Mirror
Martin Fricker
Kate's court ordeal for her daughter
KATE McCann last night broke her silence after three days of hearing sickening slurs that she faked her child's abduction.
The mum-of-three insisted the court ordeal was worth it because "getting justice here will help our search for Madeleine".
Kate and husband Gerry, both 41, have been in Portugal while former detective Goncalo Amaral tries to overturn their ban on his book about the case. He says Madeleine, six, is dead and alleges her guilty parents staged her disappearance, in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Yesterday Kate said: "Hearing it has not been easy but this action will benefit Madeleine, which is our aim. It's been positive because it's shown again there is no evidence that Madeleine came to any harm or that we are involved."
Amaral's appeal against the injunction banning him from repeating his claims was adjourned.
Outside the Lisbon court he vowed that if he lost he would take it to a European human rights court to defend "freedom of speech".
Last night the BBC stood by a claim Amaral had told their crew " f the McCanns ". His lawyer had claimed he was mistranslated.
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