MISSING
Madeleine McCann's parents have been given new hope after a
secret meeting with the Home Secretary, The Sun can reveal.
Kate and
Gerry McCann
spent more than an hour on Wednesday with
Theresa May
to beg the new government to help them.
And they left the meeting "more optimistic than ever".
A
source close to the couple said: "They asked for help in furthering the
hunt for Madeleine. They have not given up on her and they don't want
the Government to either. They especially want help in putting pressure
on the Portuguese government to agree to a joint British-Portuguese
review of the case.
"They feel there may be clues and leads that could have been missed."
Just before the election in May, the couple met David Cameron who
pledged that if elected Prime Minister he would do whatever he could to
help them.
A
Home Office source said yesterday: "Kate and Gerry were given renewed
hope that their daughter will be found.
"With the might of the coalition Government behind them, they left
looking more optimistic than ever that every effort is still being made
to find Madeleine."
Maddie went missing in
Praia da Luz,
Portugal, on May 3, 2007, when she was three.
A private
investigation team employed by the McCanns now continues the
hunt for her.
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