Método 3, Marcos Aragão Correia and the campaign to discredit Gonçalo Amaral.

[Eleanor]

Goncalo Amaral was the officer in charge and according to at least two Portuguese lawyers an attempt was made by Correia to subvert and undermine that authority.  That is the issue here, who brought Correia in and what was his brief?

Spanish detective agency Metodo 3 didn't just decide to get involved with Correia and Cipriano for the love of them. Someone had to have approached the Spaniards and given them specific orders to get Amaral.

So what happened first?  Amaral attempted to pervert the course of justice long before Madeleine McCann ever went missing.

This was seriously a bad one.  That man should never have been anywhere near The McCann Affair.  Or do you think that any old corrupt policeman will do in the absence of anyone better?

[stephen25000]

So what happened first?  Amaral attempted to pervert the course of justice long before Madeleine McCann ever went missing.

This was seriously a bad one.  That man should never have been anywhere near The McCann Affair.  Or do you think that any old corrupt policeman will do in the absence of anyone better?

How did he pervert the course of justice ?

They had already confessed.

[Eleanor]

Amaral, Amaral, Amaral, the gift that keeps on giving. How fortunate that he existed. He made a mistake abd cab therefore be blamed for everything.

Of course he wasn't working in isolation, he was part of a team whose work and conclusions were overseen by Encarnacao and the prosecutor's office, so whatever he thought and whatever he wanted to do could only be achieved with their agreement and permission.

He wrote The Book our kid.  That was the real problem.  He wrote the book on his findings.  He said that this was as it was.  Have you found any of the others of his team to be saying the same thing?  I don't think so.  Not one of them.

The man is quite dreadful.  He was looking for absolution for his complete cock up in the Cipriano case.  And he saw the disappearance of Madeleine McCann as a chance to recover his credibility.  Sadly, he appears to have done so.  At least for some of you.

[stephen25000]

He wrote The Book our kid.  That was the real problem.  He wrote the book on his findings.  He said that this was as it was.  Have you found any of the others of his team to be saying the same thing?  I don't think so.  Not one of them.

The man is quite dreadful.  He was looking for absolution for his complete cock up in the Cipriano case.  And he saw the disappearance of Madeleine McCann as a chance to recover his credibility.  Sadly, he appears to have done so.  At least for some of you.

No the Cipriano court case, brought the correct verdict.

[slartibartfast]

How did he pervert the course of justice ?

They had already confessed.

A fact often overlooked. Signed off on something he only know from being told it was the case.

[stephen25000]

A fact often overlooked. Signed off on something he only know from being told it was the case.

Precisely Slarti.

A fact overlooked by some as it is not convenient in certain parties denigrating Amaral.

[Eleanor]

No the Cipriano court case, brought the correct verdict.

Only two Judges of three.

[ferryman]

A fact often overlooked. Signed off on something he only know from being told it was the case.

Amaral was in charge of the investigation.

Perish the very suggestion that he should bear responsibility, whoever was responsible for the actual torture.

[stephen25000]

Only two Judges of three.

Yes, a majority.

[sadie]

It is a very true saying that there is no smoke without fire.  The events which have been documented in some detail in this thread if taken at their highest potentially amount to a conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice.  The allegations are serious enough to warrant some sort of independent inquiry involving Portugal, Spain and the UK.  It could be that such an Inquiry could follow on from the Portuguese Supreme Court ruling due any day now. These issues must be investigated thoroughly and if it is found that any person or persons did intentionally set out to pervert the course of justice then they must face the full consequences of their actions and are dealt with appropriately..

Marcos Correia is central to this investigation, he alone connects Amaral with Método 3, Kennedy and the McCanns.  It must be established who was deciding strategy, giving the orders, who was paying who and what was the real agenda?

I wonder if you have a real grasp of the situation John?

[John]

I wonder if you have a real grasp of the situation John?

Yes, I have a very extensive grasp of the situation Sadie and as someone succinctly put it earlier, if it looks like a duck, waddles and quacks like a duck then it most probably is a duck.

We know what Marcos Correia did, when he did it and what the outcome was.  The only missing part is why he did it, who paid him to do it and why

My own view is that there is a case to answer here, the only question is who should be in the dock?

[John]

I am only going to issue this warning once.

Some leeway and tolerance has been afforded recently but this should not be taken as a licence to post falsehoods or inaccuracies in relation to previously recorded events. 

This forum prides itself on being fact based thus every effort is made to ensure and maintain the credibiity and accuracy of content. This is an ongoing process with every thread being checked regularly for posts which fall short of this requirement. Unfortunately, some posts do slip through the editorial net and that is why we have the reporting system, please use it if necessary.

Please do not post speculations and/or opinion as if it were fact.

[sadie]

Yes, a majority.

And it only needed one wavering Judge to change his mind a little then it would have been a minority of one out of three, and Leonor with Joao would have been absolved from all the nasty accusations,..

The one judge was reported, at the time, to be very disturbed by the result of the trial.

He could see failings, with NO actual evidence presented ... even if some of you, for inexplicable reasons, cannot

[stephen25000]

And it only needed one wavering Judge to change his mind a little then it would have been a minority of one out of three, and Leonor with Joao would have been absolved from all the nasty accusations,..

The one judge was reported, at the time, to be very disturbed by the result of the trial.

He could see failings, with NO actual evidence presented ... even if some of you, for inexplicable reasons, cannot

They had confessed, before the 'torture'.

What do you fail to comprehend in that ?

Cipriano's story of what happened  kept changing, therefore demonstrating she was a liar, and her sentence was increased.

End of.

[John]

And it only needed one wavering Judge to change his mind a little then it would have been a minority of one out of three, and Leonor with Joao would have been absolved from all the nasty accusations,..

The one judge was reported, at the time, to be very disturbed by the result of the trial.

He could see failings, with NO actual evidence presented ... even if some of you, for inexplicable reasons, cannot

Reference my previous post.  There was evidence in the Cipriano case.  Also I take it you viewed the reconstruction video starring convicted killer Joao Cipriano?

http://www.cmjornal.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/cmtv-mostra-reconstituicao-do-homicidio-de-joana

I must say having read over the various reports yet again that there appears to be some uncertainty even now as to how many beatings Leonor received, by whom and where.