The father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has called for greater scrutiny of the UK's media, saying in an interview published Wednesday that his family received a "monstering" from sections of the press.

Gerry McCann told the BBC that elements of Britain's media made him feel like he was being "suffocated and buried" following the disappearance of his daughter.

Madeleine was three years old when she vanished in 2007 from the apartment in Portugal where her family was holidaying.

It triggered a massive global search and nearly two decades of unrelenting media attention, but the case remains unsolved.

McCann said in the rare interview that he and his wife Kate were "lucky we survived" press intrusion that left him feeling like he was "drowning".

"Journalists coming to the hous

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