Apparently, the two journalists who conducted the interview, namely, Raquel Moleiro and Rui Gustavo, have been asked to take the stand to confirm the accuracy of the McCann’s statements. There is some confusion about the Expresso article, which is in the providência cautelar (injunction) files, but not in its full version.
Photocopies of the Expresso article which SO brought to Court are distributed to all lawyers with the assistance of the Clerk of the Court.
RA, Dra Duarte's substitute, opposes the request for the interview to be included in the process because it was already appended to in the injunction. He adds that it is not necessary to hear the journalists because the court does not seek to prove whether or not the plaintiff’s statements are accurately reproduced in the written text. He asks for the request to include the document to be rejected.
The Judge disagrees and declares that this document will be included within this trial's files because it constitutes a more legible version than the one which was joined to the providência cautelar (injunction) relating to the banning of the book. The Judge adds that the comments of the readers about the interview have to be included in the files because they illustrate the reactions of the public to the contents of the article.
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http://expresso.sapo.pt/goncalo-amaral-e-uma-vergonha=f401101The testimony as it happened...
(08.10.2013, 11am) Ricardo Paiva, Police Inspector now working in Funchal, Madeira gives his evidence via video-link.
Gonçalo Amaral, who without exception attended all sessions so far, leaves the court room.
The Judge asks the witness if he knows why he is here by video-link.
RP says he knows.
The Judge asks if RP if he was a colleague to Gonçalo Amaral.
RP says "yes" and adds GA was the Coordinator of the investigation team.
The Judge asks the witness when he was a Police Inspector in Portimão.
RP says he commenced in 2004 and finished in November 2012.
The Judge asks when he participated in the investigation.
RP says it was from the very beginning and lasted up to the shelving of the process. He adds that even afterwards, he continued to analyse information which kept arriving at the Portimão Criminal Investigation Department (DIC).
The Judge asks if the witness' relations with Gonçalo Amaral are professional or personal.
RP replies that he had a professional relationship with GA, as one has with one's superior but also a friendly relation, as with colleagues.
The Judge asks whether this friendship lasted.
RP says "yes".
Asked, RP swears that he will answer the truth.