Police searching for Madeleine McCann given extra £108,000 to fund investigation

This infamous missing person's case dates back to 2007

The news has gone down like a lead balloon with social media users, though.

"Outrageous!!! This is a real slap in the face for all the other missing persons families out there who haven't had one ounce of this case's attention or money spent to find their missing loved ones. It's disgraceful," wrote one individual on Facebook.

Another echoed that with: "This is plain wrong, others with missing children do NOT receive this level of support."

Aged just three at the time of her disappearance, McCann was taken from the family's apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, whilst parents Gerry and Kate were dining with friends 55 metres away.

In 2020, Christian Brückner was declared the prime suspect by German authorities, having been living in a nearby farmhouse in Praia da Luz and had broken into properties at the same resort.

Although abduction and murder charges are still yet to be formalised, Brückner is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for a separate crime.

Elsewhere in the McCann case, a woman named Julia Wandelt, who claimed to be the grown-up little girl, was charged with stalking a couple of months ago.