I didn't notice any mention of hysteria in Fiona's statement.
Maybe I missed it, or maybe it was said by someone else, or maybe by nobody.
You are wrong.
Not only does Fiona describe a heartrending and awful scenario in the aftermath of discovering their child was missing ... she describes the hysteria of both Kate and Gerry.
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... but I do remember her coming back, erm, you know, I never will forget'. ... she sort of raced back and she just appeared at the doors of the sort of reception area and just shouted across, erm, 'She's gone. Gerry, Madeleine's gone'. And, you know, well you can just imagine the shock maybe. ...
... panic was starting really ...
... 1485 ... 'How was Kate''
... Reply ... 'Awful, erm, I've never seen such horrible raw emotion in my life and I've seen a lot of it in my job. Erm, tut, she, she was just bereft, she didn't know what to do, she was just panicking, extremely frightened, extremely frightened for Madeleine ...
... And the helplessness ... she was angry, really angry, tut, punching walls, kicking walls, she was covered in bruises the next day, because she just didn't know what, what else to do. She was angry at herself, she kept saying 'I've let her down. We've let her down Gerry', you know, 'We should have been here'. Erm, tut, she was praying a lot. Erm, I just don't think she knew what to do, what to do. And she was just howling. It was just, just awful. ... but she wasn't functioning
... from the moment Kate discovered that Madeleine was gone, the screaming and the shouting and there was a lot of noise ...
... This was all in immediate panic' ...
... at that point she was just in no state to be left alone ...
... I know Gerry phoned his sister, Trish, and he was just sobbing and
hysterical on the phone' ...
... we were obviously desperate and frantic ...
... and Kate was getting
hysterical at this point, erm, she, you know, screaming, erm, because she just wanted somebody who she felt was doing, doing something that was going to make a difference ...