'Stay strong and never give up': Kidnapping victim Natascha Kampusch who was held captive in a cellar for eight years delivers message of hope for Madeleine McCann's parents
- Natascha Kampusch was taken in 1998 by Wolfgang Přiklopil on way to school
- In 2006 Ms Kampusch escaped and Přiklopil killed himself before an arrest
- In her first UK TV interview, Ms Kampusch told Good Morning Britain that trying to live a normal life since her escape had been 'so difficult'
In her first UK TV interview kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch delivered a message of hope for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann.
Austrian Miss Kampusch was abducted in 1998 by Wolfgang Přiklopil while walking to school and held prisoner in a secret basement cell in his house for eight years.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, she was asked if she had a message for the McCanns ten years on from Madeleine's disappearance.
Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch (pictured) appeared on Good Morning Britain in her first UK TV interview
Miss Kampusch was abducted in 1998 by Wolfgang Přiklopil while walking to school and escaped eight years later. She delivered a message of hope for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann (right)
She said: 'Please stay strong and never give up yourself and I hope that Madeleine appears.'
Speaking to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, Miss Kampusch told of her harrowing ordeal and the abuse she suffered at the hands of Přiklopil.
The 29-year-old, who managed to escape through an unlocked gate in 2006, let cameras into the house where she was held.
Miss Kampusch said that Kate and Gerry McCann (pictured) should 'stay strong and never give up hope'
Speaking to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, Miss Kampusch described her time held in a secret cellar, concealed behind a cupboard, underneath Přiklopil's garage
She bought the home after her kidnapper killed himself to avoid arrest.
'I saw that option [to escape] and I thought I have to do it now because it's a chance and maybe it works,' she said.
'And after then I was so excited about my escape and my freedom and then I was a little bit shocked about the new experiences and about the new [opportunities]. I feel very uncomfortable.'
Speaking to Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, Miss Kampusch (left) spoke about her harrowing ordeal and the abuse she suffered at the hands of Přiklopil (right)
The 29-year-old, who managed to escape through an unlocked gate in 2006, let cameras into the house where she was held
Miss Kampusch bought the home after her kidnapper Přiklopil killed himself to avoid arrest
Of her captor she said: 'I think he was a lonely person, he was like a person without friends and without any love and perspectives.'
The author also spoke about hard its has been for her to live a normal life since her escape at the age of 18.
'It was so difficult because there were so many influences from every side and it wasn't easy to re-integrate myself,' she said.
'It was so long and I was a child and then I was an adult person with another point of view, also with another point of view as other people.'
The author also spoke about hard its has been for her to live a normal life since her escape at from the basement (pictured left and right in 2006) the age of 18
Speaking of her decision to keep the house she was held captive in, she said: 'Maybe it's also to have the control, to have the power and to have satisfaction of surviving.'
Miss Kampusch said she hoped that to have a family of her own in the future.
She said: 'I think I want to have a garden and a swimming pool and maybe sheep, I think.
'I love animals and so it would be nice. I want to have lots of projects - charity projects to help other people, that's so important to me - and maybe sometime I [will] care for my own children and husband, maybe, that's not the first thing.'
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