A photographer told the Leveson inquiry in London yesterday that he thought finding and photographing the parents of missing Madeleine McCann when they were on holiday in Canada had been “appropriate”.
Matthew Sprake said the People newspaper had asked him to cover Kate and Gerry McCann’s first holiday “without Madeleine” in 2008.
Mr Sprake (42), managing director of NewsPics and a former civilian photographer with the Metropolitan Police, suggested that publicity might help find Madeleine – who was three when she disappeared in Praia da Luz on May 3rd, 2007.
“I have got to be careful what I say because of where we are,” Mr Sprake told inquiry chairman Lord Justice Leveson.
“The information came from a source close to the family. At the time I thought it was appropriate.” – (PA)