The McCann v Gonçalo Amaral libel trial as it happens.

[gilet]

oh for heaven's sake stop sniping !

Why is it that to you and some others  un-spun facts and straightforward truth is anathema ?

Clearly you have no understanding that any historian wanting to know the truth about an event will go to primary sources and compare those with later "editions".

There is no such thing as "un-spun" facts. Any record (unless verbatim) misses details, is prone to bias (be that from memory where the aspects most interesting or familiar will always rise to the surface or be that simply from the inability to hear, to remember or to keep up when note-taking). And any editor worth their salt knows that any changes to an original (no matter how small) can in fact alter meaning and emphasis. Even the addition of a comma can change a sentence entirely.

It is not sniping to seek the fullest possible truth of any situation.

I wonder why you object to such a request so bitterly?

[Mr Moderator]

A little reminder that the libel case continues today in Lisbon

[Redblossom]

Skys Martin Brunt has tweeted todays hearings cancelled due to Mr Amarals lawyer's son taken ill



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#madeleine Gerry McCann: "Damage has been caused to the search for Madeleine."
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#madeleine Outside court Mr McCann said: "I want to give evidence. Kate and I know better than anyone what we've experienced."
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#madeleine Today's hearing abandoned because Mr Amaral's lawyer's son is ill.
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#madeleine Gerry McCann arrives for libel trial. He said: "I'm here for Madeleine and justice." pic.twitter.com/DmwBtlCJN6
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#madeleine Ex-cop Goncalo Amaral in good mood as he arrives at McCann libel trial in Lisbon pic.twitter.com/pSWBbeazOn
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#madeleine Gerry McCann expected to ask judge to let him give evidence in libel trial against ex-cop Goncalo Amaral in Lisbon today.
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[Jacinta]

Skys Martin Brunt has tweeted todays hearings cancelled due to Mr Amarals lawyer's son taken ill

Oh dear  I hope the son of Mr Amaral's lawyer gets well soon.

I was looking forward to hearing what Gerry McCann had to say.

[sadie]

Skys Martin Brunt has tweeted todays hearings cancelled due to Mr Amarals lawyer's son taken ill



    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   10m
#madeleine Gerry McCann: "Damage has been caused to the search for Madeleine."
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    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   12m
#madeleine Outside court Mr McCann said: "I want to give evidence. Kate and I know better than anyone what we've experienced."
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    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   33m
#madeleine Today's hearing abandoned because Mr Amaral's lawyer's son is ill.
View details ·   
    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   54m
#madeleine Gerry McCann arrives for libel trial. He said: "I'm here for Madeleine and justice." pic.twitter.com/DmwBtlCJN6
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    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   59m
#madeleine Ex-cop Goncalo Amaral in good mood as he arrives at McCann libel trial in Lisbon pic.twitter.com/pSWBbeazOn
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    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt   4h
#madeleine Gerry McCann expected to ask judge to let him give evidence in libel trial against ex-cop Goncalo Amaral in Lisbon today.
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    martinbrunt @skymartinbrunt

Yet more manipulation with the court dates !!!

How many times now has this case been postponed because someone is " ill "?



Is something about to happen, Pat Brown like, that will alter the evidence? 

[DCI]

martinbrunt‏@skymartinbrunt1h
#madeleine Gerry McCann: "Damage has been caused to the search for Madeleine."

martinbrunt‏@skymartinbrunt1h
#madeleine Outside court Mr McCann said: "I want to give evidence. Kate and I know better than anyone what we've experienced."

martinbrunt‏@skymartinbrunt1h
#madeleine Today's hearing abandoned because Mr Amaral's lawyer's son is ill.

martinbrunt‏@skymartinbrunt1h
#madeleine Gerry McCann arrives for libel trial. He said: "I'm here for Madeleine and justice."

[Redblossom]

Yet more manipulation with the court dates !!!

How many times now has this case been postponed because someone is " ill "?



Is something about to happen, Pat Brown like, that will alter the evidence?

Are you for real?

Do you know Mr Santos?

Do you know his children?

Do you know his son is NOT ill?

Do you know he hadnt had an accident or somethng for Mr Santos to hurry out of the court he was in?

How paranoid scurrillous and  downright nasty of you!

@Jacinta, seconded

[Carana]

I have every sympathy with anyone who has not been able to attend a court hearing, whether it be a judge, witness or a member of a lawyer's family due to unforeseen urgent matters. I do hope that whatever the circumstances were has not proved to be too serious.

What I find a bit odd, in this case, is just how many times this case seems to have been postponed due to such matters.

[DCI]

I have every sympathy with anyone who has not been able to attend a court hearing, whether it be a judge, witness or a member of a lawyer's family due to unforeseen urgent matters. I do hope that whatever the circumstances were has not proved to be too serious.

What I find a bit odd, in this case, is just how many times this case seems to have been postponed due to such matters.

Who wouldn't have symathy for an ill child, or anyone else.

I just hope this wasn't planned to get it postponed

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Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 56s
#mccann libel trial will resume on Wednesday Oct 2 - Madeleine's parents seek £1m from Amaral over his book claims they covered up her death

[Sherlock Holmes]

Was Kate there today, John?

She's not with Gerry in the picture

[Redblossom]

Who wouldn't have symathy for an ill child, or anyone else.

I just hope this wasn't planned to get it postponed

ETA
Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 56s
#mccann libel trial will resume on Wednesday Oct 2 - Madeleine's parents seek £1m from Amaral over his book claims they covered up her death

Oh so his dad planned his illness? Or sudden need for surgery? Cos he was losing a case??? And needed another two days? How low can you go? Disgusting

[John]

Was Kate there today, John?

She's not with Gerry in the picture

I assume she is watching the twins at home.   8-)(--)

[DCI]

Was Kate there today, John?

She's not with Gerry in the picture

No, but his sister is!

[Redblossom]

I assume she is watching the twins at home.   8-)(--)

yeah shielding their eyes when they pop into newsagents for sweets from the tabloids!!! Your mum was suicidial, some  people plotted to kidnap you, things the mccanns were happy to go out in the media

This blogger has a very pertinent point

http://thepottingshedder.blogspot.co.uk/

[Sherlock Holmes]

yeah shielding their eyes when they pop into newsagents for sweets from the tabloids!!! Your mum was suicidial, some  people plotted to kidnap you, things the mccanns were happy to go out in the media

This blogger has a very pertinent point

http://thepottingshedder.blogspot.co.uk/

There is absolutely nothing the McCanns can do about the fact that the twins will have access to everything in this digital age. Suing Amaral is not going to make a whit of difference to anything the twins end up knowing or not knowing. There is no 'before' and 'after' on the internet - what's done is done.

Who knows, maybe Madeleine herself, if she is alive, will use the internet to find out who she is, and that will lead to her eventual discovery. Unlikely, but possible. Would be a very happy irony amidst all the claims and counter claims on freedom of information and expression.