The Amaral theory of what happened to Madeleine.

[faithlilly]

It was Amaral who referred to 'bungling' -  because the photographer didn't take piccies of the clothes they were wearing.    However that does indicate that he was aware that clothing could be relevant - and so I presume he asked questions about what people were wearing that night - and presumably was satisfied with the answers.

I can't see anyone being asked about what people were wearing in the files except Kate and Gerry themselves.

[DCI]

You may be right Anne but perhaps he changed them precisely because he knew he'd been seen by the Smiths

Do the Smiths mention Gerry carrying a spade, at the same time?.

[faithlilly]

Yes, what look like pyjama trousers. Also they have stripes on, if you zoom in!

Absolute nonsense. The piece of clothing on the bed couldn't possibly be the same material as the pyjamas in the drawer.

[Matthew Wyse]

I for one think it is Goncao Amaral who has dug a huge hole in the sand but it is he whom the McCann's have buried in it.   Right up go his neck.   

[DCI]

Absolute nonsense. The piece of clothing on the bed couldn't possibly be the same material as the pyjamas in the drawer.

 

Did I say it was? the pictures are joined. Those are not trousers on the bed, though!

[Mrs. B]

If you zoom in on that picture you can clearly see the end of a sleeve with a cuff & the material looks soft, like thin fleece. Could also be some type of Pyjama leg or sweatpants. Do we really think Gerry wore track suit bottoms to dinner?

[John]

I for one think it is Goncao Amaral who has dug a huge hole in the sand but it is he whom the McCann's have buried in it.   Right up go his neck.   

He couldn't have done the job better if he had tried.  The McCanns didn't even have to dig a hole for the great coordinator as he dug that one for himself with Leonor.  The sand merely fell in under its own weight.

[Rachel Granada]

He couldn't have done the job better if he had tried.  The McCanns didn't even have to dig a hole for the great coordinator as he dug that one for himself with Leonor.  The sand merely fell in under its own weight.

Couldn't have put it better myself, John.     

[DCI]

He couldn't have done the job better if he had tried.  The McCanns didn't even have to dig a hole for the great coordinator as he dug that one for himself with Leonor.  The sand merely fell in under its own weight.

The only difference between Leonor & Johns, and Kate and Gerry cases, is, that Amaral didn't say they chopped their child up and fed to the pigs. Almost everything else is identical.

[AnneGuedes]

You may be right Anne but perhaps he changed them precisely because he knew he'd been seen by the Smiths

If he was the one seen by the Smiths, I don't think he would have changed pants unless they were wet. I guess his state of mind was indescribable.

[Rachel Granada]

The only difference between Leonor & Johns, and Kate and Gerry cases, is, that Amaral didn't say they chopped their child up and fed to the pigs. Almost everything else is identical.

Agreed.  And in my opinion, if Kate and Gerry McCann had not been educated British professionals with access to good lawyers, then they too would have had a date with those steep, slippery stairs at Portimao cop-shop.

[DCI]

Agreed.  And in my opinion, if Kate and Gerry McCann had not been educated British professionals with access to good lawyers, then they too would have had a date with those steep, slippery stairs at Portimao cop-shop.

More than likely, Amaral hated Justine being with Kate, in those interviews.

[Rachel Granada]

More than likely, Amaral hated Justine being with Kate, in those interviews.

I would imagine so.  And when she didn't "crack" when confronted with "the evidence" he was probably fuming because he knew he wouldn't be able to get away with the same treatment that was meted out to Leonor Cipriano by the PJ.

So he tried to get back at them with his book - and line his own pockets in the process.  Slightly off topic, have we heard any news about a date for the impending libel trial?

[John]

Just makes you wonder how many other poor sods he stitched up in his career as Portugal's finest ?

[Mrs. B]

We know what Robert Murat thought about the PJ tactics & Amaral.

ROBERT MURAT: At one stage I was taken to an area where they wanted to fingerprint me and take photographs and all that kind of stuff. And I think they were trying to disorient,er, me because they moved me around from room to room, hallway to hallway, corridor to corridor and it seemed very choreographed calling out, “Well, take photographs of him” and you know, he’s, er, “We want to send a team to Poland.” It was kind of a choreographed situation.

RB: What, to intimidate you?

ROBERT MURAT: Yeah, I think so. And it did intimidate me at the time. Its now that I realise what was going on. I had five people rushing into a room and, erm, and standing behind me and it felt very very ‘Life on Mars’. It felt very, er you know, erm, just very pressured.

RB: He was questioned for nineteen hours before he was released. The next day he returned to collect his belongings and Robert Murat says he met Goncalo Amaral, the lead detective.

ROBERT MURAT: He basically told me it was a game of two halves and as the night before I hadn’t confessed, erm, then, he would get me on the second half and he just kind of turned his back on me. He didn’t… He just… It seemed he didn’t care about the truth. That was the, that's how I felt.


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