Daily Mail Headline 'Kate McCann shows the strain as Portuguese police bid to 'crack' her'; says: 'Despite all the speculation about their involvement in the disappearance of daughter Madeleine, Kate and Gerry McCann faced the press this morning as they left home with their children. The McCanns left their home in Rothley, Leicestershire, earlier today for a short trip to a nearby park. The McCanns' public appearance came as police in Portugal increased pressure on them by making an application to seize Mrs McCann's diary which, they claim, could help prove that she killed her daughter. As a number of family friends mounted a defence of the couple, others suggested the strain of the inquiry was beginning to take its toll.
Police believe that entries in Mrs McCann's diary could explain to a court why an apparently devoted mother could have killed her child and engaged in what they claim is an elaborate cover-up. The new revelations follow an emergency application by Portugal's public prosecutor to take possession of an unnamed item - now understood to be the diary - within 24 hours. Although the diary, which Madeleine's mother has kept updated almost constantly since the four-year-old vanished on 3 May, is already in the police's hands, legal rules mean that they need judicial authorisation to use it any trial.
Gerry McCann has insisted that he and his wife Kate are "100 per cent confident" of each other's innocence. It was the first time he had acknowledged some Portuguese reports claiming that Madeleine's mother accidentally killed their child and her husband helped cover up the dreadful accident. In an emotionally-charged entry on his internet blog, he insisted: "Kate and I are totally 100 per cent confident in each other's innocence and our family and friends have rallied round unflinchingly to support us." He also spoke of the "unending nightmare" confronting his family, writing: "The pain and turmoil we have experienced in this last week is totally beyond description. We could never possibly have imagined being put in this unbearable situation."
IMO - 'In my OPINION'
C'mon Pinocchio sack your Portuguese PJ 'DJ'!! His record is scratched. The needle is stuck in the same groove and it is now quite boring hearing the same 'song'. Kate & Gerry McCann ARE innocent of the murder or even the accidental killing of their eldest daughter. Madeleine is still alive so all the media speculative claims are bollocks .... my intuition has been strong on this from day one. No amount of swings, roundabouts, blind trails, tunnels, smokescreens or similar deceptive tactics will change this stance of mine. The McCanns 'might' be guilty of something which they 'might' be hiding but sure isn't the death of their eldest child!!! There might be DNA & hair samples of Maddy found in the car. Yes, there might. But this DNA and hair can be so easily placed or be contrived. Someone somewhere with the right connections and the determination to 'frame' could organise 'evidence' .... the 'waters of corruption' run deep, so very deep. No country is an island. No government is isolated. Each and every political movement is linked to each other by hidden trails. Covert operations exist on this planet to further government campaigns ... that which is presented before the public's eyes is the stage show to keep everyone entertained. It is part and parcel of the deception which surrounds this mystery. Each and every compartment playing their parts. Perhaps even the McCanns?