Maddie McCann parents’ £1m bid over ‘lies’
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Maddie McCann parents’ £1m bid over ‘lies’
Published: 4 hrs ago
THE parents of Madeleine McCann are hoping to win a £1million libel payout this month from a former cop who claims they lied about their daughter’s disappearance.
Goncalo Amaral, 55, was the police boss who led the initial search for Maddie after her abduction in May 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
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.
Kate and Gerry, both 44, from Rothley, Leics, said the slurs left them “totally destroyed”.
Their lawyer, Isabel Duarte, told The Sun: “We reasonably expect compensation for the dreadful damages this book has brought the family.”
The case is due to start in Lisbon on the 13th.
Any damages will go towards the hunt for Maddie, say the McCanns.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4515088/Maddie-McCann-parents-1m-bid-over-lies.html#ixzz25BLCimyo
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Re: Maddie McCann parents’ £1m bid over ‘lies’
It is interesting she has also given details about the claims against them and mentioned the book, without making any comment on how much money Amaral is supposed to have made from it.
Is this a sign of the tide beginning to turn?

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Lazerelli is normally incapable of referring to Dr Amaral without her normal Tourette's "Disgraced Ex-Cop".
Interesting that she spells out the possibilities, without saying they are "ludicrous".
And "reasonably expect" rather than "Demand".
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In the Daily Star, short and sweet, ...................
MADDIE PARENTS’ LIBEL BID



Spokesman Clarence Mitchell
MADELEINE McCann’s parents hope to win a £1million libel payout this month from the ex-police chief who claimed they lied about their daughter’s disappearance.
Any damages awarded to Kate and Gerry McCann will be spent on the global search for the youngster.
A court hearing is due to start on September 13 in Lisbon. The McCanns’ are still considering whether to appear to face
Goncalo Amaral, 55, who wrote in his book The Truth Of The Lie that Madeleine was dead.
The McCanns’ lawyer Isabel Duarte said Kate and Gerry, both 44, of Rothley, Leics, were confident of victory.
And their spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “If they win the case every penny they receive in damages will go into the Madeleine Fund.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/270014/Maddie-parents-libel-bid/

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Re: Maddie McCann parents’ £1m bid over ‘lies’
I don't agree with the comment that they were just yards away and not down the street. Down the street is exactly where they were. If they had been dining on the balcony of one of the other Tapas crew then that comment would be valid.

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Only certain facts in the case get mentioned by the British press
1. OCTOBER 2010: McCanns defeated when the Portuguese Appeal Court upheld Dr Amaral's appeal against the banning of his book: The Court ordered his book to go back on sale, McCanns ORDERED TO PAY COSTS, Court said the banning was a BREACH OF DR AMARAL'S GUARANTEED RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH under the EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
2. MARCH 2011: Portuguese Supreme Court heard the McCanns' appeal against the Appeal Court's ruling, AGAIN the McCanns LOST and the McCanns were AGAIN ordered to pay Amaral's costs.
My betting?
None of them will even mention these inconvenient FACTS
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With what exists in the public domain, in documents produced by both Leicestershire and Portugese police, I would have thought any action brought by the McCanns could be shot down in flames in a heartbeat. I'm surprised any lawyers representing the Mc's would even consider their proposed actions as anywhere near win-able.
I cannot see how this isn't going to be game, set and match for Amaral. Merely reading out of a list of the Mc's lies re the fund, events in PdeL, refusal to co-operate, and so much more, should logically result in the case being thrown out of court and a hefty legs bill for the fund.
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