McCanns versus Amaral Libel Trial : 01 Sept - 14 Sept 2013

9/14/2013 Posted by Winnower

Articles regarding the McCanns versus Amaral Libel Trial

Links are to the Maddie Case Files Archive


See also: Anne Guedes' Transcriptions of testimony
 

01 September 2013

  • Madeleine: Fresh agony for Kate and Gerry McCann - Sunday Express

05 September 2013

  • The McCanns want to force him to hand over a fortune - O Crime

11 September 2013

  • Kate McCann faces former police chief in £1m libel trial over Madeleine's disappearance - Telegraph
  • Kate McCann to attend libel case - Belfast Telegraph
  • Kate McCann to attend libel case - Daily Express
  • Kate McCann to attend libel case - Hertfordshire Mercury
  • Kate McCann to attend libel case - London Evening Standard
  • McCanns await start of Portuguese police chief case - ITV
  • McCanns' relatives to testify on 'damage' book inflicted - ITV

12 September 2013

  • “I am here for Maddie and for the damage the book caused” - Diário de Notícias
  • Ex-Madeleine McCann police chief seeks to ban media from £1m libel trial - Telegraph
  • Friend tells £1million libel trial that the parents of Madeleine McCann were 'devastated' by unfounded claims made in Portuguese detective's book about the case - Daily Mail
  • Kate McCann in £1m court battle with accuser - Daily Star
  • Kate McCann in Portugal for libel case - Guardian
  • Kate McCann's £1m libel case against ex-police chief begins - Channel 4
  •  Libel case into Madeleine McCann book starts today in Lisbon - Leicester Mercury
  • Maddie Case: Ex – Inspector’s Trial Begins With Questioning of McCann Witnesses - Região Sul & TVI24
  • Maddie case: Former inspector's trial starts with questioning of McCanns' witnesses - Região Sul
  • Madeleine McCann's mother returns to Portugal to begin libel case against claims made by ex police chief - Independent
  • Madeleine McCann: Kate At Book Libel Hearing - Sky
  • Madeleine McCann: Kate To Attend Libel Hearing - Sky
  • Madeleine McCann: Libel case against Goncalo Amaral begins - The Week
  • Madeleine McCann: Mum Kate vows to 'stop the damage' caused in hunt for missing daughter - Daily Express
  • McCann libel case against ex-detective set to begin - BBC
  • McCann libel trial opens in Lisbon. Court hears that book written by Portuguese detective who worked on case was 'devastating' to Kate and Gerry McCann - Guardian
  • McCann libel trial starts - Algarve Daily News
  • McCann libel trial: Madeleine's mum Kate faces disgraced police chief over 'devastating' false claims - Daily Mirror
  • McCanns libel trial: Madeleine McCann's mum Kate to face former detective as court case begins - Daily Mirror
  • Portugal court hears Madeleine McCann libel case - US News Weekly
  • Portugal court hears Madeleine McCann libel case - USA Today
  • The tidal wave of lies over Maddie: Tearful Kate McCann says detective's book added to my family's torment - Daily Mail

13 September 2013

  •  'Devastated' by Maddie book claims - Leicester Mercury
  •  Book had 'devastating' effect on Maddie search, court told - Irish Independent 
  • His Outrageous Claims - The Sun 
  • Kate McCann fighting for justice in libel case - ITV 
  • Kate McCann: 'I’m here to stop the family suffering caused by police lies about Madeleine' - Daily Express 
  • Libel trial is told of McCanns' anguish - Herald Scotland 
  • Libel victims to have legal costs protected - BBC 
  • Maddie’s mom in court for libel trial - IOL 
  • Maddie Case: Psychologist and criminal lawyer testify in favour of the McCann couple - TVI24 
  • Maddie libel case suspended in Portugal - Global Post 
  • Madeleine McCann family’s 'utter despair' at disappearance - The Week 
  • Madeleine McCann parent's hell over 'tidal wave of lies' - Daily Star 
  • Madeleine McCann: Tearful mum Kate faces second agonising day at £1million libel trial vowing to 'stop the damage' - Daily Mirror 
  • Madeleine's mom in court fight - iafrica 
  • McCann claims book damaged Madeleine search - Irish Examiner 
  • McCanns begin £1m libel action over ‘devastating’ claims in Madeleine book - Times 
  • Portugal court hears Madeleine McCann libel case - 3News 
  • Second day of Madeleine libel case - Press Association 
  • The courage of Kate McCann, by Jan Moir - Daily Mail

14 September 2013

    • Defence for Gonçalo Amaral goes on the attack - Diário de Notícias 
    • McCann in Lisbon to attend libel action - Herald Scotland 
    • McCann libel case suspended in Portugal - TV NZ 
    • Maddie libel case suspended in Portugal - msn NZ  
    • McCann libel case suspended on second day - Irish Examiner McCanns shield twins from 'terrifying’ book - Telegraph




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    Trial that opposes McCanns and Gonçalo Amaral is suspended

    1/19/2013 Posted by Winnower

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    McCann judgment that opposes the Gonçalo Amaral suspended

    1/18/2013 Posted by Winnower

    McCann judgment that opposes the Gonçalo Amaral suspended 
    Decision relates to tentative agreement
    TVI24
    18 January 2013

    Julgamento que opõe McCann a Gonçalo Amaral suspenso

    (Google translation)

    The trial that pits the McCanns Gonçalo Amaral, in which Madeleine's parents claim compensation of € 1.2 million for allegedly defaming the former PJ inspector, is suspended in an attempt to settlement.

    Judicial source told Lusa that the beginning of the trial, scheduled for 24 and 25 of this month, at Civil Court of Lisbon, "was suspended because the parties are seeking an agreement."

    The order of the court to defer the suspension was signed at the end of last week, so now follows a period of six months, after which, in the absence of agreement between Gonçalo Amaral and the parents of missing child in 2007, in the Algarve, will be marked audience.

    The trial began this process was postponed twice, the first of which the February 9, 2012. The judge later marked the beginning of the trial in the Palais de Justice for September 13 of that year, with three more scheduled sessions, but did not take place either due to unavailability of attorney Gonçalo Amaral, undergo an examination under anesthesia to the stomach.

    In this action, which prompted the request for seizure of goods Gonçalo Amaral as a precautionary measure, Kate and Gerry McCann still complain protection of rights, freedoms and guarantees.

    In related case the Civil Court of Lisbon decided in January 2010 to maintain a ban on the book 'Maddie - The Truth of the Lie' written by Goncalo Amaral, and video with the same title based on a documentary broadcast on TVI.

    The ban of the book and the video, which presents the thesis of Gonçalo Amaral involvement of Kate and Gerry McCann in the disappearance of her daughter with the concealment of the corpse had been provisionally enacted September 9, 2009.

    The October 19, 2010, the Lisbon Court of Appeal annulled the decision of Civil Court, after which the McCanns appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ). 

    In its judgment of 18 March 2011, the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the decision. 

    Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007, in an apartment in a holiday village of Praia da Luz, where she was vacationing with her parents and two twin siblings.

    At the time of the disappearance, Goncalo Amaral was coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Judicial Police of Portimão.

    Kate and Gerry McCann, who have always claimed that the child was abducted, were made defendants in September 2007.

    The case was closed for lack of evidence, in July 2008, although prosecutors admit reopening if new data emerge about the disappearance of Madeleine.

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    Força, Dr. Amaral. O mundo observa e espera por justiça.

    9/10/2012 Posted by Winnower


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    McCanns will miss cop's trial

    9/09/2012 Posted by Winnower

    McCanns will miss cop's trial
    9 September 2012
    Daily Star

    The parents of Madeleine McCann will avoid a showdown with a former police chief who wrongly claimed they lied about their daughter’s disappearance.

    Kate and Gerry McCann are hoping to win a £1million libel payout from disgraced Goncalo Amaral, who they say has made their life hell.

    But the McCanns, both 44, are staying away from this week’s trial in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

    Mr Amaral, 55, is attending the four-day hearing, which is scheduled to start on Thursday.

    Kate and Gerry branded the ex-officer “poisonous” for claiming in a once-banned book that Maddie is dead and that they lied about her disappearance.

    Their daughter vanished in Praia da Luz, Portugal, five years ago, aged three.

    The McCanns’ lawyer Isabel Duarte said yesterday: “Kate and Gerry are not needed in Portugal for the trial.”

    She said they were confident of victory, adding: “We reasonably expect compensation for the dreadful damages this book has brought the family.”

    Any payout will be spent entirely on the continuing global search for Maddie, the couple said.

    Mr Amaral led the bungled investigation but was sacked for criticising British police.

    Kate wrote in her 2011 book Madeleine: “That man has caused us so much upset and anger.”
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    Maddie McCann trial 'ruined our marriage'

    9/09/2012 Posted by Winnower

    Maddie McCann trial 'ruined our marriage'
    9 September 2012
    Express
    James Murray

    The wife of former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral today reveals how the libel action brought against him by Kate and Gerry McCann wrecked their 10-year marriage.

    The McCanns will begin the action in Lisbon on Thursday seeking £1million damages over claims about their missing daughter Madeleine.


    Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, Mr Amaral’s wife Sofia, who is separated from her husband, said:
    ‘‘He is almost broke and the strain of all this legal action has made him ill and ended our marriage.”

    Kate and Gerry have decided not to attend but Mr Amaral, 54, will be there for the four-day trial even though he does not have to give evidence.

    He insists he does not have a secret pot of “Maddie gold” from the publication of his book The Truth Of The Lie and will defend his claim in it that Madeleine could have died accidentally in the Praia da Luz apartment on the Algarve on May 3, 2007, aged three.

    Sofia added:
    “I am really worried about his health.”

       
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    McCanns versus Gonçalo Amaral begins September 13, 2012

    9/02/2012 Posted by Winnower

    As reported by the British Media

    Maddie McCann parents’ £1m bid over ‘lies’
    1 September 2012
    The Sun
    Antonella Lazzeri

    Please read article at the source.

    Highlights:

    The libel case lodged against Goncalo Amaral by the McCanns will start in Lisbon on 13 of September 2012

    The McCanns are hoping to win £1million payout from "former cop" Goncalo Amaral
     
    • Dr. Gonçalo Amaral is more than a 'former cop".
    • He is a former Criminal Investigation Coordinator with the PJ, which is the equivalent rank to Detective Chief Superintendent in the UK
    • Amaral obtained law degree in 1980
    • He joined Policia Judiciaria (Portuguese police) in 1981
    • £1million equals 1,588,100 US dollars at exchange rate Sept 1 2012

    Amaral claims they lied about Madeleine's disappearance.


    He was the 'police boss who led the initial search for Maddie after her abduction in May 2007'

    • Amaral was the Coordinator of the investigation, leading a team of Portuguese detectives and coordinating with British police. 
    • He was removed from the case in October 2007. Gordon Brown was told of the decision BEFORE Amaral himself was informed.
    "He went on to write a book sold worldwide in which he claimed her parents covered up her death from an accident or overdose of sedatives."

    • Amaral's book entitled "A Verdada da Mentira" (The Truth of the Lie) has never been available in the United Kingdom. 
    • It has never been published in English, although there are unofficial English translations available online, translated by volunteers.
    • See :: Unofficial English translation: http://frommybigdesk.blogspot.com/2010/01/maddie-truth-of-lie.html
    • See :: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxGhlYTNisw&feature=share&list=PLBE595EE99A5E050D

    "Kate and Gerry...said the slurs left them “totally destroyed”."

    http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/254636_1.jpg

    • Note: this image was removed from the Express website, allegedly upon request of the McCanns 
    • See :: http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2011/06/express-at-last-sad-kate-mccann-can.html

    Damages will go towards the hunt for Maddie



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    Maddie parents’ libel bid
    1 September 2012
    Daily Star
    Jerry Lawton

    Please read article at the source.

    Highlights:

    The McCanns’ are still considering whether to appear to face Goncalo Amaral

    • It is not known whether McCanns intend to actually travel to Portugal or whether they intend to appear via video link.

    Clarence Mitchell said: “If they win the case every penny they receive in damages will go into the Madeleine Fund.”



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    Updates re: Amaral's The Truth of the Lie (Joana Morais Blog)

    3/14/2012 Posted by Winnower

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    Gonçalo Amaral - Maddie Case leads to Divorce

    2/15/2012 Posted by Winnower

    Gonçalo Amaral - Maddie Case leads to Divorce
    Nova Gente
    14 February 2012
    Translated from Portuguese to English by Joana Morais

    Please leave any comments and view other's comments on the original Joana Morais Blog:
    http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2012/02/goncalo-amaral-maddie-case-leads-to.html

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    The Carvi Seafood Scandal

    2/13/2012 Posted by Winnower


    THE CARVI SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SCANDAL
    Fish Feed Fiasco


    The following news articles published in the British press were based on alleged observations made at the 'Carvi', a seafood restaurant in Portimão, Portugal.

    The anonymous 'fellow diner' referred to in the articles is extremely important!

    He or she has been (and continues to be) used by the British media to manipulate public opinion regarding the Portuguese police.

    It therefore seems important to understand whether this person was a member of the media itself, or simply a 'concerned citizen' who happened to speak to reporters.

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