McCanns in legal move on newspaper
Updated on 31 August 2007
The lawyer for Madeleine McCann's parents accused sections of the media of "inhumane" scandal-mongering as the couple launched a defamation action against a Portuguese newspaper.
Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt" by a front-page story in Tal & Qual which claimed Portuguese police now believe they killed their daughter.
The August 24 article alleged the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) - Portugal's CID - were certain the couple accidentally caused Madeleine's death. Under the headline "PJ believes that the parents killed Maddie", it implied that the young girl died a "victim of an excess of drugs", possibly sedatives.
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