so Grime says....
It is my view that it is possible that the EVRD is alerting to
'a cadaver scent' contaminant. No evidential or intelligence reliability can be made from this
alert unless it can be confirmed with corroborating evidence.
and amaral says..
From then on, we are sure that, at a given moment, there was a body in apartment 5A. We now have to interview firemen, medical services personnel, previous tenants and employees of the Ocean Club to make sure that no death has taken place in this accommodation, which they confirm. So, we can conclude that the odour discovered is certainly that of Madeleine Beth McCann.
Can there be any defence for amaral's outrageous statement...the answer has to be NO
In fairness Amaral was a police man with limited experience of this kind of case.
Grime and Harrison had made quite extravagant claims for the dogs abilities and accuracy and that they had never made a false positive (which we know to be economical with the truth).
So Amaral can perhaps be forgiven for putting 1.876 and 2.134 together and making 3.99999999 recurring.
It is not for no reason that dog evidence is not admissible.