McCanns’ lawyers on standby as book on case published
Sam Marsden
Kate and Gerry McCann were consulting lawyers yesterday after the publication by a former senior Portuguese detective containing allegations against them.
Goncalo Amaral, former head of the investigation into the disappearance of the couple's daughter Madeleine, affirms that the young girl is dead.
His book, entitled The Truth Of The Lie, is published today but excerpts were printed in the Portuguese paper Correio da Manha yesterday.
The McCanns were formally cleared of involvement in Madeleine's disappearance on Monday, when prosecutors lifted their status as "arguidos", or formal suspects in the case. They say they will continue to believe their daughter is alive until given firm evidence to the contrary.
McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: "Mr Amaral will face immediate and swift legal action if he in any way implies, either directly or indirectly, that Kate and Gerry were involved in the disappearance or harming of their daughter.
"Beyond that I will not comment. The lawyers will be studying Mr Amaral's book as a matter of some urgency."
In an extract published yesterday Mr Amaral claimed that British police held back potentially important information for six months.
He wrote that information was passed on to Leicestershire Police on May 16, 2007, less than a fortnight after Madeleine disappeared.
But he alleged that the UK force did not communicate the information to their Portuguese counterparts until after he was removed from the case in October.
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Posted by: baffled, scotland on 10:58pm Wed 23 Jul 08
These lawyers must be doing all right out of this.
Clarence won't be going short either.
These lawyers must be doing all right out of this.
Clarence won't be going short either.
Posted by: ColinE, Dundee on 7:13am Thu 24 Jul 08
And why is it only the British Press that won't publish the nature of the "potentially important information" the British Police held back?
And why is it only the British Press that won't publish the nature of the "potentially important information" the British Police held back?
Posted by: Donald Anderson, glasgow on 8:09am Thu 24 Jul 08
RU talking about the Police Force that keeps clearing Labour and can't see drug dealers on the streets and has nothing to say about drug dealers' security firms securing Local and British Government contracts??
RU talking about the Police Force that keeps clearing Labour and can't see drug dealers on the streets and has nothing to say about drug dealers' security firms securing Local and British Government contracts??
Posted by: sam, greenock on 9:57am Thu 24 Jul 08
Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.
Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.
Posted by: P Fox, Glasgow on 8:56am Sat 26 Jul 08
[quote][bold]sam[/bold] wrote:
Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.[/quote] Obviously that couldnt have happened in the way you describe otherwise the McCanns would have been charged with either neglect / abandonment of their children. The McCanns have been cleared of any wrongdoing whatsoever.
sam wrote:
Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.
Obviously that couldnt have happened in the way you describe otherwise the McCanns would have been charged with either neglect / abandonment of their children. The McCanns have been cleared of any wrongdoing whatsoever.
Posted by: sam, greenock on 2:37pm Sat 26 Jul 08
[quote][bold]P Fox[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]sam[/bold] wrote: Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.[/quote] Obviously that couldnt have happened in the way you describe otherwise the McCanns would have been charged with either neglect / abandonment of their children. The McCanns have been cleared of any wrongdoing whatsoever. [/quote] They have been cleared of hee-haw!, because they had been charged with hee-haw
You really need to read up on Portuguese law and what the arguido status actually means, don't get all your info from Clarence.
Are you still "evading" Portugal, if you are I didn't realise they were looking for you.
P Fox wrote:
sam wrote: Surely abandoning your weans to go out on the bevvy, at the very least makes you indirectly involved.
Obviously that couldnt have happened in the way you describe otherwise the McCanns would have been charged with either neglect / abandonment of their children. The McCanns have been cleared of any wrongdoing whatsoever.
They have been cleared of hee-haw!, because they had been charged with hee-haw
You really need to read up on Portuguese law and what the arguido status actually means, don't get all your info from Clarence.
Are you still "evading" Portugal, if you are I didn't realise they were looking for you.
Posted by: Levenax, Scotland on 9:28am Sun 27 Jul 08
This whole thing has turned into a farce. One can understand that the McCanns are upset that their neglect led to the girl going missing. But why drag it out by threatening the author of a book nobody will pay any attention to? They should get out of the public eye and stop wasting other peoples money on Clarence and lawyers.
This whole thing has turned into a farce. One can understand that the McCanns are upset that their neglect led to the girl going missing. But why drag it out by threatening the author of a book nobody will pay any attention to? They should get out of the public eye and stop wasting other peoples money on Clarence and lawyers.
Posted by: frank mcbride, lusitania on 12:14am Mon 28 Jul 08
The McCanns are guilty of child neglect, and should be prosecuted.
Social Services, in both England and Portugal, are failing in their duty of care.
#P.Fox.
The McCanns have been cleared of nothing; they have simply had the tag of "official" suspects lifted.
The McCanns are guilty of child neglect, and should be prosecuted.
Social Services, in both England and Portugal, are failing in their duty of care.
#P.Fox.
The McCanns have been cleared of nothing; they have simply had the tag of "official" suspects lifted.
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