Madeleine McCann's twin siblings angry as they start to understand horror of her abduction
The twins both know the person who took Madeleine has done something very bad.. they just want her back home
Madeleine McCann’s four-year-old twin siblings are now slowly grasping the horror of her abduction, their parents revealed yesterday.
Sean and Amelie were just two when their big sister was snatched but Kate and Gerry have since gradually explained the grim truth to them.
It is poignantly clear the youngsters still hold Madeleine close to their hearts.
Gerry, 41, said: “They talk about her more than Kate and I do. It’s incredible.
“They don’t ask so many direct questions but as they’re getting older more of the gaps are being filled in.
“They know Madeleine’s missing, they believe she has been taken and they know it’s not right that she has been taken. They understand the person who has taken Madeleine has done something very bad.
“They have asked why she’s been taken and we said, ‘We don’t know, but obviously they wanted Madeleine’. They know it’s not right and they want her back.”
Kate, also 41, added: “We made it as light as possible for Sean and Amelie but in a way they can understand.
“We made it sound like, ‘Even if you really want something you shouldn’t take it if it belongs to someone else’.”
The kids, who now attend school, are so heartbroken at having Madeleine ripped out of their lives they have even vowed to attack the kidnapper when he is caught.
Heart specialist Gerry revealed: “They’re saying, ‘When we find who took her we will fight them’. That doesn’t come directly from us saying that.
“Amelie this week was saying, ‘When I find that man I’m going to do this and that’. I said, ‘No, we will give them to the police and then we’ll put them in jail’.”
Since Madeleine’s May 2007 abduction in Praia da Luz, Portugal, her bedroom at the family home in Rothley, Leics, has remained just as she left it.
in mirror.co.uk4/11/09
27 January 2008FIND THE MADELEINE MONSTERTRUTH ABOUT THE McCANNS: BY TOP UK CRIME CRACKERMaddie's little brother and sister are learning to cope with their devastating loss by playing a game called Find The Monster Who Snatched Her.
And three-year-old twins Sean and Amelie are also playing a vital role in keeping their mum and dad focused, according to top criminologist Ray Wyre.
He told The People last night: "I think having other very young children has given Kate and Gerry the strength to go on.
"It must be hard for them because the twins are now almost the same age as Maddie was when she was taken."But they are clearly a bundle of energy and fun.
"They still talk about Madeleine and even bring her into their games."
Wyre went on: "Kate and Gerry told me they were sitting together the other day when the twins rushed into the room screaming and shouting.
"They asked what they were up to and the twins told them they were going to go and find the monster that took Maddie.
"Then they dashed off to play the game."
He added: "Of course, it's a very sad story.
"But it's healthy that Madeleine remains a real presence in their lives." source The People
And it would appear that not everyone is possessed of my delicate sensibilities and tact, these two below were lifted from the net.
But of course the real monsters, not including the parents of course, are catalogued below.
A senior Portuguese police officer has condemned the parents of Madeleine McCann for creating a “monster of information” that has failed to help in finding their daughter.
Carlos Anjos, president of the Association of Criminal Investigation Staff, said that detectives had advised Kate and Gerry McCann against their media campaign. They had also warned the couple against drawing attention to Madeleine's distinctive right eye, saying that it could have put her life in greater danger.
The disappearance of Madeleine shortly before her fourth birthday has become one of Europe's most-reported stories after the McCanns made a series of international visits to promote the search for their daughter.
Mr Anjos said that that to “keep pushing stories into the papers — they have clearly not helped solve the case”.
“Quite honestly I don't know if that is good or bad for an investigation,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Inside Stories programme today. “We were against this from the start. And importantly, we were against the release of Madeleine McCann's photo all over the world.
“We thought the photos that were released should not show the distinct mark Maddie had in her left eye. From our experience in criminal investigations this was a kidnap, which was what we believed from the start, the revealing of such a distinct feature would put that person's life in danger.” more The times
