- The parents of Madeleine McCann had to use funds raised to search for their daughter to fight an ex-police officer who made “unfounded” claims about the case.
- Last September, Kate and Gerry McCann lost a 13-year libel battle with Goncalo Amaral, who had suggested they were involved in their daughter’s disappearance.
- Madeleine’s Fund was established to “secure the safe return” of the Mccann’s daughter, who was three when she vanished during a holiday in Portugal in 2007.
