Amaral say's its a "publicity stunt"

[Redblossom]

"we got here in six months, they took two years"

that's why you got it all wrong Amaral in your rush to pin it on the mcCanns ..how silly do you look now  8-)(--)

he doesnt look silly at all, just stated the facts

the only  people who are looking not only silly but positively suspicious are the mccanns and or their PIs who sat on these efits for five years  befire sy dragged them out their files!

[Mr Gray]

ITVs interview of Mr Amaral I transcripted off Sky, I may have got a word wrong or missed one here and there


Intro:The first Portuguese detective who first lead the investigation into Madeleine Mccanns  disappearance says that the Scotland Yard review made no more progress than he did. Goncalo Amaral told itv news this evening the sightngs that the newly public efits were based onwhere a key part of his investigation too

Blurb  tv clips about mccanns and crimewatch

Reporter:Chief Investigator Goncalo Amaral was in charge of the investigation at the time. He was taken off the case after he accused the mccanns of involvement in Madeleines disappearance and he is now being sued by the them for libel . However he told me the sighting was one of the best leads and was missed, he says the child may well have been Madeleine

GA:Everyone of us on the investigation found that lead important as we see now that it is

Reporter:But if everyone thought it was so important  why was that sighting not properly pursued?


GA:When i left the investigation there was a gap and the man who came to replace me discarded that hypothesis he did not want to follow that lead
Reporter:What do you feel about the brit inquiry?
They are in the same place that we were back in 2007, that is they have a man who was seen carrying a child in his arms, we gotthere in six months, they took two years

its damage limitation and it aint working

[jassi]

its damage limitation and it aint working

Don't suppose it matters much, anyway. It's not going to have a significant affect on the outcome of the libel trial - the judge seems to have a good concept of what is relevant, even if others don't.

[Redblossom]

Yea, why was he taken off the case....and did his successor come up with anything new?
 >@@(*&)

no he didnt

[Montclair]

Yea, why was he taken off the case....and did his successor come up with anything new?
 >@@(*&)

no he didnt

His successor Paulo Rebelo did nothing to solve the case, it was, as the Portuguese say: Para Inglês ver.

[jassi]

If you were a believer in conspiracy theories, you might think he was maybe getting to close to the truth and that his successor was more willing to let things ride and not inquire too closely.

[xtina]

If you were a believer in conspiracy theories, you might think he was maybe getting to close to the truth and that his successor was more willing to let things ride and not inquire too closely.

EXACTLY......

[Victoria]

If you were a believer in conspiracy theories, you might think he was maybe getting to close to the truth and that his successor was more willing to let things ride and not inquire too closely.

If you want to go down the crackpot conspiracy theory route answer this - why, if the powers that be wanted the case forgotten about, is it still being investigated by the Met, at considerable cost and in a high profile manner? Why not just get the McCanns back to Portugal and let the whole thing drop?

[jassi]

Why should I want to do that ? Why not read what I actually said.

[Benita]

my wages are on the McCann's ...especially after seeing amaral's 5 seconds of fame last night..

hes a disgrace to Portugal imo..

[jassi]

As in all things, time will tell.

[Redblossom]

my wages are on the McCann's ...especially after seeing amaral's 5 seconds of fame last night..

hes a disgrace to Portugal imo..

Itv invited him to speak.....that should tell you something.....

[jassi]

It tells me that at last the British media feel that they can begin to report both sides of the story, albeit by proxy.

[Rachel Granada]

It tells me that at last the British media feel that they can begin to report both sides of the story, albeit by proxy.

Do you think the British media feel that they can begin to report Amaral's fridge theory, jassi?

[Redblossom]

It tells me that at last the British media feel that they can begin to report both sides of the story, albeit by proxy.

Hes been interviewed on the bbc twice before...both times with very aggressive and accusatory questions, this time it was normal for wont of a better word