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Sunday, 9 September 2007

Madeleine's parents fly home and say: 'We played no part in her disappearance'

Daily Mail Headline;says: 'Madeleine's parents have left Portugal and flown back to Britain, insisting they played "no part" in their daughter's disappearance. Voice breaking with emotion, Gerry McCann read out a statement after disembarking from the plane at East Midlands Airport in which he said that he and Kate had "played no part in Madeleine's disappearance".

The flight landed at East Midlands Airport at 12.20pm and Kate and Gerry McCann are expected to return straight to their home in Rothley, Leicestershire.

He said: "We want the twins, as much as is reasonably possible, to live an ordinary life in their home country, and want to consider the events of the last few days, which have been so deeply disturbing. While we are returning to the UK, it does not mean we are giving up our search for Madeleine. As parents, we cannot give up on our daughter until we know what has happened. We have to keep doing everything we can to find her." Gerry also asked for the family's privacy to be respected now that they have returned home.