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

[Mr Gray]

On how many counts did they fail to win in court ?

what absolute tosh your post is...it was a victory for the mccanns...record damages...the book banned...and you think it was a successs for amaral

[Mr Gray]

How were their 'other' children damaged then? what about the 'search' comment?

so you don't understand how the twins would be damaged by libel against their parents

[Alfred R Jones]

How were their 'other' children damaged then? what about the 'search' comment?

well, let's see.  Imagine you're a child and you read that your parents hid your sister's body and lied about it to all and sundry.  Then imagine your school friends got hold of this story and teased you about it, now would that cause you any damage to you as a child, or do you think they should have grown a thicker skin and just manned up to it?

[Alfred R Jones]

How were their 'other' children damaged then? what about the 'search' comment?

RE: the "search" comment, Kate and Gerry believed that the search for Madeleine was damaged by Amaral's propaganda campaign against them.  That is a reasonablr belief to hold in my view.

[Alice Purjorick]

bit like saying you came second in a boxing match

The bout is not over yet.
M^cCann won round one; based on pro boxing scoring it was 10:9.
Round 2 in progress.

[ferryman]

that doesn't claim the children were libelled, only that they were damaged by the libels their parents suffered.  I thought you were supposed to be reasonably intelligent?

Thank you Alfred.

But I suspect that some people would find it hard to understand that putting it about that the McCanns killed their elder sister, then covered up her death and fabricated an abduction would have an effect on the twins .....

[Alice Purjorick]

so it seems to you the mccanns lost the trial about 8 to 2...makes you wonder why amaral is apppealing

Because he can?

[ferryman]

so you don't understand how the twins would be damaged by libel against their parents

G-Unit clearly doesn't.

[Alice Purjorick]

Does anyone have a copy of the original writ?
As I recall the damages sought were roughly split:
Madeleine 250k; Sean & Amelie 90K each;Kate & Gerry 250k each.
With side dishes of how the contents of the book had damaged the search for Madeleine and caused some harm to her parents.

[slartibartfast]

Thank you Alfred.

But I suspect that some people would find it hard to understand that putting it about that the McCanns killed their elder sister, then covered up her death and fabricated an abduction would have an effect on the twins .....

So who says they killed her?

[Montclair]

Seems team McCann need telling about that;

In a statement issued by their family spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, they said: “We are delighted with the judge’s verdict today. We want to emphasise the action was never about money. It was entirely focused on the effect of the libels on our other children and the damage that was done to the search for Madeleine.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/28/madeleine-mccann-parents-win-libel-damages-goncalo-amaral-trial

Why would Clarence Mitchell say that about the children and the search? The judge stated in her decision that it was not proven that the book had harmed the other children nor had it harmed the search for Madeleine. Talk about out and out lying.

[Mr Gray]

Why would Clarence Mitchell say that about the children and the search? The judge stated in her decision that it was not proven that the book had harmed the other children nor had it harmed the search for Madeleine. Talk about out and out lying.

the judge stated it had not been proven...not that the search hadnt been harmed...that is a fact

[slartibartfast]

the judge stated it had not been proven...not that the search hadnt been harmed...that is a fact

That's the same as someone being found not guilty and people saying that they may be?

[Mr Gray]

That's the same as someone being found not guilty and people saying that they may be?

you mean like OJ Simpson

[G-Unit]

Thank you Alfred.

But I suspect that some people would find it hard to understand that putting it about that the McCanns killed their elder sister, then covered up her death and fabricated an abduction would have an effect on the twins .....

Do you think the money their parents may get will make the children feel better? Banning the book doesn't help, because  Amaral isn't the only one saying their parents were involved either.