Maddie McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry, owe £ 29 (£ 29,000) bill for defamation to the Portuguese policeman who accused them of killing their daughter.

MADELEINE McCann's parents were charged £ 29,500 in court for the Portuguese cop who accused them of killing their child.

Kate and Gerry lost a libel suit against ex-detective Goncalo Amaral.

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Last Sunday, the Sun saw court records showing that they had to pay him £ 24,000 – and they are now ordered to pay £ 5,500 extra.

Madeleine disappeared from bed at the age of three during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.

In a 2008 book, Amaral claimed that Kate and Gerry had accidentally killed and concealed her claiming that she had been abducted.

He canceled their initial victory over the damage caused by his book The Truth of the Lie and the decision in his favor was also upheld by another court.

The additional £ 5,500 is intended to cover the additional costs incurred by his lawyers defending their last appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

And the couple, both 51 years old, from Rothley, Leics, will have to do even more for them if they lose.

Our journalist gave our journalist permission to see the huge legal file kept in a civil court office in Lisbon.

The court documents also show that Amaral, 59, who caused a new distress to parents in a controversial new documentary on Netflix, had huge debts when writing his book.

Peter Jordan – The sun

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Madeleine McCann Netflix viewers were convinced that Maddie had been secretly drugged by a kidnapper before entering a room to seize her.

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