Madeleine's parents still believe their daughter is alive · 2007-08-28 17:36
Gerry McCann, the father of missing four-year-old Madeleine has asked the media to end the constant speculation about his daughter’s whereabouts.
He said that it was not necessary to ”bombard people on a daily basis” with Madeleine’s image, and the couple did not expect to sustain the same level of coverage throughout their campaign.
Gerry McCann said that although the British media and photographers had been ”very respectful and kept their distance” from his family in Portugal, the pressure on journalists to find a story was leading to “absolutely wild speculation” about what had happened.
”Even early on, there was saturation coverage with nothing to report, and there are commercial decisions being made with filling column inches and time on TV,” he said.
Mr McCann said he now wanted the story to be ”reported responsibly and only newsworthy material” used.
He added that he had started thinking about returning to the UK and his job as a consultant cardiologist in Leicester.
”The difficulty we have is leaving Portugal as a family of four, when we arrived as a family of five.”
Madeleine’s parents say they still believe their daughter is alive, BBC reported.
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