I know the McCanns handed the dossier to the police because they said so. When did they say they had handed the dossier to Sky News? Cite please.
Amaral wasn't doing his job IMO. Instead of looking at the evidence and coming to a conclusion like a professional policeman would - he came to a conclusion first and then spent his time trying to fit the evidence to suit that one conclusion - quite often by cherry picking the info he did have (the dogs) - and by the inclusion of gossip (the fridge) - not to mention a dream - which apparently changed the whole course of the investigation.
Does that sound like a professional policeman 'doing his job'? I beg to differ. I reckon SY would too.
AIMHO
p.s if you can provide the evidence that the McCanns passed the dossier to Sky News - then fair enough. If you can't then I suggest you stop making that claim.
(must go out now)
The dossier compilers handed it to the Police. The compilers were therefore in contact with the McCann's. No dossier compiler has come forward to say they passed it to Sky News, and it therefore it went to Sky wit the McCanns complicity.
Amaral, along with the PJ did their job.
Just remember the UK police told the PJ to investigate the Mccanns, before the 'instructions' changed, to protect the Mccanns.
As to SY, if they were doing a professional job as you call it, they would be investigating all logical scenarios.