Madeleine McCann’s parents lose a legal challenge over handling of a row involving a detective’s claims.
The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of a legal battle over how judges handled claims made by a Portuguese police detective.
Kate and Gerry McCann appealed to the European Court of Human Rights over the way Portugal handled their libel challenge over Goncalo Amaral’s claims.
He alleged in a book that they were involved in their daughter’s disappearance.
The couple have three months to appeal the decision.
Three-year-old Madeleine disappeared from a holiday apartment in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz in 2007.
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