Why is Goncalo Amaral stalling?

[Mr Gray]

To get back on topic..he is stalling because he knows he has lost the case and is trying to put off the humiliation the verdict will heap on him...I expect him to try more delaying tactics

[xtina]

Certainly  whatever happened to Madeleine McCann should not have happened but given the level of lawlessness which we now know was happening in the environs of Praia Da Luz it was only a matter of time until it happened to some other little girl either by accident or design.   

Why not try to stick to the topic of the thread and discuss why Dr Amaral seems to be so desperate to spin this trial out for as long as possible. 

Obviously there have been times when delays were not entirely due to him as on the occasion when his lawyer refused to continue until he was paid what was owing.   

In my opinion if he was sure of his position he would not have used the bizarre ploy of dismissing his lawyer at the eleventh hour when all that remained were the closing statements. 

So I think he is putting off the inevitable. 

I think he knows the libel case has been won by the Drs McCann. 

When that happens I think a closer look will be taken at the man and his works and I think he is worried about that scrutiny.

Whatever GA's reasons to sack his lawyer at this late stage,....... it was his right to do so and as he's shown himself to act with dignity at every stage of the trial....

 it's only right imo that he offered up the relevant documentation to the court at the appropriate time and did not hang around to make a fuss or to give an interview.

unlike some....

[Jean-Pierre]

As for stalling tactics, how about Isabel Duarte taking months to return the books, after the appeals court decision, to the publisher. She had to be forced by the court.

In which case there will be a record of the court proceedings to force return of the books.  Perhaps you could provide that to back up your statement?

as far as I recollect, following Amarals successful appeal the books were made available but he failed to collect them for some months.

[Brietta]

Whatever GA's reasons to sack his lawyer at this late stage,....... it was his right to do so and as he's shown himself to act with dignity at every stage of the trial....

 it's only right imo that he offered up the relevant documentation to the court at the appropriate time and did not hang around to make a fuss or to give an interview.

unlike some....

Do you know if the other defendants and their lawyers were present in the court on Monday?
 
I think you are blind to the effect that Dr Amaral's behaviour is having on the reputation of Portugal's Justice System and on the reputation of Portugal as a whole. 

Almost single-handedly he is turning Portugal into the laughing stock of the world. 

It was a gross discourtesy to allow the Drs McCann to travel to Portugal, it was a gross discourtesy to the court to disrupt proceedings on the final day. 

I wonder that you do not recognise how bizarre his actions actually were ... dignified most certainly is not the word I would use to describe them.

What is dignified about running away like a naughty schoolboy?

[Jean-Pierre]

It seems pretty clear that Amaral is reluctant to face the court.

It does beg the question - why is that?

[jassi]

I suppose we will just have to wait and see.

[faithlilly]

Do you know if the other defendants and their lawyers were present in the court on Monday?
 
I think you are blind to the effect that Dr Amaral's behaviour is having on the reputation of Portugal's Justice System and on the reputation of Portugal as a whole. 

Almost single-handedly he is turning Portugal into the laughing stock of the world. 

It was a gross discourtesy to allow the Drs McCann to travel to Portugal, it was a gross discourtesy to the court to disrupt proceedings on the final day. 

I wonder that you do not recognise how bizarre his actions actually were ... dignified most certainly is not the word I would use to describe them.

What is dignified about running away like a naughty schoolboy?

To be honest Brietta I doubt very much that  anyone of any intellectual standing consider what is happening in this isolated case as having any bearing at all on the standing of Portugal.

Of course I am excluding Sun/Star/Mirror/Mail readers in the above.

[Benice]

IMO Sacking his lawyer seemed rather an insulting thing for Amaral to do to him at this late stage,.

If I was his lawyer I wouldn't be very pleased.   It's hardly complimentary to his legal skills to be so publically dismissed by his client is it? 

[Jean-Pierre]

IMO Sacking his lawyer seemed rather an insulting thing for Amaral to do to him at this late stage,.

If I was his lawyer I wouldn't be very pleased.   It's hardly complimentary to his legal skills to be so publically dismissed by his client is it?

I expect he will get over it.  A good lawyer will not get emotionally involved in any case (it clouds the judgement).  I would hazard a guess that his main concern is getting paid.

I hope Amaral has some funds.  His next one will want paying upfront, if hes got any sense. 

Otherwise he is up sh1t creek 

[pegasus]

IMO Mr Amaral is justified in using every legal trick in the book to fight the concerted attack against him.

[Mr Gray]

IMO Mr Amaral is justified in using every legal trick in the book to fight the concerted attack against him.

so you accept hes using tricks

[Mr Gray]

IMO Mr Amaral is justified in using every legal trick in the book to fight the concerted attack against him.

and the mccans are equally justified in using the law to counter the attacks against them

[ferryman]

I don't think there can be any justification for using tricks to wriggle off the hook of your lies.

That's what we've seen from Amaral, throughout the farce of this shambles of a 'libel trial' ...

[Mr Gray]

IMO Mr Amaral is justified in using every legal trick in the book to fight the concerted attack against him.

I think his supporters did not expect him to have to sink so low as to use legal tricks to escape his fate..he really is showing how desperate his position has become

[Mr Gray]

I cant help but feel there is more humiliation and ridicule on the way for amaral