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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Samuel Port & Kieran Isgin

Burger joint promotes Mother's Day with 'sick' Madeleine McCann joke

A Leeds takeaway owner has refused to apologise for using images of Kate McCann and her missing daughter Madeline in a poorly tasted Mother's Day 'joke'.

Joe Scholey, owner of Otley Burger Company, based in Boroughgate, Leeds, posted images of the mother and daughter on Facebook and Instagram, with the message: "With burgers this good, you’ll leave your kids at home. What’s the worst that could happen [sic] Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums out there.”

Madeleine McCann has been missing since the age of three when she disappeared on a family holiday with parents Kate and Gerry in Portugal in 2007. The missing case brought worldwide attention since.

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