The red top may have got the headline wrong ... then what is new there?
However the determination of the Portuguese court had already been made.
The ruling concerned the amount of the award to be made to the injured parties ... that it was a substantial one underlines the seriousness of the offence in the judge's opinion.
It will be interesting to find out how the appeal judges will look at it ... if we all live that long.
Gonçalo Amaral condenado a pagar 500 mil euros ao casal McCann
Gonçalo Amaral ordered to pay 500,000 euros to the couple McCann**Snip
O ex-inspector da Polícia Judiciária (PJ) Gonçalo Amaral foi condenado a pagar 500 mil euros aos pais de Madeleine McCann, por danos causados com a publicação do livro intitulado "Maddie: A Verdade da Mentira", disse hoje à agência Lusa a advogada do casal britânico.The former Inspector of Judicial Police (PJ) Gonçalo Amaral was ordered to pay 500,000 euros to the parents of Madeleine McCann, for damages caused by the publication of the book titled "Maddie: The Truth of the Lie", he said today the agency Lusa the lawyer British couple.
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Além deste pagamento, o tribunal decretou ainda a proibição da venda e de novas edições do livro, proibindo ainda novas edições do DVD, assim como a venda dos direitos de autor do livro e do DVD.
O tribunal já tinha dado como provado que o livro do ex-inspector da PJ Gonçalo Amaral causara danos aos pais de Madeleine McCann.In addition to this payment, the court also decreed a ban on the sale and new editions of the book, even prohibiting new editions of the DVD, as well as selling copyright book and DVD.
The court had already given as proved that the book of former PJ inspector Gonçalo Amaral had caused damages to the parents of Madeleine McCann.
http://www.sol.pt/noticia/388832/gon%C3%A7alo-amaral-condenado-a-pagar-500-mil-euros-ao-casal-mccann