Pain of missing Maddie ‘multiplied 100 times by book’

The McCanns’ pain over the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine was “multiplied 100 times” by a book by a former Portuguese police chief, a court has heard.

Gerry McCann’s sister Trish Cameron said he and wife Kate had been left in “purgatory” by the disappearance of Madeleine and the claims that they were somehow involved.

Speaking at the libel trial of Goncalo Amaral, Ms Cameron said the publication of his book in 2008 and a TV documentary based on it the following year caused the family to be “vilified” and “demonised”.