Kate and Gerry McCann desperate for new donations as search fund is down to last £46k
More than £4.2million has been donated since Maddie disappeared in Portugal in 2007
THE parents of Madeleine McCann are desperate fore new donations to fund the search for the missing tot.
More than £4.2million has been donated since she disappeared in Portugal in 2007.
Last year's account showed just £746,152 was left in the fund and it has now believed to stand at just £480,000.
And the couple face paying £434,000 to Portuguese former police chief Goncalo Amaral's lawyers after losing libel action.
It would leave the funds at just £46,000.
This week they axed their spokesman Clarence Mitchell to cut costs.
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They have just five more weeks of Government funding towards the hunt for their missing girl.
The couple have vowed to use money from their official fund to continue the search themselves, adding:"We will continue to do everything we can to help find our daughter.
"Our hope and resolve continues.”
Gerry told Mr Mitchell in an email his "services were no longer needed" and he needed to "cut costs".
The former BBC journalist was said to be "hurt" but respects their "more pressing agenda".
Last week the Metropolitan Police announced it may push for more government cash to help the hunt for Maddie.
Brit cops were granted £95,000 to keep the investigation going in April.
But the cash is expected to run out in October.
The McCann's are bracing themselves for Scotland Yard ending the probe on October 5.
Cops have said there is now only one lead "worth pursuing".
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