Daily Mail Headline; says: 'Portugese police have declared that Gerry McCann is a formal suspect in the disappearance of his missing four-year-old daughter Madeleine. The McCanns' spokesman David Hughes refused to say whether the McCanns would now be leaving
In a day of extraordinary developments, detectives alleged that Mrs McCann accidentally gave Madeleine a fatal overdose of sedative and then engaged with her husband in a monumental cover-up of her death.
In an angry confrontation which lasted more than four hours at police headquarters in Portimao, detectives finally demanded: "Tell us what you've done with her."
Mrs McCann had been asked to explain traces of her daughter's blood allegedly found in the family's hired Renault Scenic car. A friend revealed that the 39-year-old GP shook with rage and replied: "How dare you? How dare you use emotional blackmail to make me confess something I didn't do?"
Asked how her husband was taking this situation, the friend replied: "How do you think a red-blooded Scottish male would react when defending the honour of his wife?"
As she was speaking Mr McCann was in the police station facing similar questions. Mr Hughes said he did not know exactly what questions he had been asked but understood they were along the same lines as those posed to his wife. Police apparently believe Mrs McCann, rather than her husband, is their main suspect because of a "scent of death" allegedly detected on her clothes by sniffer dogs trained to find a corpse.
The McCanns have been under round-the-clock surveillance by Portuguese police for more than a month, it emerged. The covert operation was launched after suspicions grew that they could be linked to the disappearance of their daughter. Intimate conversations between the pair have been secretly listened to and their movements tracked by investigators.
A British source added: "After a slow start, the police inquiry is a lot more focused and professional. There is a great deal of co-operation between the Portuguese and British police. There are likely to be further dramatic developments in the next few days. A lot of people will be surprised by what else is going to come out."
Dozens of British detectives have been drafted into the inquiry in recent weeks. Sources said 55 officers were now working on the case. It is believed they are carrying out urgent inquiries on behalf of the Portuguese police into the background of the McCanns. Investigators want to learn more about the state of their marriage, their relationship and whether either of them are prone to losing their temper. It can also be revealed that Portuguese police have been deliberately leaking details of their inquiry to local media as part of an investigative strategy to put more pressure on the McCanns in recent weeks.
Insight
Knight of Cups(conviction) (reversed)
8 of Pentacles (economy)
No charges laid on the McCanns this insight implies. They are certainly NOT guilty of murder, manslaughter or the like. There is real intention behind this current chapter in the mystery. To force a hand. To force the McCanns into a corner and reveal what really went on. The PJ appear to not believe the 'abduction' claims. There is signs of the ways and the means for something to occur but I will be very surprised if any charge' will be lain on Gerry or Kate. There are reasons for them to be seen in public to be declared suspects. To be seen to be viewed in this light. Surely the real 'perpetrators' will see and realise. Perhaps the 'nod' could be given for Maddy to re-emerge. This will prove the innocence of Kate? Perhaps it is the only way ... for Maddy to be released. Because Maddy IS ALIVE. I sense that the DNA evidence points to Maddy being in the hire car ALIVE. I speculate the abduction was staged ... and Maddy made to disappear for political reasons. There is however elements of jealousy and hatred who have become involved who oppose the side on which the McCanns stand. These elements now wish to expose the McCanns ...
