[Niamh.]

to silence cop who claims they covered up daughter’s death
Goncalo Amaral had worked on the investigation to find Maddie after she disappeared in May 2007

MADELEINE McCann’s parents have lost their new court appeal to silence the ex-cop who claims they covered up their daughter’s death, Portuguese media reports.

Portuguese Supreme Court judges met to resolve the couple’s fight against a lower court’s decision last April to reverse their 2015 libel win against Goncalo Amaral.

The hearing took place in private in Lisbon this morning.

The decision is a major milestone in Gerry and Kate McCann’s eight-year fight over a book written by Amaral, who led the initial hunt when then-three-year-old Madeleine vanished from their Algarve holiday apartment in May 2007.

Amaral was ordered to pay Kate and Gerry £430,000 plus interest in damages after losing round one of their libel battle in April 2015 over his hurtful book ‘The Truth of the Lie.’

Appeal judges reversed the initial ruling by a court in Lisbon in April last year, siding with the former police chief and overturning a ban on his book.

The decision sparked a fresh appeal by the McCanns to the country’s highest law court.

The couple could now face a huge legal bill, which had been frozen until the outcome of the final appeal.

The McCanns’ Portuguese lawyer Isabel Duarte lodged the couple’s new appeal last May after vowing to fight the U-turn by judges over Amaral’s book.

Criticising the ruling in favour of the ex-police chief, which a friend of the McCanns said had left them “seething,” she said: “This decision was an appreciation of the law and not the facts.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/275015...ughters-death/

[Ronald.]

Always thought they had something to do with it. R.

[user104658]

"his hurtful book". Unbiased reporting from The Sun as usual, then.

Don't worry Gerry, Murdoch will help with those legal bills in exchange for a few more exclusives for the dribbling Sun readers to lap up.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

"his hurtful book". Unbiased reporting from The Sun as usual, then.

Don't worry Gerry, Murdoch will help with those legal bills in exchange for a few more exclusives for the dribbling Sun readers to lap up.

I know, it's baffling the amount of sympathy they get and lack of suspicion when there's literally no evidence to back up the kidnap theory but there is some to back up the "she died in the apartment" theory

[chuff me dizzy]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/275015...31-_-794237810

[chuff me dizzy]

Nearly 10 long years of fighting for Maddies right to justice is surely at an end I think arrests will soon follow

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Nearly 10 long years of fighting for Maddies right to justice is surely at an end I think arrests will soon follow

Do you think? By who though?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I know, it's baffling the amount of sympathy they get and lack of suspicion when there's literally no evidence to back up the kidnap theory but there is some to back up the "she died in the apartment" theory

Last online poll showed over 90% DIDNT believe Mcs ,only the press has been behind them

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Last online poll showed over 90% DIDNT believe Mcs ,only the press has been behind them

the Press and the bloody British police, dodgy dodgy dodgy

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

the Press and the bloody British police, dodgy dodgy dodgy

Met are as bent as .....

[user104658]

The problem is, at this point, so much time has passed that I can't see there being enough evidence for them to convict anyone of anything.

[jaxie]

We really don't know what happened and it just seems hard to blame the parents specially if all they really did do was leave her.

I never would have left my children like that, where we went, they went. I found it shocking in itself that parents left them asleep in a room and went off to eat.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

We really don't know what happened and it just seems hard to blame the parents specially if all they really did do was leave her.

I never would have my children like that, where we went, they went.

They had cadavar scent in the apartment, on Kates clothes, they had caught them out in lies regarding that night too which is very very odd if it was two parents whose child was genuinely kidnapped

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They had cadavar scent in the apartment, on Kates clothes, they had caught them out in lies regarding that night too which is very very odd if it was two parents whose child was genuinely kidnapped

I didn't know that, that seems very odd. But what happened to her? They weren't locals, how would you hide a body for all these years?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I didn't know that, that seems very odd. But what happened to her? They weren't locals, how would you hide a body for all these years?

I don't know Jaxie, it just seems to be more the way the evidence points

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I didn't know that, that seems very odd. But what happened to her? They weren't locals, how would you hide a body for all these years?

Lots of building work going on in PDL ,but my idea is Maddies body was taken to Huelva where there are natural acid baths ,read about the Huelva trip here


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ious-trip.html

[user104658]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I didn't know that, that seems very odd. But what happened to her? They weren't locals, how would you hide a body for all these years?

They wouldn't have contacted the authorities immediately and gave themselves time in the short term; also confusing the search by lying about the details. Beyond that... not to be grim but... they are doctors and would know how to make a body disappear permanently.

In my opinion it's honestly all the more evidence FOR that theory. Some random local paedophile / child abductor had the ability and knowhow to make a child completely disappear without a trace, leaving behind ZERO evidence?

[Ellen]

If her death was accidental as the police believe why didnt the McCanns report it has an accident rather than go to all the lengths they went to? The most that could have happened was them getting in trouble for neglect by leaving the children alone for a few hrs.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They wouldn't have contacted the authorities immediately and gave themselves time in the short term; also confusing the search by lying about the details. Beyond that... not to be grim but... they are doctors and would know how to make a body disappear permanently.

In my opinion it's honestly all the more evidence FOR that theory. Some random local paedophile / child abductor had the ability and knowhow to make a child completely disappear without a trace, leaving behind ZERO evidence?

Exactly and the fact that one minute the McCanns said the window had been tampered with and was opened, this was proved to be incorrect, then suddenly they'd left the patio door unlocked when originally they said it was locked, I mean if your child had genuinely disappeared you would just tell the truth in order to find your child and worry about the consequences of what you did wrong another time

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by jaxie

We really don't know what happened and it just seems hard to blame the parents specially if all they really did do was leave her.

I never would have left my children like that, where we went, they went. I found it shocking in itself that parents left them asleep in a room and went off to eat.

Maddie was never left and was dead before the night they reported her missing ,neglect was Mcs alibi without claiming they had left the children, they couldn't claim Maddie had been abducted

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Maddie was never left and was dead before the night they reported her missing ,neglect was Mcs alibi without claiming they had left the children, they couldn't claim Maddie had been abducted

On this issue, I regard all your points as really strong and I know you have really analysed the events,during and afterwards too.

Everything you say is compelling and you by your.efforts have been very convincing to me.

[the truth]

they are truly horrific people

[arista]

Yes debated on Ch5HD AM Live
Matt said you roll the dice
with Lawyers

[Kizzy]

Put them on Jeremy Kyle! He'll have it sorted before you can say 'shattap'!!

[Black Dagger]

Bored of these killers now.