Goncalo Amaral arriving at court case

 FORMER police chief Goncalo Amaral could face criminal charges if it is found that he breached secrecy laws in his book and documentary about Madeleine McCann, writes James Murray.

According to the McCanns? lawyer, Mrs Isabel Duarte, he published and broadcast information which should have remained private in an attempt to prove his theory that Madeleine died in the family's holiday apartment.

In the documentary, a police dog is seen barking by a cupboard where it is alleged Madeleine's body was put.

Mrs Duarte said Mr Amaral had no right to show film of police dogs in the apartment.

?It is a criminal matter to reproduce the film of the dogs, so he could be prosecuted,? she said.

Mr Amaral, 50, was in court last week trying to lift an injunction banning his book, The Truth Of The Lie.