The girl’s father, who disappeared in the Algarve in 2007, speaks of “invented stories”, “lies” and distortions” and accuses the British press of having repeatedly interfered in the investigation into his daughter’s disappearance.
The father of the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, called for stricter regulation of the press in the United Kingdom, highlighting, in a rare interview, how much the family suffered from the media attention of this disappearance.
In interview to BBC radio, Gerry McCann stated that he and his wife, Kate, felt “lucky to have survived” the press intrusion into the couple’s private lives over the unsolved case of Maddie’s disappearance at 3 years oldwhich has generated enormous interest from imprensa.
“Journalists came to our house, photographers even placed their cameras right next to our car window while we had two-year-old twins terrified in the backseat”, he reported in the interview, emphasizing “how exhausting this is for a father” and the moments when he felt like he was drowning-se.
Reporting “the invented stories”, the “lies, the distortions”, Gerry McCann accused the British press of having repeatedly interfered in the investigation into her daughter’s disappearanceand regretted that information had been published that should have remained cconfidential.
Public inquiry canceled by the previous government
Gerry e Kate McCann are among around 30 signatories to a letter sent to the Prime Minister, Keir Sintestines, calling for the continuation of the public inquiry into press practicesthe first phase of which was completed in 2012.
This investigation was initiated after a esscandal that involved tabloid journalists News of the World, now defunct, and wiretapping prominent British figureslike a student amurdered. O investigation led to creation of a new press regulatory bodybut a second phase, focused on relations between journalists, politicians and the police, was canceled by the conservative government athe former
O The Labor Party, now in power, has not reactivated this second phase, although it has promised to do so, according to Gerry McCann, who would like “tougher standards” in the press.
18 years after Madeleine’s disappearance, in the Algarve, Gerry MacCann recognized that the hope of finding his daughter is smallbut stressed that this hope has not been extinguished and that the couple needs to know what happened to their daughter.
