Portuguese police have apologised to Madeleine McCann‘s parents over their investigation into the missing toddler’s case.
The three-year-old went missing during a family holiday in the Algarve in May 2007, sparking a nation-wide man hunt.
Police officers have now told BBC‘s Panorama that a number of senior cops travelled from Lisbon to London earlier this year to meet Madeleine’s father Gerry McCann.
The officers apologised for their handling of the case and the way the family was treated.
In the aftermath of the little girl’s disappearance both Gerry and her mother Kate McCann, were made ‘arguidos’ – or suspects – throughout the Portuguese probe.
Her parents were quizzed by detectives who suggested the pair had staged an abduction and concealed their daughter’s body.
Mrs McCann later said she was offered a deal, where if she admitted to covering up her Madeleine’s death she would be handed a shorter sentence.
Madeleine McCann went missing during a family holiday in the Algarve in May 2007, sparking a nation-wide man hunt
The couple’s status as arguido’s was lifted in 2008 but remained under suspicion in the country for years.
More follows.
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