Missing boy’s mum hits out at McCanns

Kate and Gerry McCann’s decision to close their Find Madeleine Campaign Twitter account because of online abuse has been criticised by the mother of snatched toddler Ben Needham.

Tension has been building between the two missing persons campaigns in recent weeks, after Kerry Needham, whose son Ben vanished 24 years ago in Greece, questioned the huge sum of police money spent on the search for Madeleine McCann.

The official Find Madeleine Campaign group, endorsed by the McCanns, said it has experienced a spike in abuse over the past few weeks and reportedly moved to block Twitter accounts supported by the Ben Needham Campaign.