Maybe they can afford a babysitter...

[unixman]

... instead of leaving their kids home alone while they go out on the razz.

Madeleine McCann's parents win Portuguese libel case and awarded £357k - Telegraph

They have likely questioned themselves 1 million times. I think having a meal a hundred yards away is hardly going "out on the razz". People are taking greater risks than that all the time. Simply putting your child in a car is a much greater risk. So is giving birth in the first place.

[BrilloPad]

If Kate McCann weren't a scouser she might come across a little more genuine.

Scousist!

It could be worse - you could be scourerist.

[DodgyAgent]

They have likely questioned themselves 1 million times. I think having a meal a hundred yards away is hardly going "out on the razz". People are taking greater risks than that all the time. Simply putting your child in a car is a much greater risk. So is giving birth in the first place.

their crime was that they were enjoying themselves

[BrilloPad]

They have likely questioned themselves 1 million times. I think having a meal a hundred yards away is hardly going "out on the razz". People are taking greater risks than that all the time. Simply putting your child in a car is a much greater risk. So is giving birth in the first place.

Maybe they should spend the money they got on an advertising campaign reminding parents not to leave their children unattended?

The key here is avoidable risk. What they did was avoidable. Any sensible parent would never have done what they did. I wonder if DodgyAgent would still do what the McCann's did?

As for bringing up the subject again its like Jimmy Savile. It should not be allowed to happen again.

[BrilloPad]

their crime was that they were enjoying themselves

Nothing wrong in staying at home with a few drinks and a meal. Or getting a babysitter.

If you want to do what you want when you want then don't have children.

I bet quite a few here would like to see all agents sterilized....

[SlipTheJab]

Nothing wrong in staying at home with a few drinks and a meal. Or getting a babysitter.

If you want to do what you want when you want then don't have children.

I bet quite a few here would like to see all agents sterilized....

But then where would the next generation of recruitment agents come from, no doubt Dodgy's father was an agent and his father before him...

[DodgyAgent]

Nothing wrong in staying at home with a few drinks and a meal. Or getting a babysitter.

If you want to do what you want when you want then don't have children.

I bet quite a few here would like to see all agents sterilized....

How sanctimonious of you

[FatLazyContractor]

How sanctimonious of you

Talking of which, do you have kids DA?

[FatLazyContractor]

I must try harder, clearly.

Oh yeah, baby!

[TheFaQQer]

Any sensible parent would never have done what they did.

Any sensible parent wouldn't dress up as batman / spiderman / any other man in tights and climb the houses of parliament. And yet some do.