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Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
bb1 Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:07 pm
Stand by for more frothing and screeching from the hate squad; they can't have any carpets left un-chewed by now.
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Madeleine McCann cop utterly unrepentant
bb1 Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:57 am
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-utterly-unrepentant-after-10272564
Madeleine McCann cop utterly unrepentant after damning book blaming Kate and Gerry
Goncalo Amaral is a shadow of his former self but says he still has no sympathy for the parents of the missing youngster
The graffiti on the side of the run-down apartment building reads “Foda a policia”. You don’t need to be fluent in Portuguese to figure out the expletive-laden translation.
This crime-ridden Lisbon estate is home to the ex-detective once tasked with solving Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.
The past decade has not been kind to Goncalo Amaral, the former high-flying head of the Policia Judiciariac. He was sacked from the Maddie probe after criticising British police and making mistakes.
Amaral then penned a damning book pointing the finger of blame at her parents, Kate and Gerry. He accused them of covering up her death and faking her abduction.
The couple sued, sparking an eight-year libel battle that the ex-cop has now won.
But the fight took a heavy toll on the dad-of-three, who is a pale shadow of the larger-than-life Portimao chief tasked with solving the case in May 2007.
In the early days, he was alleged to work just four-and-a-half-hours a day. Sporting a large beer belly, he regularly enjoyed three-hour lunches.
Amaral, 57, split from second wife Sofia in 2012, blaming the pressures of the case. He moved back to the tough Lisbon suburb of Olivais, where he grew up. His expensive suits and fedora are gone.
So too has the beer belly and chauffeur-driven Mercedes, replaced by a battered Citroen Picasso.
But the arrogance remains – as the Mirror discovered when we confronted Amaral last week.
He cruelly said he has no sympathy for the McCanns, who mark the 10th anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance next month.
Amaral also refused to apologise for the mistakes that hampered the early days of the probe. Instead, he threatened to have our reporter and photographer arrested.
But it was his cruel refusal to offer any sympathy to Kate and Gerry that was the most damning.
The couple blame him for a string of errors at the beginning of the much-criticised probe. But Amaral, who resigned in June 2008 after a 27-year career, is unrepentant.
Asked if he would apologise to the McCanns for botching the probe, he said: “No”. He has previously accused Kate and Gerry, of trying to ruin his life. Amaral blames them for his decision to quit, giving up one third of his pension pot as a result.
Asked if he had any sympathy for them ahead of the 10th anniversary, Amaral replied: “No.”
He now spends his days writing crime novels and drinking pints in the Cabeca de Touro bar in Olivais.
One local said: “He used to be a big guy, a face, everyone around here knows him. Now he just blends in, he isn’t the big man any more. We all know about the Madeleine case. It was not good for him.”
It is a far cry from his time on the Algarve, when he was regarded as one of the country’s most dogged detectives.
But even when he was handed joint control of the Madeleine case in May 2007, Amaral was already mired in controversy.
He was under investigation for his role in covering up an alleged attack on the mother of another missing girl, Joana Cipriano, nine. Three officers were accused of beating a confession out of mum Leonor.
Joana’s body was never found but Leonor and brother Joao were convicted of her murder in 2005.
The three officers were cleared of torture but Amaral was convicted in 2009, after his retirement, of falsifying documents.
He blamed “political pressure” for the verdict and 18-month suspended sentence.
Later that year, Kate and Gerry began their legal battle after he penned The Truth of the Lie.
At one point, Amaral was so broke he relied on £50,000 in donations from the UK to defend the libel action. Some of it came from anti-McCann trolls.
Amaral was eventually ordered to pay £360,000 after Kate and Gerry won their defamation case in 2015.
But the order was overturned in April 2016, forcing the McCanns to appeal in Portugal’s Supreme Court.
Senior judges sided with him in February and their ruling angered the McCanns by saying they had not yet been proved to be innocent.
Lawyers for the couple lodged a complaint but judge Jorge Manuel Roque Nogueira dismissed it.
They may still decide to try the European courts but this is considered unlikely. Amaral is now set to sue the McCanns.
Anyone with information about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance should call the Find Madeleine investigation line on: 0845 8384699 or email: investigation@findmadeleine.com
Madeleine McCann cop utterly unrepentant after damning book blaming Kate and Gerry
Goncalo Amaral is a shadow of his former self but says he still has no sympathy for the parents of the missing youngster
The graffiti on the side of the run-down apartment building reads “Foda a policia”. You don’t need to be fluent in Portuguese to figure out the expletive-laden translation.
This crime-ridden Lisbon estate is home to the ex-detective once tasked with solving Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.
The past decade has not been kind to Goncalo Amaral, the former high-flying head of the Policia Judiciariac. He was sacked from the Maddie probe after criticising British police and making mistakes.
Amaral then penned a damning book pointing the finger of blame at her parents, Kate and Gerry. He accused them of covering up her death and faking her abduction.
The couple sued, sparking an eight-year libel battle that the ex-cop has now won.
But the fight took a heavy toll on the dad-of-three, who is a pale shadow of the larger-than-life Portimao chief tasked with solving the case in May 2007.
In the early days, he was alleged to work just four-and-a-half-hours a day. Sporting a large beer belly, he regularly enjoyed three-hour lunches.
Amaral, 57, split from second wife Sofia in 2012, blaming the pressures of the case. He moved back to the tough Lisbon suburb of Olivais, where he grew up. His expensive suits and fedora are gone.
So too has the beer belly and chauffeur-driven Mercedes, replaced by a battered Citroen Picasso.
But the arrogance remains – as the Mirror discovered when we confronted Amaral last week.
He cruelly said he has no sympathy for the McCanns, who mark the 10th anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance next month.
Amaral also refused to apologise for the mistakes that hampered the early days of the probe. Instead, he threatened to have our reporter and photographer arrested.
But it was his cruel refusal to offer any sympathy to Kate and Gerry that was the most damning.
The couple blame him for a string of errors at the beginning of the much-criticised probe. But Amaral, who resigned in June 2008 after a 27-year career, is unrepentant.
Asked if he would apologise to the McCanns for botching the probe, he said: “No”. He has previously accused Kate and Gerry, of trying to ruin his life. Amaral blames them for his decision to quit, giving up one third of his pension pot as a result.
Asked if he had any sympathy for them ahead of the 10th anniversary, Amaral replied: “No.”
He now spends his days writing crime novels and drinking pints in the Cabeca de Touro bar in Olivais.
One local said: “He used to be a big guy, a face, everyone around here knows him. Now he just blends in, he isn’t the big man any more. We all know about the Madeleine case. It was not good for him.”
It is a far cry from his time on the Algarve, when he was regarded as one of the country’s most dogged detectives.
But even when he was handed joint control of the Madeleine case in May 2007, Amaral was already mired in controversy.
He was under investigation for his role in covering up an alleged attack on the mother of another missing girl, Joana Cipriano, nine. Three officers were accused of beating a confession out of mum Leonor.
Joana’s body was never found but Leonor and brother Joao were convicted of her murder in 2005.
The three officers were cleared of torture but Amaral was convicted in 2009, after his retirement, of falsifying documents.
He blamed “political pressure” for the verdict and 18-month suspended sentence.
Later that year, Kate and Gerry began their legal battle after he penned The Truth of the Lie.
At one point, Amaral was so broke he relied on £50,000 in donations from the UK to defend the libel action. Some of it came from anti-McCann trolls.
Amaral was eventually ordered to pay £360,000 after Kate and Gerry won their defamation case in 2015.
But the order was overturned in April 2016, forcing the McCanns to appeal in Portugal’s Supreme Court.
Senior judges sided with him in February and their ruling angered the McCanns by saying they had not yet been proved to be innocent.
Lawyers for the couple lodged a complaint but judge Jorge Manuel Roque Nogueira dismissed it.
They may still decide to try the European courts but this is considered unlikely. Amaral is now set to sue the McCanns.
Anyone with information about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance should call the Find Madeleine investigation line on: 0845 8384699 or email: investigation@findmadeleine.com
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Re: Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
bb1 Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:04 am
So sad, too bad. Bed, made, lie on. 
Does that oxygen thief ever stop WHINING? He brought all this down on his own head; no-one asked him to disgrace his country and the PJ.
I bet the locals just love laughing at him behind his back, when he sits in the corner of Cabeca de Touro talking about what a great writer he is, what a great detective he is, and how he couldda been a contender if it hadn't been for political interference.
He won't be suing anyone, not with his seedy past.
Does that oxygen thief ever stop WHINING? He brought all this down on his own head; no-one asked him to disgrace his country and the PJ.
I bet the locals just love laughing at him behind his back, when he sits in the corner of Cabeca de Touro talking about what a great writer he is, what a great detective he is, and how he couldda been a contender if it hadn't been for political interference.
He won't be suing anyone, not with his seedy past.
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Re: Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
bb1 Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:18 am
xxxxxxxxxxx**NEW** Daily Mirrors, 18, 21 & 22 Apr - EX-DETECTIVE COLIN SUTTON IS ACTIVELY CONTIBUTING TO THIS THREAD (was: Daily Mirror, 18 Apr 2017 "What REALLY happened the night Madeleine disappeared")
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Re: **NEW** Daily Mirrors, 18, 21 & 22 Apr - EX-DETECTIVE COLIN SUTTON IS ACTIVELY CONTIBUTING TO THIS THREAD (was: Daily Mirror, 18 Apr 2017 "What REALLY happened the night Madeleine disappeared")
Post by Tony Bennett Today at 9:41
Colin Sutton has been online here for the past 30 minutes. Do join in the discussion Colin. And maybe give us the benefit of your wisdom aand experience...
Anyone remember when 'Goncalo Amaral' and 'Robert Murat' posted on 3As? What's Blondie up to these days?
Not accusing, just speculating.....
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Re: **NEW** Daily Mirrors, 18, 21 & 22 Apr - EX-DETECTIVE COLIN SUTTON IS ACTIVELY CONTIBUTING TO THIS THREAD (was: Daily Mirror, 18 Apr 2017 "What REALLY happened the night Madeleine disappeared")
Post by Tony Bennett Today at 9:41
Colin Sutton has been online here for the past 30 minutes. Do join in the discussion Colin. And maybe give us the benefit of your wisdom aand experience...
Anyone remember when 'Goncalo Amaral' and 'Robert Murat' posted on 3As? What's Blondie up to these days?
Not accusing, just speculating.....
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Re: Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
bb1 Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:22 am
Back to Gonzo. How can he blame his current ghastly appearance on 'diabetes' when he's drinking beer every day?
Sounds like he's about as good at looking after his health as he was at finding missing children.
Sounds like he's about as good at looking after his health as he was at finding missing children.
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Re: Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
bb1 Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:57 pm
Oh, the hounders have turned on their latest star member already - seems he dog-dissed, or committed some similar heinous crime. 
Guess they're stuck with Hacks-for-Gonzo like Len Port and Natasha Donn. Oh, and Bushmeat, of course.
Guess they're stuck with Hacks-for-Gonzo like Len Port and Natasha Donn. Oh, and Bushmeat, of course.
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Cristovao sticks knife in Gonzo, Lol
bb1 Sun Apr 23, 2017 8:31 am
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ex-top-cop-breaks-madeleine-10278020
Ex-top cop breaks Madeleine McCann silence to say where he thinks she was taken
Paulo Pereira Cristovao says: “I think this case has lots of mistakes – from many persons, from many situations, from the police and maybe from the government"
Today he takes the unusual step of criticising his fellow officers, saying human error is to blame for the failure to find Madeleine.
I wonder, has being on the receiving end recently of 'Portuguese justice' concentrated his mind wonderfully? This is certainly a HUGE U-turn from the inventor of the 'six corpses' bollox - maybe he should apologise for that, and the other garbage he made up when he was bessie mates with the porcine-faced perjurer?
Never mind, just picture Gonzo sitting in some dark corner of Cabeca de Touro, nursing his beer and his wrath, and babbling about treason and how they've all got it in for him, as he plucks yet another metaphorical knife from his shoulder blades.
Ex-top cop breaks Madeleine McCann silence to say where he thinks she was taken
Paulo Pereira Cristovao says: “I think this case has lots of mistakes – from many persons, from many situations, from the police and maybe from the government"
Today he takes the unusual step of criticising his fellow officers, saying human error is to blame for the failure to find Madeleine.
I wonder, has being on the receiving end recently of 'Portuguese justice' concentrated his mind wonderfully? This is certainly a HUGE U-turn from the inventor of the 'six corpses' bollox - maybe he should apologise for that, and the other garbage he made up when he was bessie mates with the porcine-faced perjurer?
Never mind, just picture Gonzo sitting in some dark corner of Cabeca de Touro, nursing his beer and his wrath, and babbling about treason and how they've all got it in for him, as he plucks yet another metaphorical knife from his shoulder blades.
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Re: Mirror- 'Maddie Re-examined'
Pedro Silva Sun Apr 23, 2017 1:06 pm
with that I agree: "Madeleine was big business for many, many people", starting with amaral, whose only purpose was to gain dirty fame and fortune at the expenses of an innocent child, which he betrayed.
"I think this case has lots of mistakes", starting again in amaral, whose behaviour showed his lack of interest, because, due to his behaviour of following the moment he was warned about the abduction while dining in the proximity of praia da luz, he instead of appearing in the ocean club, he decided to follow his way to his home.
typical of the Portuguese (except me,that I hate such behaviour): "When we don’t understand something, we complicate it."
amaral is the only responsible for that: "there was too much focus on outlandish theories and behavioural profiles in the first hours and days".
with that I agree: "instead of starting an investigation because the mother looks like this, or the father looks like that, or the mother won’t cry, or the father won’t cry", again, amaral was the responsible for such despicable behaviour, which, due to his disgusting behaviour, precious time was lost or wasted, which should have been used to find an innocent child.
the couple McCann is completely innocent, their campaign is the proof of their inocence, also both police forces of both countries admitted it.
"I think this case has lots of mistakes", starting again in amaral, whose behaviour showed his lack of interest, because, due to his behaviour of following the moment he was warned about the abduction while dining in the proximity of praia da luz, he instead of appearing in the ocean club, he decided to follow his way to his home.
typical of the Portuguese (except me,that I hate such behaviour): "When we don’t understand something, we complicate it."
amaral is the only responsible for that: "there was too much focus on outlandish theories and behavioural profiles in the first hours and days".
with that I agree: "instead of starting an investigation because the mother looks like this, or the father looks like that, or the mother won’t cry, or the father won’t cry", again, amaral was the responsible for such despicable behaviour, which, due to his disgusting behaviour, precious time was lost or wasted, which should have been used to find an innocent child.
the couple McCann is completely innocent, their campaign is the proof of their inocence, also both police forces of both countries admitted it.
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