Word: mccanns
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After Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday resort in Portugal on May 3, it seemed like the whole world joined in the search. Over four months later, Madeleine is still missing, but the world's attention has shifted. Instead of looking out for the 4-year-old British girl, all eyes are on her parents, who were recently named as official suspects in her disappearance. Now, Kate and Gerry McCann find themselves fighting two battles: one to clear their names, and another to convince everyone that their missing daughter is still the big story. Over the weekend, help came from...
...rationale is to focus attention back onto the fact that's been lost in the last couple of months, that a little girl is missing and that her parents are desperate that she be found," says a spokesman for the McCann family about the campaign that's due to start in two weeks and will run in Spain, Portugal and "other European countries." The details are still being ironed out, but it's likely the new initiative will be similar to the one that has been running in England, where billboards show photos of Madeleine - and the distinctive mark...
...Good timing. Changes to Portugal's secrecy laws over the weekend give suspects and third parties - who were previously not allowed to know the details of a police investigation - greater access to case files, meaning the McCanns' legal team could get hold of the 4,000-page police file on Madeleine's parents sooner than anticipated. So far, the McCanns' lawyers haven't had much to work with. But reports that they got in touch with lawyers for a man in Wisconsin who, in defending their client against murder charges, are challenging evidence uncovered by sniffer dogs...
...Later this week, a Portuguese judge will hand down the ruling on where the case goes from here, including whether or not the police can conduct new searches and call in Kate McCann for another interview. It could take another few weeks, or even months, before any formal charges are made, if they are at all. In the meantime, the McCanns will keep trying to shift the focus away from themselves and back onto the search for their daughter. The world is watching, but it will take more than some new ads to avert its gaze...
...PORTUGUESE POLICE HAVE HANDED 3,000 pages of evidence to the district attorney, who in turn submitted them to a judge who must decide whether to bring charges against the parents. Given the usually glacial pace of the Portuguese justice system, the decision may not be quick. Meanwhile, the McCanns are back in England, surrounded by a resolutely supportive family. Some in Britain have called for the other McCann children to be removed to protective custody. Kate and Gerry won't allow that without a fight. They have hired top lawyers, including one who barred the extradition of Chilean dictator...