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Portuguese police clear parents in missing Madeleine McCann case

A stock photograph of Portuguese police.
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Madeleine had been missing nearly a year when police finally admitted that her parents, Kate and Gerry, were no longer suspects.

The couple had endured a sustained campaign of false accusations by many in the media and this day must have been one of cold comfort.

They were cleared but they were no closer to finding their little girl. How many times must they and the ‘The Tapas Seven’ have replayed in their heads that night of dining?...