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Gonçalo Amaral looks to launch book in UK

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NEWS OCTOBER 2010

Original Source: ALGARVE RESIDENT: 29 OCTOBER 2010
Updated: 29-Oct-2010 By PAULO SILVESTRE and DAISY SAMPSON news@algarveresident.com
 

Former lead investigator in the Madeleine McCann case Gonçalo Amaral has told the Algarve Resident of his intentions to release his controversial book, Maddie – A Verdade da Mentira (Maddie - The Truth of the Lie) in the UK.

Gonçalo Amaral said: “I believe that the British people have the right to read an objective and well reasoned literary work.  I think that it would be strange that the oldest democracy in the world was not able to publish and read this book.”

The ban on the book, which was imposed in September 2009, was lifted this month allowing it, and a DVD based on the account, to go back on sale across the country and Gonçalo Amaral believes that this decision was an act of justice.

“I think that justice has been done in this case.  The battle has been won but the war has only just begun in the search for truth and the realisation of justice,” he said.

While the controversial book set out to state the beliefs of Gonçalo Amaral in the case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, he has no concrete plans to follow this up with a sequel.

“My book gave an account of the first six months of the investigation which I coordinated and in which I was defiled and unfairly criticised both personally and professionally.

“Now the process of the case is available to the public while the strategies of the McCann family and their private investigators have also brought forward a wealth of information about the case.  I have gone back to being a free man but I will think about if it would be good sense to decide to write another book.”

Meanwhile, Gonçalo Amaral has not made a final decision as to whether he will be suing the McCann family for damages incurred through the banning of the book.  He told the Algarve Resident: “The decision to sue the McCanns for damages has not yet been made.  We are assessing the damages that have been done and then I will make a decision with my family and lawyers about this.”

Gonçalo Amaral refused to comment about a possible appeal by the McCann family to reinstate the ban: “I have no opinion on statements of intent. Let’s wait and see,” he said.

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