Article: Gerry McCann in outburst after Maddy sleeping tablets overdose claims

His unexpected outburst comes after a spate of unconfirmed allegations including reports that tests on a liquid found in the family's hire car suggest the four-year-old might have overdosed on sleeping tablets.

Toxicological analysis showed Madeleine consumed a "significant" quantity of the pills, the French newspaper France Soir reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources in Portugal.

But Mr McCann said that he and his wife knew they were innocent - but were frightened and had been "backed into a corner".

"There are large craters in every one of these theories, in these just ludicrous accusations," he told a friend quoted in The Sun.

"As far as Kate and I are concerned, there is no evidence ...

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