The McCanns have brought this on themselves - they have made their bed and now they must lie in it.

Innocent or guilty, I think a 2 year sentence would be fair for just leaving the children alone, never mind anything else.

Not only was the flat cleaned the following morning (unbelievable), but every man and his dog was allowed in there the night Madeleine disappeared to "look for her". Then the parents were offended because the police said that this had destroyed evidence. The Portuguese police may not be the best in the world but they are trying to do a job and the parents have not made that job easy for them. Some people forget that the child is the victim here; sometimes she just seems to get forgotten and it all seems to be about the parents.

I get fed up when people condemn those that criticise the parents. Their family and friends insist that they are innocent. How do they know?

I'm just glad I haven't contributed to the fund.

I read that Gordon Brown had been regularly ringing them at first - doesn't he have a country to run?