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Maddie Case - pages 110 to 111
He told TVmais that he has
hired the lawyer of the police officers, that he is divorced and that he
assures there is going to be news in the upcoming days. Gonçalo Amaral
can now sell the books that were banned, but no one has returned them.
The version of the former PJ coordinator-inspector regarding the
Maddie case was liberated by the court and can return to the news
stands. It's a "victory of freedom against the inquisition" Gonçalo
Amaral told TVmais.
The book "The Truth of the Lie" was seized and its sales prohibited
following an injunction that Maddie's parents filed against Gonçalo
Amaral and his publisher.
Gonçalo Amaral appealed that decision at the Appeals Court, the latter
proved the former PJ officer was right.
Then the McCanns appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice. However, that
superior court refused their request. That means the book can be sold
and Gonçalo Amaral can receive the author rights from his writings.
The problem now is that the trustee of the book copies - the McCann's
lawyer herself - has not yet returned them to Gonçalo Amaral nor to the
book publishers.
"The Truth of the Lie" still awaits.
Police Super Lawyer
Due to the process the McCann couple have against him, Gonçalo
Amaral had his goods and assets seized, as well as his author rights.
With the recent release of his books, part of this sequestration stands
without effect. It's the first victory in Gonçalo Amaral's new defence
strategy.
Gonçalo Amaral confirmed that he discharged his previous lawyer and gave
all the cases to Santos de Oliveira, known as the police super lawyer.
"I can confirm that I have hired Dr. Oliveira, but I won't make further
comments. Results will speak for themselves".
In good spirits, the PJ coordinator-inspector says that he can finally
see some light at the end of the tunnel. At the moment he is just
waiting for his books to be returned so they can be on the market again,
"as it should happen in a free country, after all I've only written what
is in the case files," he said.
Divorce
"Yes, I'm divorced from Sofia, with whom I remain a friend and with
whom I share the education of our daughters. The priority is to give
them stability. And, yes, I am living in Lisbon with my father and I
won't say anything else about my private life. At the end of all this (a
lot of water is still going to flow in the Thames river...) someone will
reimburse me for all the wicked actions taken against me... Then, I will
tell the rest," said Gonçalo Amaral in a single burst, without accepting
any further questions.
Court: Maddie's Guardianship
Upon request of the McCann couple, Maddie is at the guardianship of
the court [Ward of Court]. In practice, this means that the search for
the young girl will not be prevented. The decision to grant parental
responsibility to a court in England may, in future, derail or inhibit
the girl's parents to bring further actions on her behalf, since that
becomes the prerogative of the court. But the important thing is to
discover the whereabouts of the girl.
McCanns sue another one
The parents of Maddie, who disappeared in 2007 (when she was 3 years
old) from an apartment where she was left alone with her two year old
siblings, the twins, in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, have now sued
Anthony Bennett by attributing to him the authorship of a smear
campaign. Bennett argues the McCann couple are responsible for the
alleged death of the girl and has released this message in various
publications and leaflets. The retired solicitor, Anthony Bennett, and
chairman of the Madeleine Foundation, faces a possible prison sentence
if found guilty of the accusations made by the McCann couple.
Madeleine Foundation
Founded in January 2008, the foundation aim was to draw attention to
missing children cases. From the beginning, its chairman has always been
critical of Maddie's parents, indicating that they had some
responsibilities in the unknown fate of the child. In November 2009,
after a long legal battle, the couple managed to close the Foundation's
web site. Bennett and the couple reached an agreement at that time and
the solicitor took the commitment to not say or publish that the couple
was in any way responsible for the death of their daughter. Now, the
McCanns say that he did exactly the opposite. |
