[billy123]

This could be the loose thread that makes the whole thing unravel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7082806.html

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been alerted to the revelation that the MP Sir Clement Freud, who befriended the McCann family, was a paedophile who sexually abused young girls for decades.

Freud, who died in 2009, had a holiday home in the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal where Madeleine disappeared in 2007.

He met Gerry and Kate McCann in the weeks after the incident, staying in touch by phone and email and, according to The Telegraph, hosting them at his home on at least two occasions.

It is expected police will now assess the information about his past to determine whether it is relevant to the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.

[Livia]

How can men - and I use the term in its loosest possible sense - abuse children in this way? It's beyond my comprehension. It's about time we started executing paedophile who act on their vile impulses. There is no place for them in a civilised world.