Former Portuguese detective Gonçalo Amaral wins appeal in damages trial.

[jassi]

What libel?   It isn't libel if what you say is true,  he did convince people that Madeleine was dead and didn't need searching for.

How do you know that he convinced anybody?

[John]

What libel?   It isn't libel if what you say is true,  he did convince people that Madeleine was dead and didn't need searching for.

It was a thesis Lace.

[carlymichelle]

It was a thesis Lace.

also his opinion john which isnt illegl as the courts have  rightly  found

[stephen25000]

What libel?   It isn't libel if what you say is true,  he did convince people that Madeleine was dead and didn't need searching for.

For goodness sake people can and did make up their own minds about the case without Amaral, who need I remind you was only involved in the case for 3 months as coordinator, and other members of the PJ shared his views.

[Mr Gray]

It was a thesis Lace.

It wasn't a thesis...he stated his opinions as facts

[carlymichelle]

How do you know that he convinced anybody?

i dont need to be convinced by  anybody about what i    think

[Alice Purjorick]

OMG...how did the dogs get into this thread.   

It's a variation on Godwin's Law.

[Mr Gray]

also his opinion john which isnt illegl as the courts have  rightly  found

it was a civil court

[Lace]

How do you know that he convinced anybody?

The mood changed in Portugal as soon as they were made arguido's,   are you saying that his book didn't change anyone's mind about the McCann's?   It set everything going. IMO

[Lace]

It was a thesis Lace.

John,  please explain to me what the title 'The Truth of the Lie'  means.

[Lace]

so??   GA  still  won

I think he should do the decent thing and donate it to a children's charity.

[Alice Purjorick]

Are you putting that forward as a ground for appeal?   

I thought it was his defence in case swarthy legal types shove envelopes in his mit.

[Alice Purjorick]

i  think  any hearsay about  GA unrelated to the mccan case  should be banned on this forum   and thats  all it is gossip  to make  him look bad

It didn't work any too well did it.

[jassi]

I think he should do the decent thing and donate it to a children's charity.

I don't think there is anything to donate. He hasn't 'won' any money from the McCanns, other than costs, which go to the court & lawyers.

[Mr Gray]

so??   GA  still  won

you used the word illegal..never mind