I can't hep wondering if anyone has had a look at Amaral's phone record for that night. Sorry about that.
The investigation into Madeleine's disappearance was like something gone mad. Everything seemed to be off kilter and firmly on the back foot.
From memory ~ Amaral was informed while he was at dinner. Possibly burning the midnight oil in preparation for being constituted as a suspect in a torture case on the following day 4th May.
Apart from trivia involving the McCann party and the Murat party, I don't think the invaluable resource presented by the telephone dump was utilised as it should have been until Scotland Yard came on the scene.
So I would say no-one bothered to check Amaral's log.
In fact I think that until now he has been relatively bomb proof no matter what nonsense he comes away with.
I'm not too sure whether or not he may have blown that immunity in his pursuit of "justice for brueckner". There has to be a limit to the credibility and tolerance shown to media personalities even in Portugal.