Daily Mail Headline; says: 'Gerry McCann says his wife is innocent - as she was named as official suspect in the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine by Portuguese police. The police made Kate McCann an "arguida" at the end of another five hours questioning today, during which they "offered to do a deal if she confessed to accidentally killing Madeleine". Gerry McCann made his declaration on his blog on the "Find Madeleine" website before he arriving at the police station in Portimao to be interviewed. He said: "Everyone will know that Kate attended for interview as a witness with the Portuguese police today. This is only the second time Kate has been interviewed and although it was a long day, going on past midnight, this was shorter than my second interview which lasted 13 hours! The suggestion that Kate is involved in Madeleine's disappearance is ludicrous. Anyone who knows anything about the 3rd May knows that Kate is completely innocent. We will fight this all the way and we will not stop looking for Madeleine."
Gerry is still being interviewed in Portimao this evening. He has not been named a suspect.
Kate McCann's father Brian Healy spoke of his disgust at the latest allegations. He said: "This is just a waste of time and a farce. It would be a joke if it wasn't so disgusting."
Philomena McCann, Madeleine's aunt, also told Sky News that police were suggesting the little girl's mother had killed her accidentally.
"They are suggesting that Kate has in some way accidentally killed Madeleine, then kept her body, then got rid of it," she said. "I have never heard anything so utterly ludicrous in my entire life."
She said there could be no evidence against Madeleine's mother because she was innocent.
"Unfortunately this distracts from looking for the real perpetrator," she said. "How can Kate possibly be accused of this? It's shocking. For some unknown reason there's something about a sniffer dog sniffing Kate. Suddenly a dog can talk and says she smelled a death. How can that be when a British sniffer dog came out months after Madeleine's case? Kate and Gerry have pushed this investigation as much as they possibly can. To actually claim that Kate is a suspect is ludicrous as much as it is insulting."
