Day 130 - 10/09/2007
Monday
The last few days have been incredibly busy and of course,
unbelievably stressful and emotionally draining.
On Friday Kate and I
were made ‘arguido’- official suspects in Madeleines disappearance. We cannot comment
on any details of the investigation, interviews or any evidence that has been
presented to us. We could never possibly have imagined being put in this
unbearable situation. No specific charges have been presented at this point and
there has been no restriction on our movements imposed.
Despite the anguish and extreme distress this has caused all of
our family, long term no one will be able to doubt how intensely Kate and I
have been scrutinised. We have absolute confidence that, when all of the facts
are presented together, we will be able to demonstrate that we played
absolutely no part in Madeleines abduction. Our primary concern has always been
the search for Madeleine and this aspect, that our daughter is still missing,
must remain a priority for the investigation.
On Saturday we asked the Portuguese police if they had any
objection to us coming back to the UK . We had assured them that we
will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation and of course will
return as requested and for our own emotional reasons. We decided to fly back
on Sunday as we had originally planned and all of our family spent the rest of
the evening helping us to pack.
On Sunday we left for the airport at 7am with huge media
attention. Camera crews followed us all the way to the airport, and the whole
experience, like much of the last four months was incredibly surreal. The
flight itself went quickly with Sean and Amelie constantly active and excited
about returning to Leicestershire. We always hoped that we would not have to
return without Madeleine and could never have imagined the possibility that we
would do so as suspects in our own daughters disappearance. The pain and
turmoil we have experienced in this last week is totally beyond description.
Kate and I are totally 100% confident in each others innocence and our family
and friends have rallied round unflinchingly to support us. We would like to
thank everyone else for the support we have received since we came home.
We have had very mixed emotions since coming back to our own
home. It is very comforting to have such familiar surroundings and our own
belongings and the twins have settled straight back in as if they have never
been away. We have had
numerous visitors with friends and those in official capacities.
We have appointed solicitors to advise us and assist our Portuguese lawyer in
preparing our defence against any possible charges. The sooner this is done the
sooner we can concentrate fully on trying to find Madeleine, which is the most
important thing through this unending nightmare.
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