Sunday Mail Headline; says:"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have hit back at the Portuguese after a smear campaign was launched against them. An Internet campaign in Portugal is urging police to investigate the McCanns because the couple left their children alone in their holiday apartment on the fateful night little Madeleine went missing. An article in Portugal's Sol magazine accused Madeleine's parents and the other families in their holiday group of hiding behind a "pact of silence". It said that the McCanns' friends had constantly altered their version of events and that they were a "very strange group that never stayed with their children". Mr McCann said: "Kate and I find this type of criticism deeply hurtful and unhelpful. As each hour passes our pain and anguish increases. Anyone who knows us knows we love our children. We have always taken our responsibilities as parents with the utmost seriousness. The authorities have assured us they regard the criticisms as without foundation."
