Parents of Missing Madeline McCann Fight Claims They Faked Her Disappearance

Kate and Gerry McCann want to overturn a court ruling that failed to clear them of involvement in their three-year-old daughter’s disappearance.

They lost their appeal in the Portuguese Supreme Court earlier this month over a controversial book titled, The Truth of the Lie, written by Detective Goncalo Amaral, a former detective who was the lead investigator on the case.

In the book, Amaral posed a theory that the girl had died while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz in 2007 and her disappearance was a ‘cover-up.’

The book was published days after Portuguese police announced that the parents were no longer suspects in their daughter’s disappearance.

The couple have won a libel case against Detective Amaral in 2015, who was ordered to pay $585,000 in damages.

However, the ruling was revoked last year and the Supreme Court then ruled the couple were not “formally in the clear”.

The couple then lodged a formal complaint against the Supreme Court ruling, saying it was “extremely disappointing”.

There are reports that the couple will consider taking their case to the European Court of Human Rights.

In a statement, the couple said:

“It is eight years since we brought the action, and in that time the landscape has changed dramatically, namely there is now a joint Metropolitan Police and Policia Judiciaria investigation which is what we have always wanted.

“The police in both countries continue to work on the basis that there is no evidence Madeleine has come to physical harm.

“We will of course be discussing the implications of the Supreme Court ruling with our lawyers in due course.”

Sources: 9news.com.au and Au.news.yahoo.com