Madeleine McCann’s parents ban their lawyer from speaking to the press after Portugal’s supreme court insisted they hadn’t been proved innocent over their daughter’s death

‘Kate and Gerry McCann have banned their Portuguese lawyer from giving any comment after judges said they had not been cleared over daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.
Whilst Isabel Duarte had been carefully considering reaction on their behalf to a failed libel battle against a former police chief ‘to protect my clients’, they have now warned her: ‘Don’t say anything!’
Lisbon-based Ms Duarte received a copy of Portugal’s Supreme Court judgement 10 days ago – a week after it was made to ‘the bitter disappointment’ of Maddie’s parents and to ‘the delight but no surprise’ of Goncalo Amaral.’
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