The parents of Madeleine are now suing former Portuguese Police Chief Goncalo Amaral for defamation. It was an expected move, I was wondering why they were taking so long since they love to sue people.
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Kate and Gerry McCann are taking the action over comments made by the man who previously led the inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance. In a statement, they said: "We - together with our three children Madeleine, Sean and Amelie - are taking this legal action against Goncalo Amaral over his entirely unfounded and grossly defamatory claims - made in all types of media, both within Portugal and beyond - that Madeleine is not only dead, but that we, her parents, were somehow involved in concealing her body." The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, said they are taking action because his claims that Madeleine is dead are hampering the search for their daughter. They want a gagging order to prevent further publication of Amaral's "deeply offensive" book "The Truth of the Lie." The McCanns also want to block broadcast of his TV documentary and publication of his "disgraceful thesis" that they were involved in their daughter's disappearance.... |
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Seems like British police are looking for this pedophile that was near the same place the McCanns were staying when their daughter went missing.
Madeleine McCann & Portuguese Police (Hover)
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So, we moved from the "monster-looking" male suspect to now a woman that looks like Victoria Beckham. Right. This is getting beyond ridiculous.
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A computerized sketch has been released of a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" private investigators want to trace in the hunt for Madeleine McCann. She was reportedly seen by two British men in Barcelona, Spain, three days after the little girl disappeared from Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3 2007. The woman said something to one of the men which convinced the McCanns' private investigators she might have information about Madeleine. The sketch was issued by McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell and David Edgar, the retired detective who now leads the search for the missing girl. The pair gave details of the development at a press conference in London. Mitchell said the two men first saw the woman when they were drinking in bars at the city's Port Olimpic Marina at about 2 a.m. He said she was well-dressed but appeared agitated and kept walking up and down outside the El Ray de la Gamba restaurant bar. One of the witnesses, a 41-year-old British man, had a brief conversation with her. Mitchell would not reveal what she said for operational reasons, but said it was "potentially significant" to the little girl's disappearance. He said the woman was then seen having a "heated conversation" with another person in Spanish in a nearby bar. She then wandered off towards a hospital. The witnesses said the brown-haired woman was aged between 30 and 35, slim, about 5 feet 2 inches tall, and described as "a bit of a Victoria Beckham lookalike." |
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Being portuguese, I was invited to talk here about this.
It's allways sad for me to see criminal cases being 'solved' by hunches in the press or in public discussion. I agree that people must be demanding of results, but must understand that police work is a scientific activity, not a movie.
Portuguese are very critical about anything or everyone here, but they have much respect for their criminal police (PolÃcia Judiciária).
Regards,
Frederico