Clare, where's your charity? Where do you get the proof that this was the norm?

There is none. The only reason we know that Madeline was crying that morning was because the McCanns told this to the police and they maliciously leaked it to the press to divert attention from their on incompetence. The McCanns were NOT out the previous evening when Madeline was crying. It was a nightmare!

To say that they are not suffering or that their suffering in unimportant or deserved is so cold it really does not sound like you.

It's true that they made a disastrous misjudgement. However, it's not as if they left their kids in a room for hours and went out and got blind drunk. I don't hear the same venom being directed at the Northern Irish couple from last weekend who didn't even have the decency to face the consequences of their action in a family court, but instead ran away home!

The McCanns at least were very close by and went back to the room on a regular basis. I'm not saying that what they did was entirely right, but it wasn't as heinous as you're making out. The restaurant is in the same complex. It's not so different as staying in a hotel and using the dining room while the kids are asleep or would you not do that either?

I rally wish that people would hold their rage for the lowlife who took her once the truth comes out.