LAST DAY OF LIBEL TRIAL 8th July 2014 DISCUSSION AND NEWS

jeanmonroe wrote:"At the end of Gerry's time in the hot seat, and in his infinite arrogance, Gerry set about an attempt to discuss his favourite subject the dogs. This part of the proceedings was an absolute wonderment to watch. Gerry claimed that the dogs didn't find any blood, then despite the judge telling him to be quiet he carried on, desperately trying to put across his lie. It was at this point the judge , with a wry smile waved a backhand at Gerry and told him to be quiet, interrupted his every utterance, before asking him if he was a specialist on the dogs, and then reminding Gerry that he wasn't here to state things he was here to answer her questions in her court"
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Hmmmmmmm

NOT the only McCann to be 'waved' away if i recall:

At the end of Trish Cameron's (Gerry McCann's SISTER) 'evidence'

The Judge – A senhora pode ir à sua vida = The lady may go back to her life

TC says she wishes to say something. She states that Kate studied the PJ files and the process and said it was very different from what is in the book.

SO protests and ID even more.

The Judge overrules saying that it falls to the Court to compare the book and the investigation process and she does not need the intervention of the witness to do so.
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Ooopps.

HOW VERY DARE ANYONE TELL ANY MCCANN TO STFU!

DOSEN'T THE JUDGE KNOW 'WHO THEY ARE'?    

missmar1 wrote:

maebee wrote:

tasprin wrote:Will 9 year-old Sean be surprised to see his words on the front page of a national newspaper tomorrow?

For all their education, degrees etc, they are as thick as 2 planks. THEY alone are responsible for the headlines in tomorrow's national newspaper. Snr. Amaral had more thought for their 3 children than they had. They look to be on a lonely solo run now. Not even one of the T7 could be with them today. Losers.

Did no family members or close friends turn up to support them in Portugal today ?   

 Btw, if I had read it right , I thought it was another odd remark by Gerry when he was asked to compare the anguish of the book and Madeleine's disappearance  - imo, to say he couldn't compare them because they happened at different times is quite astonishing .

tiny wrote:Imo they are both mental and the twins should well out of their reach

Palácio de Justiça, 8th of July 2014

Intervenient parts
Judge Maria Emília de Melo e Castro presiding the trial
Dr. Miguel Rodrigues for Gonçalo Amaral, the book author
Dr. Fátima de Oliveira Esteves for Guerra e Paz, the book publishers of ‘Maddie, A Verdade da Mentira’
Dr Miguel Coroadinha for TVI, the Portuguese TV channel that broadcast the documentary ‘Maddie, What lies beneath the Truth’
Dr. Henrique Costa Pinto for Valentim de Carvalho Filmes who produced the documentary and DVD copies with the same documentary that were never sold
Dr. Isabel Duarte for the McCann couple and their children, the claimants

What follows is the recount of what happened yesterday at court, to the best of my knowledge and short handwritten notes.

The Judge at beginning of hearing sessions spoke and instructed the scribe about the request that had been made by Gonçalo Amaral’s previous lawyer so the defendant could be heard in court. That request was opposed by the McCann couple’s lawyer, Isabel Duarte, and had been previously denied by the Judge in 2013.

The McCann couple, who had also requested to be heard in court, saw their application being refused as well. Yet they pleaded against that decision to the Appeals court and their request was granted, therefore they were now authorized to be heard in court, which is what takes place after this “introductory” instruction by the lady Judge, Maria Emília de Melo e Castro.

The Judge then added that since Gonçalo Amaral’s former lawyer did not oppose to the ruling - which refused his request to be heard - a new appeal opposing the ruling could no longer be accepted, and therefore that decision had now become final.

The Judge continues instructing the scribe and states that the authors of the lawsuit - the McCann couple - have requested the court to solicit an official application to ATA [Autoridade Tributária Aduaneira] i.e. the Portuguese equivalent to the IRS, in order to obtain confidential fiscal information.

The Judge Maria Emília de Melo e Castro authorized and ordered for the dispatch to be prepared “since it is essential to know, within the scope of the case being analysed here at the court, what are the eventual earnings” of the defendant Gonçalo Amaral regarding the sales of the book ‘Maddie, A Verdade da Mentira’.

The Judge then added that the court dismissed the need to observe the confidentiality of that fiscal information in view of the fact that “the acquirement of that evidence” is crucial and ruled that the other defendant parties have 10 days to oppose the McCann’s lawyer request. That meant that the hearing session of yesterday's afternoon, where Isabel Duarte was supposed to make her final allegations for a period of three hours was adjourned sine die [without a definite date scheduled] and so was the hearing session of the 10th of July. Due to the judicial holidays it's very likely that the trial will only continue in or after September.

Earlier on this year, the only defendant party opposing the McCann’s fiscal request was the lawyer for the Guerra e Paz book publishers who argued that this new application would cause an unnecessary lengthening of the trial.

Follows Kate Healy and Gerry McCann declarations to court in strict compliance to Portuguese law. A declaration is a series of answers to questions put by the Judge, and of questions from the accusation or/and defendant lawyers.

The couple decided to ask to make a further statement at the end of each declaration, these statements will not be considered and will have no reflection on the trial outcome even though they were recorded by the scribe.

Ladyinred wrote:Kate also mentioned the fact that the McCanns have an internet media monitoring unit.
 Kate and Gerry   

Who's funding your pathetic little unit?

PeterMac wrote:I love the difference between the sizes of the type.

riskybuisness wrote:I for one think that if the bus story did take place the driver himself would have gone into to the school and spoken to the head who them would surely have contacted K &G to inform them what had happened. 

If the story did not happen, then this will play on their sons mind has he gets older- he will know that his parents were playing a game for money and used him (and his sister's tragedy) to do so.  He will also know they are liars and combining that with the fact that they abandoned their kids to go out which regardless of what he has grown up being told - he will always wonder if it caused Ms disappearance, I think the conclusions he will come to will result in him doubting his parents version.  

I truly believe that one day the MC's will loose one or both of the twins- only this time they will  be the ones being abandoned

BlackCatBoogie wrote:

PeterMac wrote:I love the difference between the sizes of the type.

Yes and I particularly like the 'Mullered' in yellow type at the top.

Don't know about anybody else but my eyes are just drawn to that every time I look at it.

Lets hope so.

BlueBag wrote:I would be highly surprised if a UK school bus had a radio on.

They usually use the same buses as the normal local services.

aquila wrote:

TellTheTruth wrote:Aquila, hopefully they will get the expensive education where the internet is monitored. Having worked in state schools I can assure you that computers are NOT monitored and all kinds of searches can be done with the teacher in charge of the class having no knowledge, or turning a blind eye.
 
But ,if Kate feels that Gonclao's book "The Truth Of The Lie" is innacurate in ANY way and that what is reported in the media and on the buses upsets the two children she has left in her care then she can always set the record straight with her version of the thruth.

She could always let the twins read her beak. 

After all, that is the truth. Isn' t it?

I hope they don't read page 129 or read that their mother couldn't bonk their father.

I see boarding school on the cards as a very real option. It worked for Princes William and Harry.