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| Branson fund for McCanns' lawyers | Branson fund for McCanns' lawyers |
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| Sir Richard Branson has started a fund to assist Kate and Gerry McCann with their legal costs, the BBC understands. | Sir Richard Branson has started a fund to assist Kate and Gerry McCann with their legal costs, the BBC understands. |
| Sources close to the businessman say he wants to help the couple get the "best legal resources possible". | Sources close to the businessman say he wants to help the couple get the "best legal resources possible". |
| They are being advised by Michael Caplan QC, who successfully fought efforts to extradite General Pinochet. | They are being advised by Michael Caplan QC, who successfully fought efforts to extradite General Pinochet. |
| The McCanns have been named suspects in the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter Madeleine from a Portuguese resort on 3 May. | |
| The couple do not have a wealth of resources to fund what is expected to be an expensive legal campaign. | The couple do not have a wealth of resources to fund what is expected to be an expensive legal campaign. |
| Mr McCann is on paid leave as a doctor, and his wife has confirmed she does not yet plan to return to work as a locum doctor. | Mr McCann is on paid leave as a doctor, and his wife has confirmed she does not yet plan to return to work as a locum doctor. |
| The McCanns have said they will not use any of the £1m search fund donations they have raised to fund their legal costs. | The McCanns have said they will not use any of the £1m search fund donations they have raised to fund their legal costs. |