Madeleine claims difficult to hear, says mother

KATE McCann admitted yesterday that listening to claims that she faked her daughter Madeleine’s abduction was difficult – but said nothing could be as bad as losing her child.

She and her husband Gerry have sat through two days of court hearings in which former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral has called witnesses to support his allegation that the little girl died in her family’s holiday flat.

Ms McCann insisted that the couple were right to take legal action against Amaral and said she was confident they would win.