Madeleine McCann's parents and the Leveson Report

**Pedro Silva** Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:00 pm

My friends, I received this through google alert:

http://www.readersdigest.com.au/madeleine-mccann-leveson-report-readers-digest-book-news-january-2013

**bb1** Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:03 pm

What must if be like for the parents when their child is snatched by an unknown abductor? What if the crime occurs in a foreign country, the police seem unable to help you, you are hounded mercilessly by the media and, perversely, you are hauled in as a suspect and legally advised to plead guilty to manslaughter? This is the living hell that British couple Kate and Gerry McCann suddenly found themselves plunged into in May 2007. Kate's unforgettable memoir, Madeleine, published in Encounters this month, tells the real story behind the child abduction that shocked the world, and lays bare the inner strength, integrity and faith that have enabled her and her husband to survive beyond what any parent could be expected to endure to find their still-missing daughter, Madeleine.

The McCanns' agonies over these last years have been many. While they praise the world media generally for listening to their story and caring about Madeleine, they have also suffered abominably because of inaccurate, intrusive, fabricated and downright libellous coverage by the press and TV. The McCanns recently came out out in strong support of action following the Leveson Report in the UK, that favours greater press regulation. Kate McCann gave moving evidence about how she wanted to 'climb into a hole' after the News Of The World published extracts from her highly private diary. 'I hope the Report will mark the start of a new era for our press in which it treats those in the news responsibly, with care and consideration.'

For the McCann's true story, directly following Madeleine's disappearance, read our Encounters extract here

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I think the extract must be in the hard copy.

Madeleine McCann's parents and the Leveson Report

Madeleine McCann's parents and the Leveson Report

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