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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:04 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425551/Kate-McCann-came-close-suicide-Portuguese-police-chief-unleashed-smear-campaign-reveals-psychologist.html#ixzz2fMS2HuO4
Kate McCann came close to suicide after Portuguese former police chief unleashed a 'smear campaign' against her, reveals her psychologist
Alan Pike, Kate McCann's psychologist, told a civil court she confessed 'dark thoughts' to him after the former detective's book was published
Police chief claimed the McCanns hid their daughter's body after a car crash
Kate's psychologist Alan Pike said she experienced a 'second trauma'
Evidence heard in Lisbon in £1million libel case against Goncalo Amaral
By GERARD COUZENS
PUBLISHED: 18:15, 19 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:16, 19 September 2013
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Kate McCann contemplated suicide after a 'smear campaign' by a Portuguese police chief who claimed she had covered up daughter Madeleine's death, a libel trial heard today.
A British psychologist who counselled Mrs McCann revealed she confessed to secret 'dark thoughts' after disgraced detective Goncalo Amaral's shocking book was followed by a TV documentary based on it.
Alan Pike, a trauma expert who has been helping the McCanns since Madeleine's May 3 2007 disappearance on the Algarve, told a Lisbon court: 'Kate thought about not being around anymore.
'She referred to killing herself as an option to end the trauma she was experiencing.
'I deduced it was an indicator of how she felt rather that something she ever intended to do.
'Kate in particular wasn't very well and she shared with me some very dark thoughts which she hadn't done before.
'When people are going through trauma they sometimes feel helpless and one of the things they say is, "I wish I wasn't here".
'One solution some people formulate is to take themselves away from it all.
'To share that with anyone will often alarm or worry the people they live with so I think I was the only person Kate shared this with.
Mr Amaral, the Portuguese policeman who led the botched hunt for Madeleine, claimed in his bombshell 2008 book 'The Truth of the Lie' the McCanns hid their daughter's body after she died in an accident and faked her abduction.
He also suggested the couple cashed in on £2million of public donations.
Mr Amaral's book was published in July 2008 just three days after the McCanns - made suspects over their daughter's death in September 2007 - had their status as 'arguidos' formally lifted.
Around 120,000 copies of the book were sold before it was withdrawn when the McCanns won an injection against him.
The couple, both 45, from Rothley, Leics, launched £1million libel proceedings against the former police chief, sacked as head of the Madeleine McCann investigation after he attacked British detectives.
They are also suing his book publishers and a TV station which broadcast an April 2009 documentary repeating Mr Amaral's claims.
Mr Pike, who has stayed in touch with the McCanns after being called in by their tour operator Mark Warner when Madeleine disappeared, told the court the book and documentary caused Kate 'secondary trauma' after the 'primary trauma' of Madeleine's disappearance.
He said she relapsed into despair at the idea people would believe the claims and stop searching for Madeleine after she, Gerry and their twins Sean and Amelie, now eight, made good progress on their return to Britain in September 2007.
'She spent many days in tears sobbing about the injustice being done to Madeleine by the very people who ought to have been helping her,' Mr Pike told the court.
'There were times when she felt so incensed by Amaral and his friends, by which she meant his publishers, that she simply couldn't get through each day with the panic and the anguish she felt.
'These were things Kate told me when I spoke to her that she'd recorded in her diary in September 2008.' He added: 'I remember Kate being further devastated by the content of the film.
'The second traumatic reaction we have is sometimes more profound than the first one, more deep-seated, more entrenched and often more extreme.
'They can be more difficult reactions to deal with. When I spoke to the family about the film this is what I found.
'They were extremely angry and very disappointed and very frustrated.
'It was broadcast on TV in Portugal and the McCanns felt there was little or no chance of Madeleine ever being found in Portugal.'
Mr Pike, a partner at a trauma after-care centre based in Skipton, Yorkshire, said the McCanns viewed Mr Amaral's book as a 'gross breach of confidentiality' because it showed he had been speaking to publishers while he and colleagues claimed laws on secrecy prevented them from discussing the Madeleine case with the couple.
He added: 'The judge said there was no evidence whatsoever that Kate and Gerry had been involved in any way in Madeleine's abduction and Kate was wondering how it was possible for a police officer involved in the search to reach his conclusions and for no-one in Portugal to challenge them.
'One of the most devastating effects of the book was that the family were worried it would influence public opinion in Portugal and people they would believe the book.
'Basically if people believed what was written in the book they were concerned people in Portugal would stop looking for her.
'Even now Kate and Gerry believe the most likely chance of finding Madeleine would originate from Portugal and so the publication in their minds meant the finding of their daughter in Portugal would be diminished.'
Amaral, 56, is denying defamation and insists everything he published in his book is already contained in police and court case files on Madeleine which have been made public.
The case, due to finish hearing evidence in November, continues.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425551/Kate-McCann-came-close-suicide-Portuguese-police-chief-unleashed-smear-campaign-reveals-psychologist.html#ixzz2fNIrNfUY
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Kate McCann came close to suicide after Portuguese former police chief unleashed a 'smear campaign' against her, reveals her psychologist
Alan Pike, Kate McCann's psychologist, told a civil court she confessed 'dark thoughts' to him after the former detective's book was published
Police chief claimed the McCanns hid their daughter's body after a car crash
Kate's psychologist Alan Pike said she experienced a 'second trauma'
Evidence heard in Lisbon in £1million libel case against Goncalo Amaral
By GERARD COUZENS
PUBLISHED: 18:15, 19 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:16, 19 September 2013
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Kate McCann contemplated suicide after a 'smear campaign' by a Portuguese police chief who claimed she had covered up daughter Madeleine's death, a libel trial heard today.
A British psychologist who counselled Mrs McCann revealed she confessed to secret 'dark thoughts' after disgraced detective Goncalo Amaral's shocking book was followed by a TV documentary based on it.
Alan Pike, a trauma expert who has been helping the McCanns since Madeleine's May 3 2007 disappearance on the Algarve, told a Lisbon court: 'Kate thought about not being around anymore.
'She referred to killing herself as an option to end the trauma she was experiencing.
'I deduced it was an indicator of how she felt rather that something she ever intended to do.
'Kate in particular wasn't very well and she shared with me some very dark thoughts which she hadn't done before.
'When people are going through trauma they sometimes feel helpless and one of the things they say is, "I wish I wasn't here".
'One solution some people formulate is to take themselves away from it all.
'To share that with anyone will often alarm or worry the people they live with so I think I was the only person Kate shared this with.
Mr Amaral, the Portuguese policeman who led the botched hunt for Madeleine, claimed in his bombshell 2008 book 'The Truth of the Lie' the McCanns hid their daughter's body after she died in an accident and faked her abduction.
He also suggested the couple cashed in on £2million of public donations.
Mr Amaral's book was published in July 2008 just three days after the McCanns - made suspects over their daughter's death in September 2007 - had their status as 'arguidos' formally lifted.
Around 120,000 copies of the book were sold before it was withdrawn when the McCanns won an injection against him.
The couple, both 45, from Rothley, Leics, launched £1million libel proceedings against the former police chief, sacked as head of the Madeleine McCann investigation after he attacked British detectives.
They are also suing his book publishers and a TV station which broadcast an April 2009 documentary repeating Mr Amaral's claims.
Mr Pike, who has stayed in touch with the McCanns after being called in by their tour operator Mark Warner when Madeleine disappeared, told the court the book and documentary caused Kate 'secondary trauma' after the 'primary trauma' of Madeleine's disappearance.
He said she relapsed into despair at the idea people would believe the claims and stop searching for Madeleine after she, Gerry and their twins Sean and Amelie, now eight, made good progress on their return to Britain in September 2007.
'She spent many days in tears sobbing about the injustice being done to Madeleine by the very people who ought to have been helping her,' Mr Pike told the court.
'There were times when she felt so incensed by Amaral and his friends, by which she meant his publishers, that she simply couldn't get through each day with the panic and the anguish she felt.
'These were things Kate told me when I spoke to her that she'd recorded in her diary in September 2008.' He added: 'I remember Kate being further devastated by the content of the film.
'The second traumatic reaction we have is sometimes more profound than the first one, more deep-seated, more entrenched and often more extreme.
'They can be more difficult reactions to deal with. When I spoke to the family about the film this is what I found.
'They were extremely angry and very disappointed and very frustrated.
'It was broadcast on TV in Portugal and the McCanns felt there was little or no chance of Madeleine ever being found in Portugal.'
Mr Pike, a partner at a trauma after-care centre based in Skipton, Yorkshire, said the McCanns viewed Mr Amaral's book as a 'gross breach of confidentiality' because it showed he had been speaking to publishers while he and colleagues claimed laws on secrecy prevented them from discussing the Madeleine case with the couple.
He added: 'The judge said there was no evidence whatsoever that Kate and Gerry had been involved in any way in Madeleine's abduction and Kate was wondering how it was possible for a police officer involved in the search to reach his conclusions and for no-one in Portugal to challenge them.
'One of the most devastating effects of the book was that the family were worried it would influence public opinion in Portugal and people they would believe the book.
'Basically if people believed what was written in the book they were concerned people in Portugal would stop looking for her.
'Even now Kate and Gerry believe the most likely chance of finding Madeleine would originate from Portugal and so the publication in their minds meant the finding of their daughter in Portugal would be diminished.'
Amaral, 56, is denying defamation and insists everything he published in his book is already contained in police and court case files on Madeleine which have been made public.
The case, due to finish hearing evidence in November, continues.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425551/Kate-McCann-came-close-suicide-Portuguese-police-chief-unleashed-smear-campaign-reveals-psychologist.html#ixzz2fNIrNfUY
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:15 pm
After reading that, you think about the a-holes who have been rubbing salt into the wound that Amoral put there. 
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:21 pm
I know, it really hits home, doesn't it?
Ah well, the Gonc fan club was moaning about the press not covering today's events.
Ah well, the Gonc fan club was moaning about the press not covering today's events.
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:28 pm
They should learn by now.......be careful what you wish for. 
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:35 pm
UK Justice Forum @Justice_forum 3h
Exclusive:Get the full story of the #McCann v Gonçalo Amaral libel hearings in Lisbon only on UK Justice Forum. Todays Reports in full soon.
Whatever for? It's already in the UK media - and at least their reporters know who is appearing for the defence and who for the prosecution, unlike Ace Court Reporter Guedes.
Exclusive:Get the full story of the #McCann v Gonçalo Amaral libel hearings in Lisbon only on UK Justice Forum. Todays Reports in full soon.
Whatever for? It's already in the UK media - and at least their reporters know who is appearing for the defence and who for the prosecution, unlike Ace Court Reporter Guedes.
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:41 pm
Have just realized something.We have Gonc's Ace.
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:40 pm
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Re: Amaral's book was more traumatic to Kate than Madeleine's disappearance
« Reply #17 on: Today at 08:28:10 PM »
Quote from: DCI on Today at 08:25:30 PM
He is a Trauma counsellor, and former social worker.
................and paid by the Mccanns.
So biased
What a vicious, sick remark! And then they whine and cry when they're described in the media as VILE HATERS.
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Quote from: DCI on Today at 08:25:30 PM
He is a Trauma counsellor, and former social worker.
................and paid by the Mccanns.
So biased
What a vicious, sick remark! And then they whine and cry when they're described in the media as VILE HATERS.
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:47 pm
Would the fool prefer that he was paid by Gonc?
Isn't that the one who is like a stuck record?
Isn't that the one who is like a stuck record?
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:53 pm
Yes, that's Stuck Record.
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:02 pm
He's so dynamic isn't he? I bet he bores people around him to death. 
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:07 pm
Pathetic but predictable to see that the McCann-haters are suddenly experts on stress and trauma. Bunch of know-nothings and nobodies. 
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:12 pm
I think it's amazing how they are experts on whatever is needed at the time. Yet, they remain so clueless.
I wonder why?
I wonder why?
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bb1 Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:17 pm
'It was broadcast on TV in Portugal and the McCanns felt there was little or no chance of Madeleine ever being found in Portugal.'
Mr Pike, a partner at a trauma after-care centre based in Skipton, Yorkshire, said the McCanns viewed Mr Amaral's book as a 'gross breach of confidentiality' because it showed he had been speaking to publishers while he and colleagues claimed laws on secrecy prevented them from discussing the Madeleine case with the couple.
The McCann-haters simply cannot - or will not - grasp the enormity of what their adored Gonzo has done.
Mr Pike, a partner at a trauma after-care centre based in Skipton, Yorkshire, said the McCanns viewed Mr Amaral's book as a 'gross breach of confidentiality' because it showed he had been speaking to publishers while he and colleagues claimed laws on secrecy prevented them from discussing the Madeleine case with the couple.
The McCann-haters simply cannot - or will not - grasp the enormity of what their adored Gonzo has done.
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lily Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:01 pm
They don't care either. They have the nerve to utter that they are on the child's side when they refuse to understand what immeasurable damage their idol has done to her.
Then they complain at what the press call them.
Then they complain at what the press call them.
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