THE grandmother of missing Madeleine McCann has appealed for whoever knows where she is to “end our agony.”

Speaking on the day Kate and Gerry McCann launched a fresh appeal, Kate’s mum Susan Healy, of Mossley Hill told the ECHO: “Like Kate we continue to hope Madeleine will be found and it would be nice for her to be home to Christmas.

“I remember last year thinking I hope we don’t have another Christmas without her, but here we are.

“We just wish whoever knows something would come forward.

“We echo Kate and Gerry’s thoughts and we hope that someone will end our agony and let her be brought back home to her family.”

New pictures were released on the Find Madeleine website as Liverpool-born Kate and Gerry faced a third Christmas without her.

In an emotional plea greeting visitors to the site, they said: “There will be a spare place at the Christmas table again this year.

“If you know anything - do the right thing and help us fill it.”

Mr and Mrs McCann added: “There’s only one thing Madeleine wants this Christmas – and that’s to be back home.

“If you know where she might be, please help.”