McCanns cleared as Portuguese shelve case

KATE and Gerry McCann vowed to continue the search for their daughter, Madeleine, last night after the Portuguese authorities shelved their investigation into the child’s disappearance.

The couple welcomed prosecutors’ decision to lift their status as “arguidos”, or formal suspects, but said they had no cause for celebration.

Mrs McCann said: “It is hard to describe how utterly despairing it was to be named arguidos and subsequently portrayed in the media as suspects in our own daughter’s abduction. It has been equally devastating to witness the detrimental effect this status has had on the search for Madeleine.”