The couple issued a public denial after a German reporter told them people were "pointing the finger at you".
Daily Mail Headline, says:
Kate and Gerry McCann were forced to answer the question that had remained unspoken for the last 34 days. In front of a live TV audience of millions, they had to defend themselves against a suggestion they were involved in their daughter's disappearance. The couple issued a public denial after a German reporter told them people were "pointing the finger at you". It was the first time in public that anyone has even implied they could be suspects - and it clearly stunned them. Looking horrified, Mrs McCann responded: "I don't actually think that is the case, I think that is a very small minority of people that are criticising us.
And what is my view -- are the McCann's involved in Maddy's abduction? -- no, I don't feel they are implicated in the abduction; but there is so much more regarding the situation they do know about. They are genuine in their understandable hunt for their daughter. But there is so much more to this than meets the eye ....