Madeleine
McCann’s
mother yesterday condemned politicians for their
‘fluffy, worthless’ promises to help find her missing daughter.
The 42-year-old spoke out as she and husband revealed that their
multi-million pound
appeal fund
will run dry within months.
Kate McCann
accused the
Government
of giving up the hunt for the child who went
missing shortly before her
fourth birthday.
She said a series of
ministers had shrugged off her pleas for help.
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Tireless:
Kate and Gerry McCann have warned the fund to find their
missing daughter will run out of money |
‘I don’t want to be appeased, and that’s what I feel we’re getting. We
need action, I don’t need fluffy worthless words,’ she said.
The couple have written an open letter, begging for political and
financial help and launched an online petition to lobby the British and
Portuguese governments for a formal review of the case.
Mr McCann said: ‘We have tried in vain to get the authorities to play
their part but our requests have seemingly fallen on deaf ears.’
Madeleine vanished in 2007 during a family holiday in the Algarve resort
of
Praia da Luz.
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Huge
effort: Madeleine McCann went missing in May 2007 |
Portuguese
police
shelved an 18-month investigation into the
disappearance after clearing her parents as formal
suspects,
and the case has remained closed.
Mr and Mrs
McCann, of Rothley, Leicestershire, have met a series of
ministers in the hope that the case will be re-opened or a cold-case
review of the investigation launched.
Their hopes were raised when the Labour government looked at the
feasibility of an Interpol review of the disappearance.
But when they met Home Secretary
Theresa May in August, they learned the
new Home Secretary had not read the report.
The McCanns have used £2million in public donations to pay for private
detectives.
But heart consultant Mr McCann, also 42, said the fund would run dry
early next year, and begged for donations.
Mrs McCann said: ‘We can’t stop trying to find Madeleine – or at the
very least find out what’s happened.’
The Home Office said: ‘The Government wants to ensure that everything
feasible is being done to progress the search. |