McCanns 'happy to be reinterviewed'

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

Gerry and Kate McCann's spokesman Clarence Mitchell has said that it was "almost inhumane" that they were still suspects in their daughter's disappearance.

Mr Mitchell said categorically that the couple have "absolutely no plans" to return to Portugal at the moment, but he emphasised they wanted to co-operate with police.

He said: "Gerry and Kate, more than anyone, are anxious that the police complete their inquiries and eliminate them as soon as possible.

"If that means the police coming to Britain in the near future to re-interview Gerry and Kate and their friends, (they) are very keen for that to happen."

He said that there was nothing to prevent the McCanns returning to Portugal, but there were no plans to do so in the immediate future.

Investigators have asked for the tight secrecy requirements surrounding the case to be extended, the Portuguese attorney-general's office has said.

Reports in the Portuguese press suggested a three-month period has been sought.

Portuguese law normally provides for an eight-month term during which documents remain secret and official suspects, police and lawyers are banned from discussing the case in public. That period was due to expire in the McCann case next week.

The only official suspects - arguidos - in the disappearance so far are the four-year-old's parents and the British expatriate Robert Murat, who lived near the holiday complex in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing on May 3.