Madeleine McCann’s parents brand German cops ‘cruel’ for not sharing evidence their daughter is dead
MADELEINE McCann’s parents claim that it is “cruel” cops won’t say what evidence they have that their daughter is dead.
German prosecutors say they assume the three-year-old was snatched by Christian B.
Police declared the investigation was a murder inquiry.
But they refuse to disclose details to Kate and Gerry McCann, who have spent 13 years unable to find out what happened to Madeleine.
Rogerio Alves, the McCann lawyer in Portugal, said: “They need to know what’s going on. It’s a question of legality but also humanity.
“It’s cruel but we have to wait. I’m going to try to find out from Portuguese police.
'ON THE FRONTLINE'
“We are waiting for whenever the prosecutor in Germany finds the opportunity that he can disclose some information to the family. I know this is a public investigation, but the father and mother are on the frontline.”
The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “German police have no proof. British police keep an open mind and Portuguese police are reacting with caution.
“All Kate and Gerry want to know is what happened to their daughter.”
The McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, have clung to hope for years that Madeleine, who would be 17, is still alive.
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German officers, assisted by Scotland Yard, have made Christian B, 43, their prime suspect over the abduction from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Portuguese officers failed to put Christian B on a list of 600 suspects. He molested a girl, six, in his home town of Wurzburg, Bavaria, in 1994 when he was just 17 and has 17 child sex convictions.
Abandoned wells near his former home — a mile from the McCann apartment — had already been searched.
'Belief is not proof'
By Mark Williams-Thomas, TV investigator
IT is now 11 days since the bombshell announcement from German police that they have a murder suspect, and in such an investigation that can feel like a very long time.
But despite hundreds of calls from the public, the German authorities are still a very long way from having the evidence to charge Christian B.
And sources tell me that — while the German authorities have no doubt he abducted and murdered Madeleine — the British are far less convinced and the Portuguese are not interested in him.
The major problem now for the Germans is their complete lack of direct evidence.
We know almost exactly how much they have, and it sadly does not amount to much.
Yes, Christian B fits the profile. But believing he was involved in Madeleine’s abduction and murder is totally different from being able to prove it.
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