Ex-PJ detective Paulo Pereira Cristóvão remanded in custody

[faithlilly]

His book on Madeleine's case was so convincing a Spanish newspaper printed quite a bit of it as 'fact' ... some of which I believe are still being quoted on internet sites to the present day.

He had quite a bit to do with Madeleine's case.

**Snip
Between 1990 and 2007 Paulo Pereira Cristovao was in the Policia Judiciaria as an inspector. He worked in the departments of Combate y Bandidismo, human trafficking, terrorism, and eastern Mafias.

In his publishing success “A Estrela de Madeleine” – recently pubhished in Portugal by the publisher Presença – he confirms with names and surnames all Amaral’s theories:

their little girl died; they concealed it to avoid a Portuguese prison, which they consider Third World;

they involved their friends and high British officials (the presence of MI6 in the area is common knowledge with police and journalists living in the Algarve since then;

they made the body disappear;

turned the case of the disappearance into the biggest media event in all history;

they put forward a false trail in press conference.

No one has sued Pereira Cristavao. His work is not on the shelves of bookstores: it is sold piled on top of the counters.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id105.html

Unless Pereira Cristóvão was a member of the PJ at the time of Madeleine's disappearance then he has no relevance to the case.

TBH by the time Cristóvão published his book I could have written a similar tome.

[mercury]

Any scapegoat will do...they  all "deserve "to be miserable  and feal fear" after all

[Brietta]

Unless Pereira Cristóvão was a member of the PJ at the time of Madeleine's disappearance then he has no relevance to the case.

TBH by the time
 published his book I could have written a similar tome.

This man had a great deal of relevance to Madeleine's case and in my opinion the only way you or anyone else could write a similar tome would be if you enjoyed a friend at the heart of the inquiry into Madeleine's case who was feeding you information.



Madeleine: The damning case against the police by Britain's top investigative reporter
By DAVID ROSE
Last updated at 01:33 21 April 2008

**Snip
As for Cristovao, he left the PJ after the Joana case to become a writer. Last year, as a columnist for Diario de Noticias, he became a prolific commentator on the Madeleine inquiry, writing a series of articles apparently derived in part from conversations with his former colleagues.

Last month, with the publication of his book The Star Of Madeleine, currently the Algarve's No3 bestseller, he has mounted a robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular.

"In the PJ's opinion, everything written about Amaral in the British Press had one purpose - to get him taken off the case," Cristovao's book says.

"He was a piece of meat on the barbecue of the British media, which accused him of drinking too much, dressing badly, having a prominent belly and spending too much time at lunch.

"He was too much the normal Portuguese policeman ... when what the British wanted was the British way of doing things."

The book, much of it composed of a fictional dialogue between two fictional PJ officers, Francisco and Joao, recycles some of the cruellest smears against the McCanns, such as the claim that Gerry did not get sufficiently involved in the children's routines. Such information, it claims, gave the police "an idea how the family functioned".

It also contains details that can have come only from inside the investigation: as a view of PJ thinking, it may well be as authentic an account as has yet been given.

If so, its conclusions are shocking, among them the view that Madeleine is dead and that if her parents did not kill her physically, they did so by their public campaign to find her.

"The publicity given to her face was her death warrant - that's if she really left that apartment still alive," he writes.

Cristovao refused to meet me, saying that too many British journalists were "racist".

But I managed to ask him whether he was not worried that the McCanns might sue him for libel, pointing out that they had been awarded £550,000 against four newspapers last month.

"I'm expecting that," he replied. "I've no fear. It will be a big joy."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz44ivRGTdg

[faithlilly]

This man had a great deal of relevance to Madeleine's case and in my opinion the only way you or anyone else could write a similar tome would be if you enjoyed a friend at the heart of the inquiry into Madeleine's case who was feeding you information.



Madeleine: The damning case against the police by Britain's top investigative reporter
By DAVID ROSE
Last updated at 01:33 21 April 2008

**Snip
As for Cristovao, he left the PJ after the Joana case to become a writer. Last year, as a columnist for Diario de Noticias, he became a prolific commentator on the Madeleine inquiry, writing a series of articles apparently derived in part from conversations with his former colleagues.

Last month, with the publication of his book The Star Of Madeleine, currently the Algarve's No3 bestseller, he has mounted a robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular.

"In the PJ's opinion, everything written about Amaral in the British Press had one purpose - to get him taken off the case," Cristovao's book says.

"He was a piece of meat on the barbecue of the British media, which accused him of drinking too much, dressing badly, having a prominent belly and spending too much time at lunch.

"He was too much the normal Portuguese policeman ... when what the British wanted was the British way of doing things."

The book, much of it composed of a fictional dialogue between two fictional PJ officers, Francisco and Joao, recycles some of the cruellest smears against the McCanns, such as the claim that Gerry did not get sufficiently involved in the children's routines. Such information, it claims, gave the police "an idea how the family functioned".

It also contains details that can have come only from inside the investigation: as a view of PJ thinking, it may well be as authentic an account as has yet been given.

If so, its conclusions are shocking, among them the view that Madeleine is dead and that if her parents did not kill her physically, they did so by their public campaign to find her.

"The publicity given to her face was her death warrant - that's if she really left that apartment still alive," he writes.

Cristovao refused to meet me, saying that too many British journalists were "racist".

But I managed to ask him whether he was not worried that the McCanns might sue him for libel, pointing out that they had been awarded £550,000 against four newspapers last month.

"I'm expecting that," he replied. "I've no fear. It will be a big joy."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz44ivRGTdg

By the time Cristovao published his book the McCanns were arguidos and almost all the information in the book was public knowledge anyway. I'm afraid he's as relevant to the case as James Murray or David Rose himself.

[Alice Purjorick]

By the time Cristovao published his book the McCanns were arguidos and almost all the information in the book was public knowledge anyway. I'm afraid he's as relevant to the case as James Murray or David Rose himself.

 "he has mounted a robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular".
Look no further than that remark for motive behind attacks emanating from certain quarters

[Brietta]

"he has mounted a robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular".
Look no further than that remark for motive behind attacks emanating from certain quarters

Funny how certain quotes from an article leap out.  You noticed his "robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular".

I noticed, "The book, much of it composed of a fictional dialogue between two fictional PJ officers, Francisco and Joao, recycles some of the cruellest smears against the McCanns, such as the claim that Gerry did not get sufficiently involved in the children's routines. Such information, it claims, gave the police "an idea how the family functioned".

It also contains details that can have come only from inside the investigation: as a view of PJ thinking, it may well be as authentic an account as has yet been given.

If so , its conclusions are shocking,among them the view that Madeleine is dead and that if her parents did not kill her physically, they did so by their public campaign to find her.

"The publicity given to her face was her death warrant - that's if she really left that apartment still alive," he writes."

In my opinion a viciously cruel book which as the no 3 best seller in the Algarve obviously must have had a subversive effect on any investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.

[Alice Purjorick]

Funny how certain quotes from an article leap out.  You noticed his "robust defence of the PJ in general and Amaral in particular".

I noticed, "The book, much of it composed of a fictional dialogue between two fictional PJ officers, Francisco and Joao, recycles some of the cruellest smears against the McCanns, such as the claim that Gerry did not get sufficiently involved in the children's routines. Such information, it claims, gave the police "an idea how the family functioned".

It also contains details that can have come only from inside the investigation: as a view of PJ thinking, it may well be as authentic an account as has yet been given.

If so , its conclusions are shocking,among them the view that Madeleine is dead and that if her parents did not kill her physically, they did so by their public campaign to find her.

"The publicity given to her face was her death warrant - that's if she really left that apartment still alive," he writes."

In my opinion a viciously cruel book which as the no 3 best seller in the Algarve obviously must have had a subversive effect on any investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.

I have to say I had no interest in this case until late 2013. The reason I highlighted the robust defence bit was:
a) My observation that if I press this button here that motor over there will fire up; and
b) because my observation since late 2013 is there is much juvenile sneering and sniping directed at anything Portuguese in defence of a couple who for the most part are a total unknown to the sneerers and snipers.
I will leave you to write that little scenario with names other than McCann, Amaral, Cristavao et al and see what objective conclusions you come to then.

[Brietta]

I have to say I had no interest in this case until late 2013. The reason I highlighted the robust defence bit was:
a) My observation that if I press this button here that motor over there will fire up; and
b) because my observation since late 2013 is there is much juvenile sneering and sniping directed at anything Portuguese in defence of a couple who for the most part are a total unknown to the sneerers and snipers.
I will leave you to write that little scenario with names other than McCann, Amaral, Cristavao et al and see what objective conclusions you come to then.

Snap!  My interest in Madeleine's case began in 2013 when the her case was reopened.  It seems you and I were both subjected to a rapid learning curve which took you in one direction and me in another.

[Alfred R Jones]

Speaking for myself, and based on this research it would be factually correct to say that I was more intelligent than the average Portuguese reader

https://iq-research.org/en/page/average-iq-by-country

[Brietta]

Speaking for myself, and based on this research it would be factually correct to say that I was more intelligent than the average Portuguese reader

https://iq-research.org/en/page/average-iq-by-country

It seems you have clarified, that on the basis of the cite you have taken the trouble to provide, the question was not goading ... merely research based and relevant by dint of the 2006 date.

However it would be interesting to see where we would all be in the league table were the same research carried out in 2016.

[Alice Purjorick]

Snap!  My interest in Madeleine's case began in 2013 when the her case was reopened.  It seems you and I were both subjected to a rapid learning curve which took you in one direction and me in another.

The direction I took however was not that of a supporter of either camp.

[Alice Purjorick]

It seems you have clarified, that on the basis of the cite you have taken the trouble to provide, the question was not goading ... merely research based and relevant by dint of the 2006 date.

However it would be interesting to see where we would all be in the league table were the same research carried out in 2016.

I suspect the gap between the UK and the Gobi Nomads has increased in the Nomads favour......... &%+((£

[Brietta]

The direction I took however was not that of a supporter of either camp.

Hmmm ... what changed?

[Brietta]

The direction I took however was not that of a supporter of either camp.

Weren't you surprised to discover that there were camps where a missing child was concerned?  I was astounded.

[Alice Purjorick]

Weren't you surprised to discover that there were camps where a missing child was concerned?  I was astounded.

Surprised no, disturbed yes to the extent that the child to all intents and purposes becomes the last consideration. Oh plenty of lip service is given to be sure but as long as one side can jeer at the other .............. &%+((£
In a world where a football match can be the catalyst that sets two countries at war over old sores, nothing comes as much of a surprise anymore.