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Maddie: The McCanns and Gonçalo Amaral Did Not Reach An Agreement

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NEWS FEBRUARY 2013

Original Source:  TVI24: 08 FEBRUARY 2013
By: tvi24 / CP | 2013-02-18 18:11

Translated by Ines

 

The court will have to set a new date for the start of the trial.

The parents of Madeleine McCann, the English girl who disappeared from the Algarve in 2007, and Gonçalo Amaral have not reached an out of court agreement in the civil case in which the ex–inspector of the PJ is accused of alleged defamation.

 

A source for the defence told Lusa news agency that the “parties did not reach an agreement” and that a “reactivation” request has already been made to Lisbon’s Civil Court 1ª, which will now have to decide on a new date for the start of the trial. 

The first court session had been planned for 24th January, during the previous week, the judge deferred the suspension of the hearing, in which Madeleine’s parents are requesting compensation of 1,2 million euros for alleged defamation by the ex – inspector of the PJ.

 

In this action, which led to the request for the freezing of Gonçalo Amaral’s assets as a precautionary measure, Kate and Gerry McCann are also demanding the protection of their rights, liberty and guarantees.

 

In a connected case, the 7th Lisbon Civil Court decided, in January 2010, to uphold the ban on the sale of the book “Maddie – The Truth of the Lie”, written by Amaral, as well as the video of the same title, based upon a documentary shown on TVI

 

The banning of the book and video presenting Amaral’s thesis about the involvement of Kate and Gerry McCann in their daughter’s disappearance as well the hiding of the body was temporarily decreed on 9th September 2009.

 

On 19th October 2010 the Lisbon Court annulled the decision of the 7th Civil Court, after which the McCann couple appealed to the Court of Supreme Justice.

 

On 18th March 2011 the Court of Supreme Justice upheld the decision of the Lisbon Court.

 

Madeleine McCann disappeared on 3rd May 2007 from an apartment in the Praia da Luz resort, where she was on holiday with her parents and twin siblings.

 

At the time of her disappearance, Gonçalo Amaral was the coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Portimão PJ.

 

Kate and Gerry McCann, who have always claimed that their daughter was abducted, were made arguidos in September 2007.

 

The case was archived for lack of evidence in July 2008, however the Public Ministry will allow a re-opening of the case if new information about the girl’s disappearance arises.

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