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Channel 5 host also asked why the
McCanns are suing Karen Matthews when
focus should be on finding their lost
child |
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MATTHEW Wright claims the parents of
missing children have been
“short-changed” by the Government after
it ploughed millions of pounds into
looking for Madeleine McCann and only
£2,500 on other missing children.
Speaking on today’s The Wright Stuff,
the 51-year-old presenter discussed the
new £85,000 cash injection given to Kate
and Gerry McCann to track down a “person
of interest” loitering near the
Portuguese holiday resort the night
their daughter went missing. |
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Matthew Wright highlighted
the ‘extraordinary’ amount
of money that has been spent
searching for Maddie over
the past 10 years |
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He explained: “The money has got to be
interesting to the wider public.
“This follows the £10million fund that
David Cameron ordered was ‘ring fenced’
specifically to help find her.
“£10million got nowhere over the past
two years – £85k in comparison does
sound like a last roll of the dice.
“It doesn’t sound like it will get much
further than this final investigation. |
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Police want to quiz an
ex-employee of the holiday
resort where Madeleine
McCann disappeared in 2007 |
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“It is an extraordinary case and an
extraordinary amount of money – it’s
heartbreaking for all concerned.”
Maddie is believed to have been snatched
aged three from her parents’ holiday
apartment while they had dinner with
friends on the other side of the resort. |
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She was left sleeping alone with her
toddler twin siblings who survived the
mysterious incident unharmed.
Matthew then presented some key facts
that made the huge sums spent looking
for the missing child look even more
extreme.
He said: “Three hundred children go
missing and are not found again in the
UK every year and on average the police
expenditure on each child that isn’t
found is £2,500.
“Other missing kids’ parents have been
short changed by us, the Government, the
police. |
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Kate and Gerry McCann are
desperately trying to keep
the search for Madeleine
alive |
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“The search continues and more threats
of writs from the McCann parents.
“I think there was even some talk about
them taking action again Karen Matthews.
“That seems to me like the last thing
people should focus on when their child
is missing.”
Matthew’s comments come hours after Good
Morning Britain fans slammed the doctor
duo for the £11m spent to date looking
for their missing daughter. |
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