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VICIOUS internet trolls who
have sent abuse to the
parents of Madeleine McCann
are being investigated by
police, Scotland Yard
confirmed.
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ATTACK: Maddie
McCann's parents
have been
barraged with
vile online
abuse [GETTY/PA] |
A dossier with more than 80
pages of Twitter, Facebook
and other forum posts with
attacks aimed at Kate and
Gerry McCann has been handed
to authorities by concerned
members of the public.
The collection is said to
include messages telling
them to "burn in hell" and
another said how the troll
wanted to "see them smashed
up the back of a bus or
trampled by horses".
Some of the sick posts were
even understood to have been
aimed at the younger
siblings of Madeleine.
Author Anthony Summers,
whose book Looking for
Madeleine was published last
month, told Sky News: "There
is a campaign of hatred
against the parents.
"It is venomous and
vitriolic, most of it done
by cowards. We are taken
aback by the extent of the
sheer evil behind it all."
The messages were compiled
by concerned members of the
public who wanted to shed
light on the subject.
And now the Metropolitan
police confirmed they were
assessing the material.
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DIG:
Investigators
dug deep close
to the resort of
Praia da Luz
where Maddie
went missing
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A Scotland Yard
spokesman said: "We can
confirm
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“We are taken
aback by the
extent of the
sheer evil
behind it all.” |
we received a letter and
documentation on
September 9 which was
passed to officers from
Operation Grange
"They are assessing its
contents and consulting with
the CPS and the McCann
family."
The search still continues
for missing Madeleine, who
went missing in Portugal
aged three in May 2007.
Kate and Gerry McCann were
named "arguidos", or
suspects, in the initial
investigation by Portuguese
police but were cleared in
July 2008.
The investigation into her
disappearance reopened last
year as British detectives
teamed up with Portuguese
police for the first time.
In June, Scotland Yard
officials were given
clearance to dig close to
the Praia da Luz resort
where Madeleine was last
seen.
Nothing of interest was
found.
British police have launched
a number of television
appeals and interviewed new
witnesses in an attempt to
put an end to the mystery.
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REOPENED CASE:
The
investigation
was relaunched
by Scotland Yard
last year
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