The parents of missing Madeleine McCann were today furious after a retired detective accused them of putting her life at risk in a new documentary.
His decision to repeat claims he made in his book on the case renews the agony for the child’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann. “If there is any defamatory content in there then, of course, they will consider what next steps need to be taken.” Amaral and colleagues believed that highlighting it might make a kidnapper think they had to kill her because it was impossible to hide her identity.
Amaral, who is still embroiled in a bitter libel battle with the McCanns, also repeated a string of other controversial comments in the film. The documentary features haunting footage of Madeleine, including mobile phone images of her boarding a jet with her family as they head off for their fateful holiday at East Midlands Airport.