Portuguese police deny leaking McCann transcripts

The war of words between supporters of Kate and Gerry McCann and Portuguese police intensified today as detectives hit back at leaking allegations as “baseless”.

Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria (PJ) issued a rare public statement singling out the couple’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell, who last week angrily demanded an inquiry into how transcripts of their statements to detectives came into the public domain.