The parents of Madeleine McCann have admitted defeat in their libel battle with an ex-detective who baselessly accused them of involvement in their daughter’s disappearance.
Kate and Gerry McCann spent 13 years fighting Goncalo Amaral over false claims in a book that they were the “main culprits” in Madeleine’s 2007 abduction in Portugal.
He falsely alleged that he had “no doubt” the kidnap was part of a cover-up but in 2015 a Lisbon court ordered him to pay the McCanns £440,000 after they won the initial libel case over his book Maddie: The Truth About The Lie.
