Mirror 25th April - Madeleine McCann's mum Kate says 10 year anniversary of daughter's disappearance is ‘a horrible marker of stolen time’

Madeleine McCann's mum Kate says 10 year anniversary of daughter's disappearance is ‘a horrible marker of stolen time’

Kate MCann said they try their hardest, never give up and make the best of the life they have in a statement posted to the Find Maddie Facebook page

By Kara O'Neill   09:11, 25 APR 2017  Updated10:32, 25 APR 2017

Madeleine McCann's mum Kate has spoken about the heartache around the 10 year anniversary of her daughter going missing and vowed: 'We will go on and never give up'.

It has almost been a decade since three-year-old Maddie vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007 while her parents were dining nearby with friends.

Now Kate and Gerry have posted a statement on the Find Maddie Facebook page, reflecting on the "unwanted milestone".
It read: "Ten years- there's no easy way to say it, describe it, accept it. I remember when Madeleine first disappeared I couldn’t even begin to consider anything in terms of years.

"Shawn Hornbeck abducted and kept hidden for over four years, Natascha Kampusch for over eight years. I couldn't go there. And now here we are...Madeleine, our Madeleine- ten years."

She said: "Most days are similar to the rest - another day. May 3rd 2017 - another day. But ten years - a horrible marker of time, stolen time.

"We are bracing ourselves for the next couple of weeks. It's likely to be stressful and painful and more so given the rehashing of old 'stories', misinformation, half-truths and downright lies which will be doing the rounds in the newspapers, social media and 'special edition' TV programmes.

"Media appearances are draining and on occasion, unhelpful to the only thing we want, finding Madeleine.

"They need to have a purpose. We could spend all our time and energy trying to defend ourselves by correcting inaccuracies and lies, but then we would have no strength left to look for Madeleine, look after our other children and to live our life.

"I truly hope that those reporting on the 'story' over the next couple of weeks will have a conscience.

"Even if little consideration for Gerry and me is shown, they will at least bear in mind the effect such unfounded and unwarranted negativity could have on our other children - and of course Madeleine."

The mum said that thankfully there is an active police investigation to try and find Madeleine and bring her abductor to justice.

She said there are no new appeals that the police wish to make at this moment in time and so they are keeping any media involvement marking this "unwanted milestone" to a minimum.

The statement continued: "The two themes that seem most appropriate to me as we reach this ten year mark are perseverance and gratitude: We will go on, try our hardest, never give up and make the best of the life we have.

"We consider ourselves immensely fortunate to have received the love, solidarity and support from so many kind and decent people over the last decade.

"There have been many challenges and low points along the way but the warmth, encouragement and positivity we have experienced from the ‘quiet majority’ has undoubtedly sustained us and maintained our faith in human goodness. And while that is there, there will always be hope.

"Thank you so much from all of our family. Kate and Gerry"

This statement came after Maddie McCann's parents were left 'angered and upset' after an Australian TV show used old footage of an interviewer asking them: "Did you kill your daughter?"

A friend close to Kate and Gerry McCann spoke out, saying it was "cruel" and "hideous" to air old clips about them for "shock purposes".

Maddie would now be aged 13, nearly 14.

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The former child minder said she is still haunted by the image of Gerry desperately trying to find their missing daughter while she tried to comfort weeping Kate who cried: “They’ve taken her.”

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Again this is all about Kate and the good Prof, how they have suffered. Nothing about poor Madeleine or her poor brother and sister.

Cant figure out if this was written by a PR agency, or by the McCanns, but either way, the completely missing concern for MM's welfare stands out like a sore thumb.

And that tells you everything you need to know.

Has tis forum got any favorable enquiring journalists? Wit hthe 10 year milestone there is  a question for Kate McCann. The result might just lead to the truth.

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phil_burton wrote:Cant figure out if this was written by a PR agency, or by the McCanns, but either way, the completely missing concern for MM's welfare stands out like a sore thumb.

And that tells you everything you need to know.

That point has been underlined by respected statement analysts quoted here on a number of threads.  You can't take one sentence in isolation but if  there are several statements of a pattern then alarm bells ring.