Maddie cop rant

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Maddie cop rant
14 January 2010
The Sun
Tom Wells

THE cop who led the Maddie McCann probe yesterday launched a tirade against her parents.

Goncalo Amaral spat "*F*** the McCanns*" when asked if he felt his wild claims were hurting them.

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Vile cop: f *** the McCanns ; New attack on parents
The Sun
Tom Wells and Antonella Lazzeri

The ex-cop who led the Madeleine McCann probe sparked new outrage last night after launching a four-letter tirade against the missing child's parents. Brazen Goncalo Amaral spat, " F    the McCanns " when asked by a BBC TV reporter if he felt his wild claims about their daughter were hurting them. Producers bleeped out the slur when a report was broadcast in the East Midlands region where Kate and Gerry McCann live.

Amaral, axed after leading the abortive early investigation into Maddie's disappearance in 2007, flipped before entering a court in Portugal's capital, Lisbon.

Concern

Yesterday he denied making the outburst, claiming he had not even spoken to a British TV crew.

But the BBC insisted he had used "inappropriate language".

And a source said: "It would not have been bleeped out had there not been sufficient cause for concern."

Amaral, 50, is trying to have a ban overturned on his book The Truth of the Lie. In it, he makes lurid claims that Kate and Gerry faked an abduction and hid Maddie's body after the three-year-old died in an accident at their holiday flat in Praia da Luz.

Yesterday he appeared to deliberately provoke the McCanns before the second day of the hearing began.

He sauntered into court brandishing a copy of his SECOND book on the case, The English Gag, in which he claims the parents tried to "silence" him. He sat yards from Kate, 41, and began leafing through its pages. Upset Kate shook her head in disbelief.

But then she steeled herself and told a friend: "He's just promoting it."

She and Gerry, also 41, were forced to endure more insulting evidence as former Portuguese police chief Francisco Moita Flores backed Amaral's view and branded the abduction a "fairytale".

Outside court heart specialist Gerry, who is heading back to Britain to fulfil work commitments, cracked when asked by a female Portuguese reporter if the ordeal of the hearing was "worth it".

He barked: "Do you have children? Anyone who has children would go through this."

He added: "I'd like to remind everyone it's the book that's on trial and not Kate and I." Gerry claimed the Portuguese cops' blinkered view that Maddie was dead — for which there was NO evidence, making it "meaningless" — was damaging the search for her.

And he said they were STILL ignoring leads passed on to them by the family's private investigators.

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, BBC, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann, Mike O'Sullivan

The British Media versus Amaral - OCTOBER 2007

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October 2007 Headlines re: Goncalo Amaral

Continue Reading... Labels: Clarence Mitchell, Gonçalo Amaral, Leicestershire Police, Madeleine McCann

McCanns shouldn't have left the children alone, say police

14 January 2010
Daily Mail
Vanessa Allen

THE 'fairytale' of Madeleine McCann's abduction saved her parents from being charged with neglecting their children, it was claimed yesterday.

Kate and Gerry McCann did not face negligence charges because police were too 'distracted' by claims their daughter had been snatched, a former policeman said.

Francisco Moita Flores told the second day of the McCann libel case how police hadn't believed three-year-old Madeleine was abducted from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

They were forced to investigate the theory because of the 'media circus' surrounding the case and the political pressure it created, the Portuguese court heard.

He suggested the couple should face neglect charges because they left their children sleeping while they went out for dinner at a nearby restaurant.

After yesterday's hearing a clearly angry Mr McCann conceded that he and his wife had been wrong to leave their children, but said mistakes had been made by all involved.

He said: 'We're not harking over mistakes which were made, and particularly mistakes that were made early on and cannot be redeemed.

'What is done cannot be righted;  in hindsight we made a mistake by leaving Madeleine and we have to live with the consequences of that. We can't change it.'

Earlier, Mr Moita Flores had told the court: 'No one believed it was an abduction. It was a fairytale, a fable. If the police only worked on that theory then they would be a bunch of idiots.'

He said he believed it would have been impossible for an abductor to break into the McCanns' apartment and carry away Madeleine.

'The McCanns should be judged for the neglect of their children. In Portugal this is huge negligence,' he said.

'The accusation was not made. Justice was distracted. How could they not be accused?'

Mr Moita Flores did not work on the investigation and had already left the Portuguese police when Madeleine, right, disappeared in May 2007.

But he was giving evidence on behalf of Goncalo Amaral, the detective accused of libelling the McCanns in his bestselling book, Maddie: The Truth of the Lie.

Madeleine's parents took legal action against Mr Amaral over accusations they faked their daughter's abduction to cover up her death while on a family holiday.

They won a court injunction banning the sale of the book worldwide and preventing him from repeating the allegations.

But the injunction did not stop him from publishing a second book in December, called The English Gag.

The libel case has provided the police officers who investigatedthe McCanns with a public platform on which to air their suspicions.

Unlike a criminal trial, the detectives have not had to provide evidence to support their allegations.

Mr McCann, 41, left Portugal last night to return to his job as a hospital heart consultant.

His wife, also 41, a former GP who has not returned to work since Madeleine's disappearance, is expected to stay in Lisbon until the end of the court hearing.

The latest courtroom accusations came as Mr Amaral was forced to deny claims he had launched a foul-mouthed attack on the McCanns.

The 50-year-old was caught on camera as he was asked if his book had hurt the couple, and appeared to snarl: 'No, **** the McCanns.'

His outburst was shown by the BBC's regional news programme in the East Midlands, which bleeped out the offending word.

A source said producers were convinced he had sworn, but lawyers for the detective denied he had spoken in English.

His lawyer Antonio Cabrita said: 'I have never heard him use that kind of language.' Asked if he had made the comment, Mr Amaral, 50, replied: 'Never.'

The detective is believed to face financial ruin if the McCanns succeed in their £1million libel action.

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, BBC, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann, Mike O'Sullivan

Ranting Rat

14 January 2010
Mirror
Martin Fricker

 As Kate suffers unimaginable agony, the police chief who should've been finding missing Maddy spits out vile four-letter abuse at the McCanns..

DISGRACED detective Goncalo Amaral yesterday let rip at Kate and Gerry McCann with a foul-mouthed outburst.

The former policeman - asked if his book about their daughter Madeleine was hurting the couple - barked: "No, f*** the McCanns."

Amaral then laughed as he walked off, despite being caught on camera insulting the couple who have suffered so much anguish in recent years.

The disgusting slur came as Kate and Gerry had to listen to yet more accusations by Portuguese officers that they were involved in the youngster's 2007 disappearance.

It was made to BBC East Midlands Today reporter Mike O'Sullivan who confronted smirking Amaral outside the Lisbon court where the McCanns are suing him for libel over his book.

Mike said:

"I was astonished, and so was my cameraman, that a former senior police officer could use a term like that against the McCanns. It really was crude."

A friend of Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leics, added:

"It's disgraceful and gives a true measure of the man."

After Amaral's tirade, Gerry, 41, laid into Portuguese detectives over their claims he and his wife killed three-year-old Madeleine and dumped her body to cover their tracks.

He said:

"The prosecutor had all the evidence and he said there was no evidence Madeleine was dead. If there was evidence of our involvement in Madeleine's disappearance then the prosecutor would have charged us.

"Officers who considered us as involved in Madeleine's disappearance have not been able to change their mind, despite a lack of evidence."

And the heart specialist insisted the blinkered theory by former police liaison officer Ricardo Paiva that their daughter has been killed was hindering the ongoing search for her.

Gerry added:

"How could he investigate thoroughly if he believes that? We've also heard Mr Amaral's thesis that Madeleine is dead.

There is absolutely no evidence to support that. We are not harking on over mistakes that were made and cannot be redeemed.


"What is done cannot be righted. We made a mistake, in hindsight, by leaving Madeleine and we have to live with the consequences of that."

Gerry vowed to keep up the search for their little girl, who vanished from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz as they ate nearby with friends.

He said:

"There is a little girl missing who still needs to be found.

"We will keep going until Madeleine is found and until whoever has taken her is brought to justice. It's not good enough that the search stops."

Gerry revealed three new pieces of information had been sent to investigators in Portugal from their team. But the McCanns faced more accusations yesterday. The court was told Madeleine's abduction was a "fairytale" concocted by the couple.

Criminologist Francisco Moita Flores, a friend of Amaral, said:

"No one believed Madeleine was kidnapped. I saw that window. It was impossible.

"The McCanns should be on trial for not guarding their children."

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, BBC, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann, Mike O'Sullivan

Another example of Really Superb investigative reporting by the British press

14 October 2007
Maddie was still alive: Exclusive
Ross Hall
The News of the World
New evidence gives fresh hope to McCanns

TODAY the News of the World reveals key new evidence that PROVES Maddie McCann was abducted ALIVE.

Continue Reading... Labels: Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann

Sacked cop chief to give Maddie talk

Sacked cop chief to give Maddie talk
11 January 2010
Scottish Daily Record

McCanns' fury at invite

The cop who led the hunt for Madeleine McCann plans to visit the UK to talk about his claims that her parents are to blame for her disappearance.

Portuguese former police chief Goncalo Amaral also criticised British police involvement in the case.

And he was pictured enjoying boozy lunches when he should have been working. He was eventually sacked.

Next week, he will appear in a Lisbon court to fight a £1million libel action brought against him by Kate and Gerry McCann after he published a book accusing the couple of killing their daughter.

Now Amaral, 49, has been being invited to the annual conference of the Madeleine Foundation pressure group.

Their members believe she is dead and her parents bear some of the responsibility.

The McCanns have asked their lawyers to consider what action can be taken to prevent him speaking at the gathering, near Nottingham, at the end of next month.

The couple already have a High Court injunction banning the foundation's secretary Tony Bennett from making any allegations about Madeleine's disappearance.

Sources close to the McCanns said the couple were "deeply concerned" about the conference - due to be held on February 27 and 28 at The Liberal Club in Melbourne, Derbyshire - and the invite to Amaral.

He was put in charge of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance in May 2007 , a few days before her fourth birthday, during a family holiday in Praia Da Luz, Portugal.

He was the one who authorised their status as arguidos, or official suspects.

But he was removed from his post after five months and then retired.

His 224-page book, Maddie - The Truth Of The Lie, was published in July last year.

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, Carvi Scandal, Gonçalo Amaral

Sacked cop chief to give Maddie talk

Sacked cop chief to give Maddie talk
11 January 2010
Scottish Daily Record

McCanns' fury at invite

The controversial cop who led the Madeleine McCann investigation has been invited to the UK to speak about his belief that her parents were to blame for her disappearance.

Former police chief Goncalo Amaral was sacked after he criticised British police involvement in the case and was pictured having boozy lunches when he should have been working.

Next week he will appear in a Lisbon court to fight a £1million libel action brought against him by Kate and Gerry McCann after he published a book accusing the couple of killing the youngster.

But Amaral, 49, intends to speak about his views again after being invited to the annual conference of the Madeleine Foundation pressure group. Their members believe the missing three-year-old is dead and her parents bear some responsibility.

The McCanns have asked lawyers to consider action to stop Amaral speaking at the conference near Nottingham and the end of next month.

The couple already have High Court injunction banning the foundation's secretary Tony Bennett from making allegations about Madeleine's disappearance.

Sources close to the McCanns say the couple are "deeply concerned" about the group's conference and their invite to Amaral.

The meeting is due to be held on February 27 and 28 at The Liberal Club in Melbourne, Derbyshire.

Amaral was put in charge of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance in May 2007 in Praia Da Luz, Portugal, and authorised their status as arguidos, or official suspects.

But he was removed from his post after five months, and then retired.

His 224-page book, Maddie - The Truth Of The Lie, was published in July last year.

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, Carvi Scandal, Gonçalo Amaral, Madeleine McCann

Original Trafigura Video

BBC removed from their site.
(Apparently Carter - Rucked)
Watch here

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Madeleine police files under wraps until case result

3 January 2010
Press Association
Chris Greenwood

Thousands of British police files detailing the hunt for Madeleine McCann will not be released unless those behind her disappearance are brought to justice, it emerged today. Senior Leicestershire Police officers have remained tight-lipped about their role co-ordinating the search for the toddler since she vanished from a Portuguese holiday resort in May 2007. But analysts at the force have drawn up a list detailing the mass of information they have gathered and considered whether they would ever release any of it to the general public. The paperwork includes everything from correspondence with Government ministers, minutes of police meetings, details of leads and sightings to copies of letters from the McCann family.

Continue Reading... Labels: 2010, Clarence Mitchell, Leicestershire Police, Madeleine McCann

Operation Task Publication Strategy

Operation Task Publication Strategy

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