**updated** Appeal rejected. McCann's request for annulment of the Supreme Court's decision

jeanmonroe wrote:And we're 'off and running'?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3149599/madeleine-mccanns-parents-kate-and-gerry-lose-third-libel-battle-to-silence-cop-who-claimed-they-fake-her-kidnap/

MORE MADDIE AGONY Madeleine McCann’s parents Kate and Gerry lose third libel battle to silence cop who claimed they fake her kidnap
Portugal's highest court dismissed Gerry and Kate's bid to overturn a court's ruling that Goncalo Amaral libelled them in tell-all book

By Danny Collins
22nd March 2017, 11:38 am

MADDIE McCann’s parents have lost a third and ‘final’ appeal against claims made in a book by the policeman who oversaw the hunt for their daughter, it is claimed.

Portugal’s highest court dismissed Gerry and Kate’s bid to overturn a court’s ruling that Goncalo Amaral had not libelled them in a tell-all book.

The Truth Of The Lie alleged the youngster had died and Kate and Gerry McCann covered it up.

Supreme court judge Dr Jorge Manuel Roque Nogueira dismissed the McCann’s claim on Wedneday, Portugal Resident reported today.

It is the third time a Portuguese court has upheld Amaral’s right to freedom of expression.

There is no higher Portuguese court to which Maddie’s parents can now take their claim.

I spoke just a moment too soon...... yes we're off at last it seems

"FRESH HEARTACHE"
"MORE AGONY"
"FURIOUS" and
"VOWS to FIGHT ON"

Yaaaaaaaawn


Go Rocky!!!!!

Wherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre's Tracey?

Article cribbed from Natasha's Portugal Resident from yesterday.

'Comments' not open.

pennylane wrote:

jeanmonroe wrote:And we're 'off and running'?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3149599/madeleine-mccanns-parents-kate-and-gerry-lose-third-libel-battle-to-silence-cop-who-claimed-they-fake-her-kidnap/

MORE MADDIE AGONY Madeleine McCann’s parents Kate and Gerry lose third libel battle to silence cop who claimed they fake her kidnap
Portugal's highest court dismissed Gerry and Kate's bid to overturn a court's ruling that Goncalo Amaral libelled them in tell-all book

By Danny Collins
22nd March 2017, 11:38 am

MADDIE McCann’s parents have lost a third and ‘final’ appeal against claims made in a book by the policeman who oversaw the hunt for their daughter, it is claimed.

Portugal’s highest court dismissed Gerry and Kate’s bid to overturn a court’s ruling that Goncalo Amaral had not libelled them in a tell-all book.

The Truth Of The Lie alleged the youngster had died and Kate and Gerry McCann covered it up.

Supreme court judge Dr Jorge Manuel Roque Nogueira dismissed the McCann’s claim on Wedneday, Portugal Resident reported today.

It is the third time a Portuguese court has upheld Amaral’s right to freedom of expression.

There is no higher Portuguese court to which Maddie’s parents can now take their claim.

I spoke just a moment too soon...... yes we're off at last it seems

"FRESH HEARTACHE"
"MORE AGONY"
"FURIOUS" and
"VOWS to FIGHT ON"

Yaaaaaaaawn


Go Rocky!!!!!

Who's gonna "buoy them up" now?
Let's  hope it's not the 'buoys in blue'.

Cressida Dick, your moment has arrived.

The Sun story has something missing......the usual comment by Clarence. 

 Maybe that's why the news took so long, they were waiting to see if they would get a quote to use?

ChippyM wrote:The Sun story has something missing......the usual comment by Clarence. 

 Maybe that's why the news took so long, they were waiting to see if they would get a quote to use?

And neither was it written by TK

Doug D wrote:Wherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre's Tracey?

Article cribbed from Natasha's Portugal Resident from yesterday.

'Comments' not open.

She's spun herself dry! 

'Portugal's highest court dismissed Gerry and Kate's bid to overturn a court's ruling that Goncalo Amaral libelled them in tell-all book'

G & K taking Amaral's side? Whatever next!

Quickly updated by The Sun: 'had not libelled them'

Whatever happened to proof reading?

ChippyM wrote:The Sun story has something missing......the usual comment by Clarence. 

 Maybe that's why the news took so long, they were waiting to see if they would get a quote to use?

My thoughts too. Just shows what a lazy press we have apart from anything else.

Awesome, & Justice was swift this time. Congratulations Snr. Amaral.
Not that i thought that McCann bird (request for SC annulment) would fly.
I'm sure Portugal is thoroughly sick of the McC's by now. The McC's need to get it that this is the end of the road for them as far as Potugal is concerned.

"VOWS TO FIGHT ON"

Who are they going to 'fight on' with? Dr Amaral is out of the picture now.

Maybe they could fight Kandohla & Mitchell for planting false stories, and Rudd, May, Wall & Dick for hampering the search for Maddie after spending millions and still not coming up with anything?

Or maybe they could fight the PJ for shelving the investigation which hampered the search for Maddie?

No, wait... they could have (for the cost of a stamp on an envelope) requested that investigation remain open but they didn't.

Bummer.

'more'

Three-year-old Maddie disappeared from her holiday apartment on the Algarve as her parents ate at a nearby restaurant in 2007.

Millions of pounds have been injected into the hunt for the missing tot since but she has never been found.

Earlier this month it was announced British police were being handed more money to probe an "important" new lead.
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Yep! The 'important' NEW, and very 'last', 'lead' ex MET Commissioner BHH 'told' us all 'about'......... in April 2016!

“It has always been more of a personal battle ..........."

And THERE you have it, in 'print'!

Watch out ex DCI Redwood and EX MPC Howe..........they'll be after 'you two' for 'saying' that ' Madeleine might be dead, or even murdered'

It's 'personal' you'll 'understand'

You 'two' have 'hindered, hampered and harmed' the 'search' for a 'live' Madeleine with your 'outrageous' statements!

(and stopped people, possibly, 'donating' to our private plc)

I wonder whether the delay was due to a last minute discussion with Madeleine's guardian?

After all, it is not in Madeleine's interest that we all stop looking for her because people start believing Mr Amaral. Maybe the court was asked to act in Madeleine's best interest?

Get'emGonçalo wrote:"VOWS TO FIGHT ON"

Who are they going to 'fight on' with? Dr Amaral is out of the picture now.

Maybe they could fight Kandohla & Mitchell for planting false stories, and Rudd, May, Wall & Dick for hampering the search for Maddie after spending millions and still not coming up with anything?

Exactly It's just terrible they never fought this hard for Madeleine. They are beyond disgusting.
.

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Or maybe they could fight the PJ for shelving the investigation which hampered the search for Maddie?

No, wait... they could have (for the cost of a stamp on an envelope) requested that investigation remain open but they didn't.

Bummer.

That won't make any difference - they seem quite happy to go to court on the basis of things that won't stand up in court. Like claiming to be depressed without having any medical reports to back it up; putting forward a 'psychologist' to make up for said lack of medical reports, only for it to transpire that he was a family friend who wasn't a psychologist at all and hadn't even read the final report; claiming they were proved innocent by the archival report when it states no such thing.

I don't think it would be a stretch too far for them to claim that the PJ shelved the investigation against their will and never told them they could have it reopened at any time. Or they'll start off about how the investigation was shelved because their friends wouldn't take part in the reconstruction and that wasn't their fault, but the PJ shelved it anyway.

On the other hand, I think they have it in for Goncalo Amaral personally, rather than the PJ as a whole. They're more likely to come up with an entirely new accusation to level at him.

SuspiciousMinds wrote:

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Or maybe they could fight the PJ for shelving the investigation which hampered the search for Maddie?

No, wait... they could have (for the cost of a stamp on an envelope) requested that investigation remain open but they didn't.

Bummer.

That won't make any difference - they seem quite happy to go to court on the basis of things that won't stand up in court. Like claiming to be depressed without having any medical reports to back it up; putting forward a 'psychologist' to make up for said lack of medical reports, only for it to transpire that he was a family friend who wasn't a psychologist at all and hadn't even read the final report; claiming they were proved innocent by the archival report when it states no such thing.

I don't think it would be a stretch too far for them to claim that the PJ shelved the investigation against their will and never told them they could have it reopened at any time. Or they'll start off about how the investigation was shelved because their friends wouldn't take part in the reconstruction and that wasn't their fault, but the PJ shelved it anyway.

On the other hand, I think they have it in for Goncalo Amaral personally, rather than the PJ as a whole. They're more likely to come up with an entirely new accusation to level at him.

Like his new book for instance....

Ding Ding! Round 2 3 4 5 6 7...!

Here comes the Daily Fail's 'take'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4338616/McCanns-lose-final-court-case-silence-policeman.html

Madeleine McCann's parents 'lose third libel case' to silence detective who claimed they faked their daughter's abduction

By Gareth Davies For Mailonline
Published: 12:58, 22 March 2017 | Updated: 13:06, 22 March 2017

Kate and Gerry McCann have lost the third and final court case to silence a police officer who claims they faked the disappearance of their daughter Maddie.
Maddie: The Truth of the Lie was penned by Gonçalo Amaral, the policeman who headed up the hunt for Madeleine McCann after she vanished from a Portuguese apartment.
A supreme court judge ruled in favour of the officer, upholding what he called his right to freedom of expression.
Kate and Gerry McCann have accused the Supreme Court judges who ruled against them in their court fight with ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral of nonsensical 'contradictions'
Goncalo Amaral's 2008 book 'The Truth of the Lie' claimed the McCanns faked Madeleine's abduction to cover up her death
Madeleine McCann detectives search for former resort worker... 'Maddie died in that apartment': Kate and Gerry McCann face...
There is no higher court in Portugal, meaning it appears the McCanns have expended all their options.
The book claims the McCanns faked their daughter's abduction, according to local press.
Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate, who were eating tapas in a bar in the Algarve when their daughter went missing, were hit with the fresh blow of anguish after a long civil battle.
Last month, The Portuguese Supreme Court ruled they had not proved they were innocent in the disappearance.
The McCanns accused the Supreme Court judges who ruled against them in their court fight with ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral of nonsensical 'contradictions'.
Furious Gerry and Kate made it clear through lawyers that they strongly disagreed with the judges' 'erroneous' premise the lifting of their status as 'arguidos' or formal suspects did not mean they were innocent of any involvement in their daughter's May 3, 2007 disappearance.
Madeline McCann who went missing in 2007
Portugal's Supreme Court issued its devastating put-down in February when it backed Amaral over his hurtful 2008 book The Truth of the Lie in which he claimed the McCanns faked Madeleine's abduction to cover up her death in their Algarve holiday apartment.
Judges angered the McCanns by claiming the July 2008 archiving of the first Portuguese probe into their daughter's disappearance 'was determined by the fact that public prosecutors hadn't managed to obtain sufficient evidence of the practice of crimes' by them.
The couple's fight-back was laid out in a nine-page complaint.
It was lodged with the Supreme Court in February in a bid to invalidate its ruling rejecting the McCanns' libel appeal against Amaral and the makers of a TV documentary based on his book.
The document, drafted by the McCanns' Portuguese lawyer Isabel Duarte and her colleague Ricardo Correia, says: 'The appellants understand the archiving of the case took place because during the inquiry, sufficient evidence had been collected to show the 'arguidos' had not committed any crime.'
They said the removal of the McCanns' 'arguido' status had legally binding connotations and claimed the Supreme Court judges' argument 'lacked foundation and could be easily altered'.
Accusing them of acting 'frivolously' and contradicting themselves with their statements about the reasons for the 2008 probe archive, they added: 'It cannot be stated that it is not acceptable that the archiving of the case is considered the equivalent to proof of innocence.'
Mrs Duarte confirmed at the time the McCanns had lodged a formal complaint against the latest court ruling, although she declined to go into detail about why and how they were fighting it.
This has now been ruled upon, and they lost again.
Kate and Gerry McCann have lost the third and final court case to silence a police officer
Just last week the parents of tragic Maddie faced fresh heartbreak after a criminal investigator made an outrageous claim that their daughter 'died in the apartment'.
Moita Flores, a Portuguese crime expert, has lashed out at Kate, 49, and Gerry McCann, 48, as they approach the 10th anniversary of Maddie's disappearance.
Mr Flores, who was once involved with the Policia Judiciaria - who conducted the initial search - said: 'Maddie died in that apartment, I have no doubt.'
His outburst was reported on a Portuguese website and he questioned: 'Why this child when there are so many others who have disappeared?'
Madeleine McCann disappeared from apartment 5a at the Ocean Complex in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Gerry and Kate still hold hope that their eldest daughter, who would now be 13, is still alive despite being missing for close to a decade.
This could be Operation Grange's final year of searching for the missing child.
They have been concentrating on the notion that she was sold by child traffickers – her parents' and their first team of private investigators' initial hunch – and could still be alive.
So far the inquiry, launched in May 2011 on orders of then Prime Minister David Cameron, has cost more than £12million with topped-up funds set to run out at the end of March.
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"This has now been ruled upon, and they lost again."

Nice 'ring' about 'that', don't you think?

jeanmonroe wrote:Here comes the Daily Fail's 'take'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4338616/McCanns-lose-final-court-case-silence-policeman.html

But the tone has changed, dramatically. Dr Amaral is no longer the "disgraced cop" etc. He's now Gonçalo Amaral, "the policeman who headed up the hunt for Madeleine McCann".....and "A supreme court judge ruled in favour of the officer, upholding what he called his right to freedom of expression".

In the last hour the huge thread on the Digital Spy forum that had run for over 700 pages has just been closed!

 I wonder what the reason was?

jeanmonroe wrote:Here comes the Daily Fail's 'take'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4338616/McCanns-lose-final-court-case-silence-policeman.html

Madeleine McCann's parents 'lose third libel case' to silence detective who claimed they faked their daughter's abduction

By Gareth Davies For Mailonline
Published: 12:58, 22 March 2017 | Updated: 13:06, 22 March 2017

Kate and Gerry McCann have lost the third and final court case to silence a police officer who claims they faked the disappearance of their daughter Maddie.
Maddie: The Truth of the Lie was penned by Gonçalo Amaral, the policeman who headed up the hunt for Madeleine McCann after she vanished from a Portuguese apartment.
A supreme court judge ruled in favour of the officer, upholding what he called his right to freedom of expression.
Kate and Gerry McCann have accused the Supreme Court judges who ruled against them in their court fight with ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral of nonsensical 'contradictions'
Goncalo Amaral's 2008 book 'The Truth of the Lie' claimed the McCanns faked Madeleine's abduction to cover up her death
Madeleine McCann detectives search for former resort worker... 'Maddie died in that apartment': Kate and Gerry McCann face...
There is no higher court in Portugal, meaning it appears the McCanns have expended all their options.
The book claims the McCanns faked their daughter's abduction, according to local press.
Maddie's parents Gerry and Kate, who were eating tapas in a bar in the Algarve when their daughter went missing, were hit with the fresh blow of anguish after a long civil battle.
Last month, The Portuguese Supreme Court ruled they had not proved they were innocent in the disappearance.
The McCanns accused the Supreme Court judges who ruled against them in their court fight with ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral of nonsensical 'contradictions'.
Furious Gerry and Kate made it clear through lawyers that they strongly disagreed with the judges' 'erroneous' premise the lifting of their status as 'arguidos' or formal suspects did not mean they were innocent of any involvement in their daughter's May 3, 2007 disappearance.
Madeline McCann who went missing in 2007
Portugal's Supreme Court issued its devastating put-down in February when it backed Amaral over his hurtful 2008 book The Truth of the Lie in which he claimed the McCanns faked Madeleine's abduction to cover up her death in their Algarve holiday apartment.
Judges angered the McCanns by claiming the July 2008 archiving of the first Portuguese probe into their daughter's disappearance 'was determined by the fact that public prosecutors hadn't managed to obtain sufficient evidence of the practice of crimes' by them.
The couple's fight-back was laid out in a nine-page complaint.
It was lodged with the Supreme Court in February in a bid to invalidate its ruling rejecting the McCanns' libel appeal against Amaral and the makers of a TV documentary based on his book.
The document, drafted by the McCanns' Portuguese lawyer Isabel Duarte and her colleague Ricardo Correia, says: 'The appellants understand the archiving of the case took place because during the inquiry, sufficient evidence had been collected to show the 'arguidos' had not committed any crime.'
They said the removal of the McCanns' 'arguido' status had legally binding connotations and claimed the Supreme Court judges' argument 'lacked foundation and could be easily altered'.
Accusing them of acting 'frivolously' and contradicting themselves with their statements about the reasons for the 2008 probe archive, they added: 'It cannot be stated that it is not acceptable that the archiving of the case is considered the equivalent to proof of innocence.'
Mrs Duarte confirmed at the time the McCanns had lodged a formal complaint against the latest court ruling, although she declined to go into detail about why and how they were fighting it.
This has now been ruled upon, and they lost again.
Kate and Gerry McCann have lost the third and final court case to silence a police officer
Just last week the parents of tragic Maddie faced fresh heartbreak after a criminal investigator made an outrageous claim that their daughter 'died in the apartment'.
Moita Flores, a Portuguese crime expert, has lashed out at Kate, 49, and Gerry McCann, 48, as they approach the 10th anniversary of Maddie's disappearance.
Mr Flores, who was once involved with the Policia Judiciaria - who conducted the initial search - said: 'Maddie died in that apartment, I have no doubt.'
His outburst was reported on a Portuguese website and he questioned: 'Why this child when there are so many others who have disappeared?'
Madeleine McCann disappeared from apartment 5a at the Ocean Complex in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Gerry and Kate still hold hope that their eldest daughter, who would now be 13, is still alive despite being missing for close to a decade.
This could be Operation Grange's final year of searching for the missing child.
They have been concentrating on the notion that she was sold by child traffickers – her parents' and their first team of private investigators' initial hunch – and could still be alive.
So far the inquiry, launched in May 2011 on orders of then Prime Minister David Cameron, has cost more than £12million with topped-up funds set to run out at the end of March.
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"This has now been ruled upon, and they lost again."

Nice 'ring' about 'that', don't you think?

Oh dear! What a damning article for the McCanns

ChippyM wrote:In the last hour the huge thread on the Digital Spy forum that had run for over 700 pages has just been closed!

 I wonder what the reason was?

Seems a bit strange ChippyM, you'd think with the recent news they'd be opening even more!

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

ChippyM wrote:In the last hour the huge thread on the Digital Spy forum that had run for over 700 pages has just been closed!

 I wonder what the reason was?

Seems a bit strange ChippyM, you'd think with the recent news they'd be opening even more!

I know, there were lots of jibes and name calling from 'pro' people and then a lot of complaining from people that posters weren't being civil.......but then it happens to be shut down on the same day as this recent appeal news, surely not coincidental?

Just had a brief look at the thread and have to say that if we had a thread like that, with all the bickering, I'd be closed here too!

It must be frustrating though, especially as there's nowhere else to discuss it on that forum.

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2203434/mccann-parents-lose-appeal/p737

Get'emGonçalo wrote:Just had a brief look at the thread and have to say that if we had a thread like that, with all the bickering, I'd be closed here too! 

https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2203434/mccann-parents-lose-appeal/p737

Well yes. I was called a 'rabid truther' amongst other things on there but just ignored it and posted stuff with evidence to back it up.  There were a couple of posters in particular that kept personally insulting people but where convinced it was what the 'sick' anti McCann people were saying that would get the discussion closed. They also constantly judged what they thought was 'damaging' comment instead of just debating the evidence. It was tedious!

Where does 'this' leave OG?

Imo, the £85,000, just granted by Amber Fudd 'was' supposed to 'buy them time' pending the 'outcome' of the McS 'frivolous request' to the PSC.

'Buy them time' to 'nick' a homeless drifter, who can't afford a lawyer, who they have known about for years, as the 'patsy wot dunnit'?

The 'request' to the PSC was, they thought, going to 'take' months, thus 'encompassing' the 10th 'anniversary'

The 'outcome' was not supposed to take just 'days'!

What's going to be the MET/OG 'plan' now for the 'biggie' 10th anniversary, 'broadcast' they were/are 'planning'?

(Because Madeleine will NOT be 'found/appearing' BEFORE then.........will she, Nic?)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2876843/kate-gerry-mccann-cashing-in-anniversary-maddies-disappearance/

'UTTER RUBBISH' Kate and Gerry McCann slam claims they are plotting to make hundreds of thousands out of 10th anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance
The couple say they 'want to make it clear they are not making any money out of Madeleine's disappearance'
The couple are considering two pooled interviews in Britain, one for print through the country’s national agency Press Association and one for broadcasters.
Both are being organised through Scotland Yard, the couple’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell explained.
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BOTH are being organised through Scotland Yard,

So what, exactly, ARE SY 'organising', for the 10th anniversary of Madeleine's 'disappearance'?