Kate Mccann

[BertiWooster]

So , Kate McCann ( on publication of her book ) is calling upon David Cameron , for the government to '' take some responsibility '' in finding their missing daughter .

Is her choice of words reasonable , in the circumstances ?

[237SJ]

Well she must have said something right because the government are doing exactly that.

[sara3]

are they? well, good on her.

[karenmac60]

The McCanns refused the Portuguese authorities access to various records and Kate McCann refused to answer 48 questions that the Portuguese police asked her. If they were unwilling to co-operate, why should they expect the Portuguese authorities to co-operate with them?

[Khandro]

Good point karen.

[tamborine]

Cameron is being petitioned to ask the Portugese PM/counterpart to make files available to our investigators; every Brit citizen (including Maddie) is entitled to a full & complete investigation.

Can you think of any case where a foreign Gov has been refused co-operation by the Brit Gov on a missing child case.

http://www.ipetitions...nemccann_case_review/

[micmak]

IMO if the McCanns had been council house parents and not doctors they would have been prosecuted for child neglect. Having said that I really feel for them. They are paying a heavy price for leaving the children alone.

[anneasquith]

i agree ^^^

[sensible1]

Why are the McCanns so special? If they hadn't left their daughter unattended, they would still be together. Unbelievable for 2 doctors.

[tamborine]

As far as I recall the Portugese were embarrassed & more worried about their tourism than investigating the case. They accused the McCanns of murdering Maddie; if that was so am sure the McCanns wouldn't be pressing on today.

[Carakeel]

I really cannot see that it would be right for the government to add to the funds the Mc Canns have raised in the search only for their daughter! They should not be given special treatment as there are so many other families whose children / loved ones have gone missing and these families have not had any financial support!! There are excellent charities that work very hard to find missing children and adults and to me this is where any government money to help find missing people should go. It is wrong to single the Mc Canns out and give them preferencial treatment, in whatever way. I do sympathise with them, but I am not sure they have gone about things in the right way. I do not agree with Kate McCann, that the government should take some responsibility in finding their missing daughter. It is either a bad choice of wording or a case of trying to push the responsability on to others, when it is actually the Portuguese Police and hence the Portuguese government who are responsible for finding little Maddy. Yes, as parents we want to pull out all the stops when something happens to our children, but I think Kate McCann needs to be a bit careful not to alienate people with her attitude and wording. But like her, I would never give up searching for my child.

[I.Don No]

My hope in this case is that one day Maddie may be found. My hope is that other children caught up in a similar situation may one day be found.

I fear that my hopes may not be realised, and, if this is the case, I hope these children will eventually find peace, either in this world or the next.

I have one other hope.....that the other McCann children are allowed to live their own lives in peace.

[tamborine]

On some (?) news channel last night I heard the McCanns got their request to Cameron, for our police to investigate portugese police files - that's all the McCanns wanted !

[NoMercy]

Kate McCann is certainly doing her utmost to find Madeleine and is being very proactive in her search for her missing daughter. Other parents who have lived through similar experiences have relied entirely upon Police investigations. Kate is simply asking the police to assist in the search in anyway they can. Any mother would do the same. Madeleine is still missing and she needs to be found.

[Old_Geezer]

If access to evidence in any case is being prevented from being seen then it is reasonable for authorities to apply whatever influence they have to solve the problem. But I've said it before and may well do again, this family is not more important than all the others who have suffered tragedy. I don't see why this particular family's demands are hyped again and again as if they were more important than everyone else. Crimes get investigated and eventually reach the stage where they are relying on someone coming forward. One can not spend forever on any particular one. If authorities did this one would be in the waiting list, since we've not caught Jack the Ripper yet. And yes I can see the irony in contributing to yet another a thread on this subject.

[Old_Geezer]

Since other parents have relied on police investigations clearly any mother would not do the same as Kate does. Others are more realistic. I'm not saying that the squeaky wheel doesn't get the oil, but there is a limit.

[NoMercy]

Karen, do you know exactly which questions Kate McCann refused to answer? For all we know, the Portuguese authorities could have been asking questions about her sex life.

[jackthehat]

Why is there a limit ?
Why *should* there be a limit ?

It's an interesting parallel between Ben Needham's Mum and Kate McCann.
18 years later Ben's Mum is still lauded and applauded for NOT giving up the search for her son yet 4 years on Kate McCann seems to be being told to shut up ?

[NoMercy]

OG, are you saying no other mother would ask for help in finding her daughter?

That's what I meant by "any other mother would do the same".

[mickrog]

havingspoken of her sex life in a national newspaper I think she would have answered them.