McCanns to answer 40 ‘key’ questions

Oct 1 2007 by Jessica Shaughnessy, Liverpool Daily Post

THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann were last night waiting for police to ask them 40 “key” questions about the disappearance of their daughter.

Liverpool-born Kate and Gerry McCann are said to be eagerly awaiting the quiz in a bid to end speculation about their involvement in Maddie’s abduction.

The questions will be asked by UK police based on a list to be submitted to them by detectives in Portugal. It will include quest- ions the McCanns re- fused to answer during their interrogation in the Algarve.

News of another round of interviews comes as Portuguese police were accused of ignoring possible sightings of the four-year-old in Morocco.

The accusations came as a national newspapers claimed that Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral has a mountain of paperwork detailing 252 possible sightings of Madeleine on his desk.

The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: “Kate and Gerry want to co-operate with the Portuguese police and would hope their resources are being employed as effectively as possible at all times.”