Sunday 16 September 2007

Family launches new 'find Madeleine' advertising campaign

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The family of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann have announced the launch of a new Europe-wide advertising campaign.
The move is seen as a bid by the family to shift the focus away from suspicion on Madeleine's parents and back to the search for the missing girl.
The campaign was unveiled in the couple's home village of Rothley, Leicestershire, where Gerry McCann's brother John urged the public to remember "lovely wee Madeleine".
It is now more than a week since Kate and Gerry McCann were named formal suspects or "arguidos" by the Portugese police investigating their daughter's disappearance.
Leaked reports from the investigation have suggested the four-year-old could have been killed by her parents accidentally and then her body disposed of using their hire car.
But the McCanns strongly deny any involvement and today's announcement is a clear attempt by those near the family to bring the attention back on to the campaign to find Madeleine.
Up to Pfund80,000 will be drawn from the fighting fund set up to help the search for the missing girl, who disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal back in May.
The campaign is set to launch in two weeks and will focus on Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe. It will involve newspaper, television and billboard adverts.
In a statement issued through a family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "On behalf of the extended McCann family and the Madeleine fund, I would just like to say how grateful we are for people's generosity and support.
"The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine.
"To that end, I would like to announce that the fund will finance a broad range of initiatives in advertising to remind everyone that Madeleine is still missing."
He added: "This financing of advertisements will complement previous efforts by the fund and many motivated individuals - family, friends and people touched by our cause.
"I hope that the general public will continue to support us in this. It is so important that we remember - "don't you forget about me' - our lovely wee Madeleine."
The announcement comes after the family said earlier this week that it would not spend proceeds from the fund on Mr and Mrs McCann's legal costs.

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