Gonçalo Amaral confirms he will appeal the damages decision to higher Court.

[jassi]

people, trolls and members of the Metropolitan Police Force, allegedly.  That's the interesting bit.

Indeed it is. True or false, the editor considered it appropriate to mention that donations had been made by the police.

[ferryman]

What will happen to the money if Amaral is denied leave to appeal?

[G-Unit]

What will happen to the money if Amaral is denied leave to appeal?

I don't think we know, do we? I'm sure it will become clear if his appeal is denied.

[ferryman]

I don't think we know, do we? I'm sure it will become clear if his appeal is denied.

So we still await confirmation that Amaral will appeal?

[Montclair]

What will happen to the money if Amaral is denied leave to appeal?

Why do you keep thinking that Amaral will be denied leave to appeal? That question has already been answered.

[ferryman]

Why do you keep thinking that Amaral will be denied leave to appeal? That question has already been answered.

No it hasn't.

Amaral hasn't lodged his appeal yet.

When it is lodged, it will be considered and either accepted or declined.

If it is declined, the McCanns will be outright winners at first instance.

[pathfinder73]

The 357,000 figure is spooky. 3-5-07

[jassi]

No it hasn't.

Amaral hasn't lodged his appeal yet.

When it is lodged, it will be considered and either accepted or declined.

If it is declined, the McCanns will be outright winners at first instance.

Will they really?
It seems to me that however much MONEY they might receive, they will always be losers, in that they have lost their eldest child.

[ferryman]

Will they really?
It seems to me that however much MONEY they might receive, they will always be losers, in that they have lost their eldest child.

Pretty much the only consolation some people of a certain persuasion will have left ....

[G-Unit]

Will they really?
It seems to me that however much MONEY they might receive, they will always be losers, in that they have lost their eldest child.

I agree. Money doesn't buy happiness or restore a reputation. Had an ordinary citizen written the same book as Amaral no award would have been made. He paid for what he said as because he was an ex policeman, no other reason.

[Montclair]

No it hasn't.

Amaral hasn't lodged his appeal yet.

When it is lodged, it will be considered and either accepted or declined.

If it is declined, the McCanns will be outright winners at first instance.

It will be considered by the Appeals Court. With the amount of € 500.000,00 at stake there is no way that it would not go to the Tribunal da Relação. Haven't you been reading the posts about the appeals procedure.

[ferryman]

It will be considered by the Appeals Court. With the amount of € 500.000,00 at stake there is no way that it would not go to the Tribunal da Relação. Haven't you been reading the posts about the appeals procedure.

I have.

But why should it be necessary to do more than compare the final chapter of Amaral's book (which accuses them of direct complicity in the "death" of their daughter) with that part of the Prosecutors' archiving dispatch which makes plain the McCanns are not implicated at all in their daughter's disappearance?

After that, invite Amaral to packing, surely?

[Angelo222]

I have.

But why should it be necessary to do more than compare the final chapter of Amaral's book (which accuses them of direct complicity in the "death" of their daughter) with that part of the Prosecutors' archiving dispatch which makes plain the McCanns are not implicated at all in their daughter's disappearance?

After that, invite Amaral to packing, surely?

The AG said no such thing Ferryman.  They said there was no evidence of the parents involvement which is a long way from what you inferred.

[ferryman]

The AG said no such thing Ferryman.  They said there was no evidence of the parents involvement which is a long way from what you inferred.

No it's not.

[Angelo222]

No it's not.

Yes it is.  There is no way the AG could make that determination since even the crime if any is unknown.  In any event, he made it crystal clear that the McCanns lost the opportunity to prove/confirm/corroborate what they claimed by the actions of their friends in refusing to cooperate with the investigation.