Part of the writ was that the book impeded the search for the child the judge decreed it hadn't been proved suggesting the book did not impede the search.
Tell you what lets delete the last line in my post because it doesn't alter the sense one jot.
i.e wreak as much revenge* on Dr Amaral as is humanly possibly and the key elements remain unknown. See original post.
* is it revenge people are after or a biblical reckoning do you think?
I have no objection if people wish to use their spare cash to support his legal costs.
My objection is that he appears to have used the McCanns - and particularly Madeleine - as collateral damage to avenge his gripe with his hierarchy and the odd UK tabloid that was rude about him.
He could still have licked his wounded pride by writing a book explaining all the difficulties of the investigation without insisting that the little girl was dead - with the implication that there was no point in the public remaining vigilant. Personally, I would have had sympathy for a copper out of his depth - heaven knows, I also felt a bit sorry for Lenny Harper.
Surely a seasoned officer of his rank should have had a thicker skin?
In any case, the PT tabloid media and bloggers were all hailing him as some kind of national superhero and stumbling over each other to give him column inches and bandwidth.