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Police told Kate McCann NOT to cry in public because kidnapper would
'get off' on her emotions |
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Original Source:
MAIL: 07 NOVEMBER 2007 |
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Last updated at 00:54am on 7th November 2007 |
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British police have told Kate McCann not to cry in public because they fear
this will play into the hands of her daughter's abductor.
Police have told the mother-of-three she must try to control her emotions when
she is in the public eye.
They are worried a kidnapper will "get off" on any show of emotion by
her and husband Gerry.
Spokesman Clarence Mitchell revealed police have been advising the couple
during an interview screened in the early hours of this morning.
Detectives briefed them shortly before they gave their first TV interview since
being made official suspects over Madeleine's disappearance.
Kate ended up breaking down during the interview on Spain's Antena
3 last week.
Mr Mitchell, speaking on the same channel during a live link-up, admitted:
"The police told them they had to control their emotions because the
kidnapper could see the programme and could gain satisfaction from that
reaction."
Kate, 39, has rarely shed a tear in public since Madeleine vanished on May 3
from their Algarve
holiday apartment - and husband Gerry has been portrayed as a cold control
freak in the foreign press.
It was thought the mum-of-three had been schooled not to show emotion in public
by friends.
But the British police's official role in advising Kate and Gerry on their body
language was not known about.
Last night it looked set to drive a further wedge between UK officers and their
counterparts - as it showed one set of police believe the couple's claim their
daughter was abducted while the other suspect the McCanns of being behind
Madeleine's disappearance.
The two forces are still trying to paper over cracks left by disgraced former
head investigator Goncalo Amaral, moved off the Madeleine probe after claiming
British police were too close to the McCanns.
Portuguese officers will rely on their British counterparts to conduct fresh
interviews with the so-called Tapas Nine - the McCanns and their friends - on UK soil.
Gerry and Kate's spokesman said the couple's public show of emotion should be
seen in the light of the advice they had been given about provoking Madeleine's
abductor.
But he insisted on Antena 3's late-night show Confidencial SA: "Kate's tears the night your channel
interviewed her were genuine."
The former BBC man was involved in a tense standoff with Spanish psychiatrist
Jose Cabrera, who last week labelled Kate "a poker player" and called
her tears "part of the act."
The McCanns have announced they may sue him over his claims, aired in a
Portuguese paper.
But unrepentant Cabrera, staring Mr Mitchell in the eye during a live
head-to-head, said: "When emotions are displayed in public, you risk
having to respond to what is freedom of expression.
"That risk is a risk that has got to be considered when agreeing to
interviews as you and the McCanns have done.
"This whole situation has arisen from their lack of care of their children
in an apartment at a given moment in time and leads to people having differing
opinions about their sincerity.
"My opinion is one of many you have heard and seen written in newspapers
and you'd have to sue so many people that I don't know to what extent that
would make sense in your media strategy."
Mr Mitchell countered: "I'm not going to get into an argument with you
about this. It's a question for the lawyers.
"But it's wrong to say Kate was crying deliberately. Her tears were
sincere." |
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