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Kate and Gerry McCann 'could be charged with neglecting Madeleine'
Last updated at 00:43am on 06.07.08
Kate and Gerry McCann could be charged by Portuguese police with neglecting their missing daughter Madeleine.
It is understood detectives have submitted their final report on the case to the country's attorney general.
Kate and Gerry McCann could be charged with neglect, even though there is no evidence to suggest they were involved in Madeleine disappearance
Although it concludes there is no evidence that the couple were involved in the disappearance of their daughter shortly before her fourth birthday, it leaves the McCanns open to charges of abandoning Madeleine and their twins Sean and Amelie, then two, in their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 last year, according to Portuguese newspapers`
Madeleine went missing from the Praia da Luz holiday apartment last May
A judicial source told the newspaper Correio da Manha: 'If it was a case of abduction, as the parents themselves argue, it was they who created the necessary conditions for that to take place.'
Last night, the McCanns' spokesman said: 'This is the first we have heard of this. Any charges would be vigorously contested.'
The McCanns are 'reluctantly' taking Leicestershire Constabulary to the High Court tomorrow to make it hand over any evidence it collected during liaisons with its Portuguese counterparts in the hunt for Madeleine.
It is believed that the force refused to open its files to the McCanns, who believe British police may have received calls from members of the public which could be helpful to private detectives working for the family.
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These parents left their kids night after night, and the checking was not as regular as they said as a neighbour reported one of the children crying for well over an hour one night.
Anything could have happened to those children, and something obviously did resulting in the likely death of the child.
They should be charged accordingly and there should be an example set for others who think it is OK to do the same, doctors or not.
- Tw, London
Why has it taken so long for this action to be taken. If it had happened in this country this unfortunately couple would have immediately been taken to task for leaving their daughter home alone.
- Anon, UK
As well they should! Who would even think of leaving their children unattened while they dined more than even 30 feet away. What about monitors? there are all manner of children monitors, where you can even hear the child breathing. Did the McCanns have any of these things? You just don't ever leave your children alone in a room unless you are just outside of it, or just to the next of it, especially at a resort!
- Sseifert, USA
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