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| Madeleine McCann was treated as a "commodity" by the UK press, her father Gerry has told MPs. | Madeleine McCann was treated as a "commodity" by the UK press, her father Gerry has told MPs. |
| Some stories about the missing girl - now aged five - had been "embellished" or even made up, the culture, media and sport select committee was told. | Some stories about the missing girl - now aged five - had been "embellished" or even made up, the culture, media and sport select committee was told. |
| Papers had published stories suggesting Madeleine was dead without evidence, reports which could have stopped people looking for her, Mr McCann said. | Papers had published stories suggesting Madeleine was dead without evidence, reports which could have stopped people looking for her, Mr McCann said. |
| Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, vanished in Portugal in May 2007. | Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, vanished in Portugal in May 2007. |
| Prosecutors initially placed "arguido" - or formal suspect - status on Mr McCann and his wife Kate but this was lifted in July last year when the case was shelved as detectives stopped actively searching for the youngster. | Prosecutors initially placed "arguido" - or formal suspect - status on Mr McCann and his wife Kate but this was lifted in July last year when the case was shelved as detectives stopped actively searching for the youngster. |
| Asked about the coverage of his daughter's disappearance, Mr McCann said: "We saw pressure particularly on journalists to produce stories when really there was nothing much to report." | Asked about the coverage of his daughter's disappearance, Mr McCann said: "We saw pressure particularly on journalists to produce stories when really there was nothing much to report." |
| He added: "Madeleine was made a commodity and profits were to be made." | He added: "Madeleine was made a commodity and profits were to be made." |
| Madeleine's parents, the friends who were with them on the holiday and one-time suspect Robert Murat have all won apologies and pay-outs from newspapers. | |
| Madeleine was almost four years old when she disappeared from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on 3 May 2007. | |
| The committee is holding an inquiry into press standards, privacy and libel. | The committee is holding an inquiry into press standards, privacy and libel. |