Gerry McCann quizzed over decision to leave Madeleine and the twins home alone

Gerry McCann quizzed over decision to leave Madeleine and the twins home alone. In this report from This is London, admittedly it is not a recent report, however, as it is the first time I have seen it I question Gerry McCann's answers.

"The father of missing Madeleine McCann was yesterday forced to defend his decision to leave his daughter alone on the night she was snatched.

Gerry McCann was grilled by American TV networks about why he and his wife Kate did not hire a babysitter to watch their three children as they dined with friends".

Gerry McCann stated: "We were dining 50 yards away and we could see the apartment from where we were. It's like we were sat in our back garden, all be it at the end of our garden. The kids were sound asleep and they were being checked regularly. We didn't think we needed a babysitter. We are good parents and what we did felt perfectly reasonable at the time".

"He was also quizzed about the possibility he and GP Kate, also 39, could be prosecuted for leaving Madeleine and two year old twins Sean and Amelie alone in the apartment that night".

Gerry McCann stated: "We have been assured by the authorities that what we did fell well within the boundaries of good parenting".

Analysis:

I don't believe that Gerry McCann defended the question: "why he and his wife Kate did not hire a babysitter to watch their three children as they dined with friends?".

This reply dodged the question: "We didn't think we needed a babysitter".

Gerry McCann blatantly lied with this: "We were dining 50 yards away and we could see the apartment from where we were".

The distance was at least 100 yards.

Gerry McCann stated: "We are good parents and what we did felt perfectly reasonable at the time".

I don't believe they are good parents at all, because good parents would not find it perfectly reasonable to leave children in this manner.

Gerry McCann stated: "We have been assured by the authorities that what we did fell well within the boundaries of good parenting".

And which authorities would they be Gerry? I think whichever authorities you claim gave you this information should come forward and announce themselves so that they can be questioned as to what they base such judgement upon. Either that or you are lying again. This authority states that you are wrong: "Scenario 4:You go out for dinner in a hotel complex on holiday abroad, leaving a child aged 3 and twins aged 18 months in a locked room. You return to check on them every half hour.

If the parents have taken all the risks into account and decided that it is safe to leave the children, this would probably be reasonable. If the children were awake or a bit older and able to wander around, or potentially even to open the door to an intruder, perhaps not. But asleep, with the door locked and people constantly checking up on them, it is likely to be reasonable.

You should be checking on them very regularly. I don’t think it’s any less safe in Continental Europe than it is here. Leaving children alone in this manner is not desirable, but parents have to balance the demands of life and will probably have to consider such issues regularly.

A parent needs to ensure that children are safe if they are left alone. Leaving them for a short while, asleep, in a locked room with regular checks is acceptable. Leaving them for two hours, or with unlocked doors, is not".

I trust that the relevant authorities will now disabuse the McCanns that their conduct was not within the bounds of good parenting?