and milk more than I can understand leaving two babies and a toddler alone for a few hours while you go have your dinner and some drinks with your friends; it's an innocent mistake to make but it is still a mistake.

Wonder where this will lead... nowhere, probably

Its just such a load of crap. The amount of money thrown at this case and they are still hunting down random passers by. Look closer at the group..

At least it sounds the Portuguese are heading oin the right direction. They have a totally different line of enquiry to SY. SY seem so incompetent in this whole thing IMO

That said, this might be more bollocks put out there by Clarence Mitchell...like the 3 burglars story ;)

Wonder why they have only just been looking to seek him now though, the background of the person speaks for itself

The focus is on a man who abducted a child and not on parents - your assumption is that there is a paedo round every corner.

They are getting desperate to find someone to pin it on.

Or its more bullshine from Clarence to take the public attention away from the real investigation.

Hoping its the second.

The libel trial still hasnt resumed either..which I find quite interesting given that it was meant to be concluded in January..

More of the same Non news we have been getting on this case for months now. Someone is desparate to keep this story in the News.

I hope this case is resolved but I feel sorry for all the other kidnap/abduction cases that make the news initially and then fade from the public gaze and and are often never heard of again.

can you name a couple of UK ones?

Thats the problem, they arent in the news enough to remember names. Whereas everyone knows Madeleines name...and the story. And isn't allowed to forget it, despite her most likely being dead anyway for the past 7 years.

Ben Needham is one though.

Exactly..........my point !!!!

No I mean has there actually been any that did not make the news?

Missing People says 150,000 in the UK go missing each year, naming any one specific case would be pointless.

http://childalerts.org.uk/

Quite a few on there I have never heard of...

There are literally hundreds possibly thousands of people who go missing every year, most are found or return but some incl children are never found and because they are orphans or come from broken or uncaring homes, nobody cares. They probably never even make it onto the news.

So one case basically living on the front pages of various newspapers for years doesn't seem quite fair in my opinion.

Is it just me that thinks every time this all goes a bit quiet, they do all they can to get it on the press again when 9/10 times it comes to nothing?

We will never find out what happened and she will never be found imo.

I mean is there an example of a uk child of the same age being abducted and its not made the main media?

There is one who disappeared a long time ago and his parents campaign to get the case reopened iirc, I think his name was Ben something but I can't remember right now.

Complete bull in my opinion. Have you ever thought for one tiny moment how, on top of the suffering they have already gone through, how absolutely devastating it must be to be falsely accused of killing your own child. I think that, without any real evidence, that is a wicked thing to say.

Eurgh nm my last post, Vicky already posted about him.

And I think without any much evidence suggesting otherwise people are entitled to suspect them if they want.

Desperate parents - wouldn't you want to go to the ends of the earth to find out what happened to your child?