[Niamh.]

Whatever your opinion on the McCann story, surely everyone can agree that them wiping out their fund on suing and trying to gag people is not what those who donated had intended the money they gave to be spent on............. in the "Find Maddie" fund............

THE fund set up to help find Madeleine McCann could be wiped out, it has emerged.



Her parents have lost a third court battle against the former detective who insists she is dead.

A Portuguese judge dismissed Kate and Gerry’s claim that an earlier Supreme Court ruling in favour of Goncalo Amaral was erroneous and contained contradictions.

The doctors, from Rothley, Leics, must now pay Mr Amaral’s legal costs for a series of hearings.

No figure has been agreed but it will be six fi gures and could use up all the cash left in the fund set up to help find Madeleine if trustees agree to release the cash.

The couple were said to be “disappointed but not surprised” by the ruling. Spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “This is just another part of the legal challenge.”

He refused to say if they planned to go to the European Court of Human Rights. But if they lost there it could bankrupt them.

Mr Mitchell said future possible action was “a matter for Kate and Gerry’s lawyers in Portugal”. The fund stands at £714,800.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late...nd-cop-parents