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McCanns suffer setback in million euro
libel suit against Maddie cop |
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As Praia da Luz is once
more dragged into the media spotlight,
Kate and Gerry McCann have suffered a
legal setback in their long running
campaign to sue the former police chief
Gonçalo Amaral who originally led
investigations into their daughter’s
disappearance.
Kate and Gerry McCann instituted legal
proceedings for €1.2 million worth of
damages after Amaral wrote the book “The
Truth of the Lie”, in which he set
out all his reasons for believing that
Madeleine was dead.
It is a belief that now seems to be
shared by the police teams painstakingly
searching scrubland outside the village
from which Madeleine went missing seven
years ago.
But at the time they began their legal
fight, the McCanns were adamant that
there was no proof that their daughter
was dead. They claimed they suffered
“permanent anxiety, insomnia, lack of
appetite, irritability and an
indefinable fear” as a result of
Amaral’s book. They further described
themselves as “irreparably damaged and
totally destroyed from a moral, social,
ethical, emotional and family point of
view” and thus the lawsuit, which
finally came to court in September last
year after endless delays.
Now, a tactical attempt by Amaral to
query the McCanns’ power to represent
their daughter in the
court
action has been upheld by a Lisbon
judge. It now means that the McCanns
effectively have to get permission from
the British High Court to represent
their daughter in any legal action.
Nonetheless, the Lisbon court has said
that a final session can go ahead on
June 16 - although all the lawyers
involved have been given notice that
they can “suggest alternative dates”.
The final court session will include a
statement from Madeleine’s father and
“the presentation of closing arguments
from all sides”. As Amaral’s defence
lawyer has told the press on numerous
occasions, information that formed the
basis of “The Truth of the Lie” can be
found in
police records of the original
investigation. |
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