£1m McCann court battle

12/12/2011 Posted by Winnower


12 December 2011
Scottish Daily Record
Tom Worden

GERRY and Kate McCann's £1million lawsuit against the cop who bungled the hunt for Madeleine will be heard in two months.

The civil case against Goncalo Amaral will take place in Lisbon on February 9 and 10, a source close to the couple said yesterday.

Amaral, 52, ran the investigation into the three-year-old's disappearance in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in 2007 for five months before being removed.

He later made a fortune selling a book and TV documentary claiming the youngster was dead and wrongly accusing her parents of staging a cover-up. The McCanns lodged a 36-page writ in the Portuguese capital in June 2009 accusing him of libel and breaching their human rights.

The source said: "Amaral has made the McCann family's life hell and himself rich in the process.

"Kate and Gerry want to stop him spouting malicious lies about them and profiting from their pain.

"The only way to do that is by going to court."

In their writ, the McCanns describe the now-retired detective as a self-obsessed, manipulative money-grabber with no morals.

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Gonçalo Amaral: “Justice works in Silence”
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Gonçalo Amaral's Book Ban Overturned -McCanns Have Not Returned Books

8/24/2011 Posted by Winnower

22 Aug 2011
 
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The journey is not an easy one

8/24/2011 Posted by Winnower

An Emotional Gonçalo Amaral Describes His Family's Suffering
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Le commissaire accuse les parents

8/04/2011 Posted by Winnower

Le commissaire accuse les parents
T.B.
4 August 2011 
Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France 
French 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION  
(via LanguageWeaver)

The commissioner accused parents

With its impressive stature and his bald head, he is the absolute nightmare of spouses McCann. Former commissioner of the Portuguese Judicial Police of Portimão, Goncalo Amaral directed the investigation on the disappearance of Maddie for several months. A professional failure, but also a good source of trouble : disowned by his hierarchy after having publicly criticized the attitude of the English police, he was prematurely departs from the investigations. The investigator is in spite of everything sure to hold the truth. After resigning from the police to regain his freedom to speak, he delivered his version in a book for the prosecution against the parents of the little girl, published in England in 2008.

The thesis of Goncalo Amaral is clear : Maddie is dead accidentally by the negligence of the parents who would have then done disappear its corpse and put in scene the thesis of the abduction. The book offers no evidence, but rather a series of indices, to begin with what he called the "Contradictions in the statements of the spouses McCann". The policeman also insists on the traces of blood found in the apartment. "Unfortunately, it is a corpse that he must seek", assigned to us-it in May 2009 , when the output of the book in France * .

Kate and Gerry McCann have continued to fight to prohibit the dissemination of this book. After having won the case, they were dismissed on appeal by a court of appeal Portuguese, in the name of freedom of expression. In 2010, the former policeman has published a second book, non-translated in France and entitled "The English Gag " (le gag anglais). This time, it puts in question the English authorities to have weighed on the investigation. When we had met in Paris, he was already part of its criticism of the general staff of the British police : " n Great Britain, the vision of the folder is political ," he complained.

* " Maddie : the investigation prohibited ",
Bourin Editor.
Lisbon (Portugal), July 24, 2008.
Goncalo Amaral had published a book in which he defended the thesis of the accidental death of Maddie McCann.

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Portuguese police: "flabby, unintelligent and plain slack" ? Oh really?

7/08/2011 Posted by Winnower

Too many ‘if onlys’
08 July 2011
The Witness

Madeleine is the disquieting account of the disappearance and subsequent search for the British girl Madeleine ­McCann, written by her mother Kate, and includes excerpts of the ­diary Kate kept over that harrowing period.

It’s a riveting personal account of the incident, which many of us have read much about in the years since Madeleine was snatched, but at the same time, the enormity and horror of what happened to the gorgeous three-year-old, and what might have happened to her subsequently, make it a harrowing read. Madeleine’s happy wide-eyed photo on the cover is heart-wrenching.

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Goncalo Amaral regarding video monitoring system

6/26/2011 Posted by Winnower

Gonçalo Amaral sugere a instalação de um sistema de videovigilância nas principais estradas algarvias e respectivos acessos
26 June 2011
Jornal de Notícias
Portuguese

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
(via LanguageWeaver)

Goncalo Amaral suggests the installation of a video monitoring system on the main roads in the algarve and the respective accesses

Mixed Teams will not solve crime in the Algarve

Goncalo Amaral says that there is not a strategy to combat insecurity, but it only answers to one-off events. Accuses institutions of inertia and do not react to accusations false abroad

INTERVIEW

Oantigo coordinator of the Department of Portimao the Judicial Police says that the insecurity in the Algarve because of the violent crime resulting from the lack of strategy of the security forces and the agents of tourism. Goncalo Amaral, 51 years old, known to have investigated the disappearance of Maddie, rejects the solution decided in this month of creating mixed teams with agents of several policemen and accuses the authorities of not reacting to complaints alarmist, for example in England.

IT needs a "special team", the likeness of created by the Attorney-general 'S Office for violence on the night of the Port, in order to fight the violent crimes in the Algarve and reassure the tourists?

I understand the question. But, contrary to what some claim, the Algarve does not need a special plan of security, much less for special teams - which only serve to increase the wages of their components - not even more human and material resources to combat the criminal phenomenon that, in truth, has gained prominence. What we need is to define a strategic plan that involves promoters and tour operators, mayors, security forces and services.

But this takes time and the holidays are there…

We must react to every crime, with a rapid and effective response, but it is impossible not to detect, to study the phenomenon, preventing it and forming criminal investigators capable of acting together - something that is not made. It is true that the conviction of security has suffered earthquakes and much by force of inertia of the institutions, not to promote and preserve the Algarve as a safe destination. AND also of the forces and security services to the act only reactivamente, the flavor of punctual event criminal.

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Gonçalo Amaral acquitted of the crime of Failure to report.

6/19/2011 Posted by Winnower

PAÍS
CASO
19 June 2011
Diário de Notícias
Portuguese

Portuguese to English translation
(via Google Translator)

JUDGEMENT
> The case of aggression against Leonor Cipriano was tried, but the court did not determine the authorship of the attacks.

Gonçalo Amaral
> Ex-inspector was acquitted of the crime of Failure to report. With him were tried four more inspectors.

JUSTICE
> On the murder and concealment of a body, mother and uncle of Joana were sentenced to 18 years.


ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

JULGAMENTO
› O caso das agressões a Leonor Cipriano foi julgado, mas o tribunal não determinou a autoria das agressões.

GONÇALO AMARAL
› Ex-inspector foi absolvido do crime de omissão de denúncia. Com ele foram julgados mais quatro inspectores.

JUSTIÇA
› Pelo homicídio e ocultação de cadáver, mãe e tio de Joana foram condenados a 18 anos.
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Joana Case: Évora refutes "nullity and unconstitutional" the resource that sentences confirmed

6/18/2011 Posted by Winnower

Caso Joana: Relação de Évora refuta "nulidades e inconstitucionalidades" no recurso que confirmou penas
18 June 2011
Agência Lusa - Serviço Internacional
Portuguese

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
(Google Translator)

Lisbon, June 18 (AFP) - The Évora refuted the existence of "unconstitutionality and nullity" in ruling that upheld the conviction of former inspectors of the Judicial Police (PJ) in the process of aggressions against Leonor Cipriano, Joana's mother, child missing in the Algarve in 2004.

On 18 March this year, the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of former PJ inspector Gonçalo Amaral and António Nunes Cardoso, with suspended sentences, the Court of Faro in 2009, but the latter required the former agent "to reform and clarification of Judgement. "

According to judicial sources, the Évora understood that "lacks reason" the application of Antonio Nunes Cardoso, sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment with suspended sentence for the crime of forgery of a document.

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BCC response to Complaints re: lie about Goncalo Amaral is NOT GOOD ENOUGH

6/04/2011 Posted by Winnower

Where is the FORMAL APOLOGY FROM BBC?

Fact: Dr. Goncalo Amaral did NOT say "Fuck the McCanns".

Mike O' Sullivan, his producer, "senior colleagues" and any BBC spokespersons involved need to issue a formal apology and ensure corrections are printed in all of the news sources listed below.

This is NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BBC:

"Further action
The Editor of the programme has discussed the outcome with the producer and reporter involved. In future, the team plans to use interpreters if clips from interviews are unclear."
  
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Update: The F*** the McCanns Scandal

6/03/2011 Posted by Winnower

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Kate's Life without Maddie

5/30/2011 Posted by Winnower

Kate's Life without Maddie
30 May 2011
FLASH! Portugal
Translation by CAROLINA (Missing Madeleine Forum)

4 years after Maddie’s disappearance, the mother reveals the traumas she has experienced. In Portugal, there are those who continue to defend that the McCanns are lying and the little girl is dead.
 
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Kate McCann to release book on Madeleine's disappearance

5/23/2011 Posted by Winnower

Kate McCann to release book on Madeleine's disappearance
The Resident
23 March 2011
 
Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing Madeleine McCann, returned to Portugal at the weekend to promote the launch of the Portuguese version of Madeleine, the book about the case written by Kate.

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Entrevista Kate e Gerry McCann

5/23/2011 Posted by Winnower

Entrevista Kate e Gerry McCann
23 May 2011
Diário de Notícias
Rute Coelho
Portuguese

Portuguese to English translation (Google)

Parents of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in the Algarve on May 3, 2007

'Madeleine', the book written by Kate McCann, arrives in bookstores today in Portugal. This is the testimony of a mother who struggled with the guilt that accompanies it today.

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Maddie : les policiers britanniques reprennent l’enquête

5/22/2011 Posted by Winnower

Maddie : les policiers britanniques reprennent l’enquête
Policetcetera
22 May 2011
Georges Moréas
(French)

French to English translation (Google)

Maddie: British police took over the investigation
Policetcetera
22 May 2011
George Moreas
(French)

Maddie: British police took over the investigation

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, asked Scotland Yard to reopen the case concerning the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in May 2007 in Portugal.

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How dare they call me cold

5/22/2011 Posted by Winnower

How dare they call me cold;
What should the mother of a missing child look like? rages Kate McCann
22 May 2011
The Express on Sunday
James Murray Investigations Editor

A defiant Kate McCann yesterday confronted critics who branded her cold and emotionless when she returned to the country where her daughter Madeleine vanished.

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McCanns return to Portugal

5/22/2011 Posted by Winnower

McCanns return to Portugal
22 May 2011
The News of the World
 
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The harrowing of Kate McCann

5/22/2011 Posted by Winnower

The harrowing of Kate McCann
22 May 2011
The Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Kate misses her chance to set the record straight in a book that adds little to an extensive canon, writes Eilis O'Hanlon
Madeleine
Kate McCann
Bantam Press, €22.99
Why Kate? From the moment that their daughter vanished from a rented holiday apartment in Portugal's Praia da Luz resort, it was Gerry McCann who provided the public face of the campaign to bring Madeleine home. He was the one who dealt with reporters, set up websites, wrote a regular blog updating the search. If anyone was going to write a book about that time, it was surely Gerry who would've been expected to do it.
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Hope for Kate and Gerry in return to Portugal

5/14/2011 Posted by Winnower

Hope for Kate and Gerry in return to Portugal
14 May 2011
The Sun
ANTONELLA LAZZERI

MADELEINE'S parents will return to Portugal next week with new hope in the search for their abducted daughter. The couple will launch Kate's new book, aimed at boosting the investigation. Kate and Gerry will travel to capital Lisbon for the release of an edition translated into Portuguese.

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Gonçalo Amaral defends reopening of the Maddie Case

5/14/2011 Posted by Winnower

Gonçalo Amaral defends reopening of the Maddie Case
14 May 2011
Sic Notícias, broadcast
(See Joana Morais Blog) 

Former coordinator of the investigation says revision of the process by Scotland Yard is good news


Transcript/Translation thanks to anonymous @37 (See Joana Morais Blog for original)

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Inquest is a "shoot in the foot"

5/14/2011 Posted by Winnower

Gonçalo Amaral: Inquest is a "shoot in the foot"
14 May 2011
Joana Morais Blog
by Marisa Rodrigues

Gonçalo Amaral says that Scotland Yard is “going to find several things that wont please the McCanns”

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Gonçalo Amaral issues plea for Kate McCann to "tell the truth"

5/10/2011 Posted by Winnower

10 May 2011
Gonçalo Amaral issues plea for Kate McCann to "tell the truth"
EXCLUSIVE to mccannfiles.com
By Nigel Moore

FORMER Portuguese police co-ordinator Goncalo Amaral has issued a plea for Kate McCann to "tell the truth" and spoken of his delight at having his freedom of speech returned.

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Madeleine McCann - Das unvergessene Kind

4/28/2011 Posted by Winnower

Panorama / Justiz
Madeleine McCann - Das unvergessene Kind
Carsten Volkery
28 April 2011
Spiegel Online

German to English Translation (Google) :

Four years ago, disappeared without a trace, the small Madeleine McCann from a Portuguese holiday apartment. To date, investigators grope in the dark, the anniversary raises the question: Is it time to draw a line? The parents do not let go yet.

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MADELEINE: TIME TO FORGET?

4/24/2011 Posted by Winnower

MADELEINE: TIME TO FORGET?
As the fourth anniversary of her disappearance approaches - and with it a new book by her mother - Olga Craig returns to Praia da Luz
Olga Craig
24 April 2011
The Sunday Telegraph

COMMENTS

It is the spiritual sanctuary to which Kate and Gerry McCann return time and time again with each passing year. Usually their visits are in private, occasionally with close relatives. But it is here, in the tiny, white-washed 17th-century church of Our Lady of Light, overlooking the sea in Praia da Luz on the Algarve, where the couple feel closest to Madeleine, their cherished oldest child, who next month will have been missing for four years. Here is where Kate, especially, in the words of parish priest Father Haynes Hubbard, her Portuguese pastor and confidant, "comes back to cling to the hope that their daughter will come home".

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Reopening the wounds

4/16/2011 Posted by Winnower

Reopening the wounds
Kate McCann visits Maddie's room twice a day and the pain is raw.
But she hopes her book will revive the hunt
16 April 2011
Mail
Natalie Clarke

Earlier this week, Kate McCann signed off the final chapter of her book about her lost daughter, Madeleine. It is now with the publishers, and a rush is on to have the book edited, printed and on sale by the planned publication date of May 12, which will be Madeleine’s eighth birthday. The book, simply entitled Madeleine, gives Kate’s account, in her own words, of her daughter’s disappearance during a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007, and the dramatic events that followed.
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Mission de dames

4/04/2011 Posted by Winnower

Mission de dames
4 April 2011
Sud Ouest


French to English Translation (Google):

W9 AT 20 H 40 The mystery was never solved. Here are two documentaries about the disappearance of Maddie McCann, May 3, 2007. While parents shout their innocence and are confident of a kidnapping, the police officer Gonçalo Amaral Portuguese claims to have gathered enough evidence to implicate Kate and Gerry McCann. One film shows footage from the police. Sidonie Bonnec Lefèvre and Paul will receive the first plateau Gonçalo Amaral.

À VOIR AUSSI
Maddie, l'affaire

W9 À 20 H 40 Le mystère n'a jamais été éclairci. Voici deux documentaires sur la disparition de la petite Maddie McCann, le 3 mai 2007. Alors que les parents crient leur innocence et sont persuadés d'un kidnapping, le policier portugais Gonçalo Amaral estime avoir réuni suffisamment de preuves pour impliquer Gerry et Kate McCann. Un des films montre des images inédites de la police. Sidonie Bonnec et Paul Lefèvre recevront pour la première fois en plateau Gonçalo Amaral.
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Cipriano Alleged "Torture"

3/29/2011 Posted by Winnower

Conversation regarding Cipriano "torture" case
Maddie Case Files forum  
19 March 2011
(used with permission):

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Serious setback for Maddie's Parents

3/23/2011 Posted by Winnower

Book charged couple
Serious setback for "Maddie's" Parents
19 March 2011
N24
(Google translation - Original in German below)

The book "Maddie - The Truth about the lie" of the former chief investigator in the case of 2007 of "Maddie" McCann may be in the trade. The previously banned book charged the girl's parents.

Setback for 'Maddie' parents: a previously banned book about the case of the missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal may again in the shops. The Supreme Court of the country had rejected an appeal by the couple McCann against the sale of books, media reported, citing the court in Lisbon.

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Maddie book not banned - setback for the parents

3/21/2011 Posted by Winnower

Vermischtes
Maddie-Buch nicht verboten - Rückschlag für die Eltern
21 March 2011
Berliner Zeitung

Maddie book not banned - setback for the parents
21 March 2011
Berliner Zeitung


LISBON. A previously banned book about the case of the missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal allowed back into the stores.

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War of words looms over Madeleine McCann books

3/20/2011 Posted by Winnower

War of words looms over Madeleine McCann books
20 March 2011
Express
James Murray

Former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral is set for a new legal battle with Kate and Gerry McCann after writing a second book about their missing daughter Madeleine.

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Former PJ inspector may re-sell the book on Maddie

3/19/2011 Posted by Winnower

Former PJ inspector may re-sell the book on Maddie
19 March 2011
Publico


Portuguese to English translation (Google)

The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of the McCanns who wished to avoid the book is Maddie: The Truth Lies, written by former coordinator of the Judicial Police (PJ) Gonçalo Amaral.

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Supreme rejects appeal of McCann

3/19/2011 Posted by Winnower

Supremo rejeita recurso dos McCann
19 March 2011
Diário de Notícias

GOOGLE TRANSLATION:

Supreme rejects appeal of McCann
19 March 2011
Diário de Notícias

Gonçalo Amaral
EX-INSPECTOR OF PJ

The former Inspector of Judicial Police PJ , Gonçalo Amaral, will be able to sell the book A Verdade da Mentira (The Truth of the Lie), on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Supreme Court rejected the claim of "exceptional magazine" the decision of the Court of Appeal, rejecting the injunction filed by Kate and Gerry McCann, who must return copies of the book that are in their possession.

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Anonymous Poet

3/18/2011 Posted by Winnower

Please visit Joana Morais Blog (Comments):

"In this web enabled media age

A feather weight paper page

Like a bird released from a prison cage

Still spreads the message of the brave.

The gentle Goncalo Amaral

Sought justice for a tiny girl

Her sweet little voice no longer heard,

But truth breathes through the written word"
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Supreme Court turns down McCanns' request

3/18/2011 Posted by Winnower

Supreme Court turns down McCanns' request (English translation courtesy of "Astro")
18 March 2011
Sol (Portuguese original article)
Margarida Davim


Kate and Gerry McCann wanted the Supreme Court of Justice to nullify a decision by the Appeals Court that allowed for the book by Gonçalo Amaral, ‘The Truth of the Lie’, to be distributed. Nonetheless, the judges have refused the request.

Former Polícia Judiciária inspector Gonçalo Amaral will again be able to sell the book about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, ‘The Truth of the Lie’, which was taken off shelves after an injunction that was filed by the parents of the little English girl that disappeared in Praia da Luz was accepted by a lower court.

The Supreme Court judges refused the request for an “exceptional review” of the Appeals Court’s decision, which overturned the injunction that had been filed by Kate and Gerry McCann.

The counsellors’ decision may be appealed to the Constitutional Court, but that will have no suspensive effect, which means that Kate and Gerry McCann will have to return every copy of Amaral’s book that they possess.

If they do not comply, they may even incur in a crime of disobedience.

Contacted by Sol, the McCanns’ lawyer, Isabel Duarte, refused to comment on this judicial decision, because she hadn’t been notified yet.
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Magazine of Miscellaneous Affairs

3/14/2011 Posted by Winnower

Criminal Investigations: The Magazine of Miscellaneous Affairs

To be seen at 20:40 on 16 March 2011

The magazine Criminal Investigations will be dedicated to two unpublished documents about the Maddie case on Monday, April 4th from 8:35 p.m. on W9. On May 3, 2007, little Maddie McCann strangely disappeared in Portugal. Convinced of the kidnapping of their daughter, Gerry and Kate McCann are however the target of the accusations of Portuguese police officer Gonçalo Amaral. The latter will explain himself for the first time on the set of Sidonie Bonnec and Paul Lefevre .

"Enquêtes criminelles sur l'affaire Maddie
Le 14/03/2011 à 17:05 par Damien Mercereau (TVMag.com)

Enquêtes criminelles : le magazine des faits divers
À voir le 16/03/2011 à 20h40 surW9
Le magazine Enquêtes criminelles consacrera deux documents inédits à l'affaire Maddie le lundi 4 avril à partir de 20h35 sur W9. Le 3 mai 2007, la petite Maddie McCann a étrangement disparu au Portugal. Persuadés du kidnapping de leur fille, Gerry et Kate McCann sont pourtant la cible des accusations du policier portugais Gonçalo Amaral. Ce dernier viendra s'exprimer pour la première fois sur le plateau de Sidonie Bonnec et de Paul Lefèvre."

     
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The Truth of the Lie - Documentary

1/15/2011 Posted by Winnower

Documentary with English subtitles
Uploaded to YouTube April 30, 2009 
by "anotheroneforjustice"
(Scroll down for all 6 videos)



The Truth of the Lie - Documentary (1 of 6)




The Truth of the Lie - Goncalo Amaral's documentary (2 of 6)



The Truth of the Lie - Goncalo Amaral's documentary (3 of 6)



The Truth of the Lie - Goncalo Amaral's documentary (4 of 6)



The Truth of the Lie - Goncalo Amaral's documentary (5 of 6)



The Truth of the Lie - Goncalo Amaral's documentary (6 of 6)

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Twitter users libeling Goncalo Amaral

1/08/2011 Posted by Winnower

Twitter is an interesting social networking site.  The McCann case has been discussed by many "tweeters"; the topic found by the hash-tag "#McCann" or "#McCanns".

There are a number of people who are apparently determined to prevent Twitter participants from discussing the case in a factual manner, and whose motives and integrity are questionable (to say the least).

Goncalo Amaral is frequently their target and they are clearly part of the effort to discredit him.

Here are examples of the type of  lies/libel they are tweeting.  Note "pinkypoo666"'s tweet stating:
 
"This is what Amaral does to ppl when he questions them" http://aeiou.expresso.pt/online/Storage/ng1011060.jpg"
  
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http://aeiou.expresso.pt/online/Storage/ng1011060.jpg


When confronted with the FACT that Cipriano never accused Amaral of the ALLEGED "assault", "pinkypoo666" tweeted this:
  
"this is what Amaral & PJ do 2 people who dont confess, even if innocent.  He likes 2 tie things up quickly so can go to pub"
  
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Although little is being currently published in the mainstream press regarding Goncalo Amaral, it is obvious that "behind the scenes" there are ongoing efforts to discredit him and others who do not subscribe to the "abduction" theory in the McCann case.

Blogs and websites have been created to attack Dr. Amaral and the PJ, attempts are being made to start rumors, statements are taken out of context or deliberately misquoted and lies (including the ones above) are rampant.

The path to truth is a straight and narrow course.  It certain appears that many people involved in the defense of the McCanns do not choose to walk it.

(NOTE: The post date on this has been changed.  It does not deserve to remain as the first post on a blog entitled "Truth be Told".  The date has been edited from when it was posted (8 March 2011) as changing the post date is the only way I'm aware of to rearrange the order posts appear on Blogger.)


 
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Minha Dignidade

1/04/2011 Posted by Winnower

I'm working on a project that is requiring me to re-read hundreds of articles published about "The Truth of the Lie", Goncalo Amaral, and the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

In light of the recent wikileaks cable related to the McCann case, I am wondering whether there will be any apologies issued by the British Press - or by specific reporters who have amplified the McCann's attacks on Dr. Amaral.

It is now public knowledge that Goncalo Amaral was NOT solely responsible for suspicions of parental involvement in the death and concealment of Madeleine McCann's body.  Read the cable for yourself  HERE (or elsewhere on the net - it can be found many places including the various wikileaks mirrors - search 07LISBON2527).

To this day, the McCann attacks focus on Goncalo Amaral, rather than on the British police (who, along with their Portuguese colleagues developed evidence against the McCanns).  They have caused the Amaral family great hardship, they have attempted to completely destroy his reputation - on what grounds?

The Truth of the Lie does not waver from the official investigation and its conclusions were not only the conclusions of the writer.

It is long past time that the British Press takes its "code of conduct" policies seriously.  Report the facts and correct all errors in previous reports. A good place to start would be to correct the articles claiming the McCanns were "cleared" and that Goncalo Amaral was a "disgraced cop".  The McCanns were not cleared - their arguido status was lifted and the case SHELVED until new evidence comes to light.  And Dr. Amaral has not been the sole source of the allegations against the McCanns. 

There should be no tolerance for what the media has done in this case.  From the Press Association to the BBC to the smallest regional newspaper, the Press has entirely destroyed its credibility.

Here is an interesting example of an article that looks quite different when read in light of the wikileaks cable:

A copper without shame

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And here is a site where you don't need to wade through that particular reporter's spin regarding what Goncalo Amaral wrote. Read the book yourself and do not allow people like Richard Pendlebury of the Daily Mail to determine your reaction.  (As my wise father taught me and as I have taught my children: Never, ever, ever allow yourself to be lead by the nose by the Media;  not in the case of Dr. Amaral and not in regard to any other issue.)

Maddie: The Truth of the Lie (English Translation)
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