Andrew Johnson
10 September 2007
Belfast Telegraph
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| Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano |
Leonor Cipriano, 36, is serving a 16-year jail sentence following the disappearance of her daughter, Joana, nine, in September 2004, just seven miles from where Madeleine McCann vanished. The investigating officer was Detective Goncalo Amaral, now leading the McCann inquiry. Yesterday, however, Leonor's husband, Leandro Silva, reiterated claims that his wife had been beaten by Mr Amaral during interrogation. Mr Amaral and four other officers were charged over the allegations. Despite this, he has not been removed from the McCann case. "I am worried Kate McCann will be framed, the way it happened to my wife," Mr Silva said.
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