Nowadays, almost everyone seems to believe they can carry on behaving the same when they have children as they did before. We never left ours on his own so we could go for a meal on holiday, and lots of people sneered at us for that.

The same couple who did not find it sensible to pay a few euros for a babysitter to care for 3 children aged 3 years and under have now apparently flown a legal team to Portugal....

it is so sad, i can't believe they were left like that though, despite all the worry and hurt they must be feeling responsible and i bet their relationship is suffering. I hope she turns up safe and well. xx

I agree with not leaving your children alone if this had happend to a normal conventional family our remaining children would have been taken away and we would be looking at a prison sentence. I do hope they find her safe and well but who does the blame lie with.

well i think someone has to be pretty sick in the head to do what this person has done.. parents shouldnt have to worry about leaving there children in a room, what happend to the security of the hotel..?? shoulnt the rooms have more security? somebody shouldnt be able to get in the room full stop... i hope she turns up and the everybody can start living their lives again... and stop getting worried!!

The Portuguese Police ignored Madeleine McCann for 24 hours, possibly because this area is known to be a crime-free zone. This lax attitude was probably noted by paedophiles and the area targeted.

Now is the time to stop paedophiles stalking families. Now is the time to question lone people taking photographs of other people’s children at the beach. Some of these photos finish up on a perverts’ websites who claim the children are their own.

I have been pestered on holiday. I always had my 2 year old safely strapped in the buggy, mainly because little legs cannot walk very far. This middle-aged man persisted - he seemed to be THERE whenever I turned round and he kept telling me that my baby was too big to be riding around in a buggy.

i am so sorry to hear about your baby girl. my thoughts are with you and i am praying for her safe return. i dread to think about wat she is going through, i am praying she is safe and aliive and hope she is found soon. my thoughts are with the family and maddie.
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MY EXPERIENCE OF THE "POLICE" IN PORTUGAL. MY FRIEND AND I WERE ON HOLIDAY IN VILLAMORA 3 YEARS AGO, IN THE DARK,2 MEN DRAGGED US APART AND MUGGED US...WE WERE BOTH INJURED AND CLEARLY IN SHOCK..AFTER INSISTING THE POLICE WERE CALLED.. THEY ARRIVED, IGNORING US AND TALKING TO OUR HOTEL RECEPTION,ALL THE TIME THEY WERE LAUGHING AND SMOKING CIGS,THEY DID NOTHING...OTHER THAN CHARGING US FOR A CERTIFICATE TO SAY WE HAD BEEN MUGGED...FOR PASSPORT ETC.WE TRULY BELIEVED THAT IF THEY WOULD HAVE SAT IN THEIR MIDGETS NODDY CAR AND LOOKED A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY ..TO A CERTAIN ESTATE NEARBY..THE CULPRITS COULD BE FOUND. LITTLE BOYS WITH BIG BIG GUNS...COULD LEARN A LOT FROM OUR POLICE FORCE.