Only a policeman knows what goes on in the real world, the belief that such things never occur in the UK is false I'm afraid.
To put the Leonor Cipriano torture into perspective, it was more of a mild beating with a cardboard roll than a torture. You have to understand the circumstances to fully comprehend why several detectives put themselves in that position.
A youngster was missing and a mother and uncle were admitting to foul play but refusing to say where she was located or at least were giving false indications.
Do you not think that in those circumstances something needed to be done quickly in order to have any chance of finding her dead or alive? It was a case of do something and do it quickly.
Was a child's life not worth a few bruises?
I can only presume you haven't seen the photographs of Leanor's horrific injuries. Why would the Prison Governor lie about the extent of those injuries? Or send her to hospital - for a couple of bruises.
Amaral came unstuck when the prisoner governor would not agree to collude with the PJ and lie and say Leonora was beaten up by other prisoners.
And not for the first time I ask you why - after apparently admitting to killing her daughter
(so it was game over anyway) - Leonor would not tell them where the body was - even after the most horrendous torture. That makes no sense.
There is only one credible reason why she couldn't tell them IMO and that was because she didn't know - because she had not killed her - and no amount of beatings could change that.
The whole Cipriano affair could not be more shameful IMO.
I'm astonished that you of all people have apparently managed to convince yourself that any kind of torture of one defenceless woman by a large group of aggressive bullying men can be justified. After hours of prolonged torture people will say anything to make it stop. Surely you must know that John?
