Satement from McCann Family

Kate and Gerry McCann have issued a statement hours before Kate McCann was taken in for questioning by the Portuguese police following the disappearance of her 4 year old daughter.

Here is the statement in full, as read by family spokeswoman Justine McGuinness:

Today Kate McCann has returned to Portimao to be questioned by Portuguese police, to assist them with their investigations.Kate and Gerry are happy to help the police in their investigations to find their daughter Madeleine, as they have been since she was taken.Kate continues to believe that Madeleine is still alive and to hope and pray that she will be returned soon.Kate is a loving, gentle mother, one of the victims in an extraordinary and terrible set of events.

Kate has asked me to read this message:

"I miss Madeleine so much. Gerry and I want to appeal again to the person or people who took her or know who took her to do the right thing.

"It's not too late. Please let her go or call the police.

"We came to Portugal an ordinary family of five.

"We just want to know what happened on the third of May and want to go home a family reunited."