Gerry McCann defended his legal action
against a detective who led the investigation into his daughter's
disappearance, saying his book had damaged the search for Madeleine. He
spoke to reporters as he left a court in Lisbon on the second day of a
hearing at which former police chief Gonçalo Amaral is attempting to
overturn a ban on his book, which questions the McCanns' account of what
happened to Madeleine.
Gerry flew home after the second day of the trial and Kate was joined by
Fiona Payne, a member of the so-called Tapas seven group of friends.
However there have been worrying reports regarding her husband, David,
who was also amongst the group.
Dr. Katherine Zacharias Gaspar told Leicestershire Police on May, 16,
2007, [report
was only sent to the PJ on 24 October 2007]
that she and her husband were friends of the McCanns and went on holiday
with them and the Paynes in September 2005. During this holiday an
incident stuck in her mind.
"I was sitting between Gerry and David
and I think both were talking about Madeleine (...). I remember David
saying something to Gerry about "she", meaning Madeleine 'would do
this'. While he mentioned the word 'this', David was doing the action of
sucking one of his fingers, pushing it in and out of his mouth, while
with his other hand he was doing a circle around his nipple (...). I
remember being shocked by that."
Gerry also told reporters outside the court that there is 'absolutely no
evidence' that Maddie is dead, after the testimonies of three members of
the Portuguese Police expressed their suspicions of her death during the
hearing. |
