Looking ahead at libel trial dates.

[John]

I believe the libel hearings continue tomorrow in Lisbon.

[DCI]

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 1m
Gerry #McCann hopes to appear as witness at libel trial of Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral tomorrow

[Sherlock Holmes]

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 1m
Gerry #McCann hopes to appear as witness at libel trial of Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral tomorrow

Can you tell us more, DCI?

[DCI]

Can you tell us more, DCI?

Short answer, No Sherlock, we will see what tomorrow brings.
Gerry hopes to attend.

[icabodcrane]

Jerry Lawton ‏@JerryLawton 1m
Gerry #McCann hopes to appear as witness at libel trial of Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral tomorrow

That is really quite significant

I'm so glad we will have Anne at the court 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Short answer, No Sherlock, we will see what tomorrow brings.
Gerry hopes to attend.

Interesting. This is a volte-face, no?

[gilet]

That is really quite significant

I'm so glad we will have Anne at the court

If, and it still is not confirmed, Gerry attends as a witness then I strongly suspect that Anne Guedes will not be the only person reporting from the court room.

[gilet]

Interesting. This is a volte-face, no?

Or maybe, if Gerry does attend as a witness, it would simply have been the normal kind of tactic used by lawyers, ie don't broadcast your plans in advance any more than you have to.

I would have thought that unless something very significant has happened his attendance as a witness would have to have been communicated to Amaral's lawyers and the court well in advance of tomorrow's session.

[Sherlock Holmes]

If, and it still is not confirmed, Gerry attends as a witness then I strongly suspect that Anne Guedes will not be the only person reporting from the court room.

!

[icabodcrane]

If, and it still is not confirmed, Gerry attends as a witness then I strongly suspect that Anne Guedes will not be the only person reporting from the court room.

She'll be the only one reporting what happens without a Clarence Mitchell spin though   

[Sherlock Holmes]

Or maybe, if Gerry does attend as a witness, it would simply have been the normal kind of tactic used by lawyers, ie don't broadcast your plans in advance any more than you have to.

I would have thought that unless something very significant has happened his attendance as a witness would have to have been communicated to Amaral's lawyers and the court well in advance of tomorrow's session.

Or could be a latter attempt to give some much-needed oomph

[DCI]

If, and it still is not confirmed, Gerry attends as a witness then I strongly suspect that Anne Guedes will not be the only person reporting from the court room.

Yes as I said Gerry hopes to attend!
But Anne wasn't the only person reporting from the court room last week Gilet, Everyone on here, just thinks she was  >@@(*&)

[icabodcrane]

Yes as I said Gerry hopes to attend!
But Anne wasn't the only person reporting from the court room last week Gilet, Everyone on here, just thinks she was  >@@(*&)

Who else was there  ?  ...  do you mean the tabloid journalists  ?

[Luz]

Yes as I said Gerry hopes to attend!
But Anne wasn't the only person reporting from the court room last week Gilet, Everyone on here, just thinks she was  >@@(*&)

Pray, tell us where are those people's reports?

The ridiculous articles published in English reflect that those people were far away from the court room  and probably produced those gems getting feeds from some PR. while keeping their butts on their chairs. In Portugal, the only article I found was a poor translation adapted from the UK rags.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Sounds like our chief scribe will be having a very busy day tomorrow.

Bonne courage, Anne!