Former Portuguese detective Gonçalo Amaral wins appeal in damages trial.

[misty]

The decision is half correct and half incorrect IMO.

Would you elaborate, please, as we do not have the benefit of a translation.

[carlymichelle]

Would you elaborate, please, as we do not have the benefit of a translation.

its right here

BREAKING NEWS: Portuguese detective WINS his appeal against libel defeat to Madeleine McCann's parents and will NOT have to pay them €500,000 damages

By Gerard Couzens for MailOnline

Published: 00:29 EST, 20 April 2016 | Updated: 00:47 EST, 20 April 2016

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Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral has won his appeal against his court libel defeat to Madeleine McCann's parents.

The former police chief was ordered to pay Kate and Gerry McCann €500,000 in damages in April last year after accusing them of faking their daughter's abduction.

But today he posted a copy of the 16-page judgement overturning the original decision on an Internet blog.
Former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral (pictured) has won his appeal over a court libel loss against Madeleine McCann's parents and won't have to pat them €500,000 in damages, it was reported today
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Former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral (pictured) has won his appeal over a court libel loss against Madeleine McCann's parents and won't have to pat them €500,000 in damages, it was reported today

The last page of the document, signed by three appeal judges and dated April 19, confirmed the original ruling was being revoked.

Amaral lost his long-running libel battle over his controversial 2008 book claiming the McCanns had faked missing daughter Madeleine's abduction after she died in their Algarve holiday apartment.
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He was also ordered to pay interest after a Lisbon judge ruled he had overstepped freedom of speech limits in The Truth Of The Lie.

After the verdict, the McCanns announced they would plough 'every penny' of the payout into the hunt for their daughter, who was three years old when she vanished on May 3, 2007.
Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, speak to the media outside court in in Lisbon during their libel action against Amaral in July 2014
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Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, speak to the media outside court in in Lisbon during their libel action against Amaral in July 2014

But Amaral's appeal, which he confirmed the following month, thwarted their hopes of spending the money.

Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the McCanns, was unavailable this afternoon afternoon.

Isabel Duarte, the Portuguese lawyer who represented the couple over the libel case, was said by her office to be in court and unavailable.

Amaral could also be immediately contacted.

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[G-Unit]

This is a translation of numbers 3 and of the Appellate Court of Lisbon's decision in the case that has been filed by the McCann family against Gonçalo Amaral and others.

This blog would like to express its heartfelt gratitude to every one of you who have supported Gonçalo Amaral through this case. It is not over; but this is, without doubt, a significant and relevant decision that boosts our confidence in the Portuguese Courts and in a system that may be excruciatingly slow but ultimately serves its purpose of performing Justice.

Thank you.

http://pjga.blogspot.co.uk/

[jassi]

I feel we must all be delighted that a decision has been finally reached. 

[carlymichelle]

I feel we must all be delighted that a decision has been finally reached. 

im thrilled  how about  you      GA can now  get on with his  life

[John]

#yes...damages for what...and would any judgement by a portuguese court be enforceable against assets in the UK

Losses incurred as a consequence of the McCann's legal actions.

[pathfinder73]

Madeleine McCann's Parents Lose Lisbon Libel Case on Appeal

LISBON, Portugal — A lawyer for the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann say an appeals court in Portugal has overturned the libel conviction of a former Portuguese detective who published a book alleging they were involved in their daughter's disappearance.

Lisbon lawyer Isabel Duarte tells The Associated Press she was notified Tuesday of the court's decision to uphold Goncalo Amaral's appeal against the order to pay Kate and Gerry McCann 500,000 euros ($568,000) in compensation. Duarte said she intended to fight the decision at the Supreme Court.

Amaral was part of the police investigation into Madeleine's disappearance from a vacation home in Portugal's Algarve region in May 2007, days before her fourth birthday. In 2008 he published his book about the case called "The Truth of the Lie."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/19/world/europe/ap-eu-portugal-missing-girl.html?_r=0

[stephen25000]

Just had a quick look on Sky news and the BBC.

No mention so far as of 3.55 pm.

[carlymichelle]

Just had a quick look on Sky news and the BBC.

No mention so far as of 3.55 pm.

its made the NY  times  which is a worldwide   online newspaper as is   daily mail  UK

[pathfinder73]

its made the NY  times  which is a worldwide   online newspaper as is   daily mail  UK

And ABC in America but not the BBC, ITV or Sky in the UK.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/madeleine-mccanns-parents-lose-lisbon-libel-case-appeal-38508668

[jassi]

A scoop for the Mail.  Unusual to beat the 24h news channels.

[carlymichelle]

And ABC in America but not the BBC, ITV or Sky in the UK.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/madeleine-mccanns-parents-lose-lisbon-libel-case-appeal-38508668

think the mcanns and supporters underestimated  the power of the internet didnt they?

[stephen25000]

think the mcanns and supporters underestimated  the power of the internet didnt they?

They and the mccanns did not see this one coming.

[pegasus]

Daily Mail  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3547951/Portuguese-detective-WINS-appeal-against-libel-defeat-Madeleine-McCann-s-parents-NOT-pay-500-000-damages.html

[John]

Clearly the appeal judges took the view that the facts in the case were already public knowledge and formed a substantial part of the Archiving Report.  They also accepted that the McCanns themselves were partly responsible for the promotion of the thesis.