Ex-PJ detective Paulo Pereira Cristóvão guilty and sentenced to 4½ years.

[Jean-Pierre]

To have an additional tarrif as regards public servants and officials as a part of the legal machinery is indefensible.  English law has many many faults but has one outstanding virtue that judges are independent of the state. 

[Carana]

What a ghastly relic of the Salazar years.  Hardly a great advert for Portugal, is it.

Hardly seems coherent with the "freedom of speech rules OK" mantra...

[ferryman]

Hardly seems coherent with the "freedom of speech rules OK" mantra...

Indeed.

"Freedom" for tyrants to oppress -- and they do ...

[Brietta]

The latest chapter in the Paulo Cristovao chapter is due to begin tomorrow. (Wednesday 01 May 2016)

Following on from the Cardinal trial in which he was found guilty of embezzlement, misuse of the club money  and slanderous denunciation, the background to which was all very murky ... but merited only a suspended sentence.

It will be interesting to see the Portuguese Justice System in full operation when dealing with the other criminal allegations made against Paulo Cristovao and his eighteen co-defendants.

[stephen25000]

Absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann.

[Brietta]

Absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann.

You may think so, and I may think so but putting that aside and the fact that had one of the McCann friends got as much as a parking ticket it would be cyberspace headlines; there is the issue that although Paulo Cristovao did not work on Madeleine's case he chose to write a book about her.
A book in which he "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."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz4AErW8adY

So in his own way Paulo Christovao actually had a great deal to do with Madeleine McCann and the subsequent manner in which her disappearance was reported.

That makes the character of the man one of great interest and his trials certainly put the spotlight on Portuguese jurisprudence.   

[stephen25000]

You may think so, and I may think so but putting that aside and the fact that had one of the McCann friends got as much as a parking ticket it would be cyberspace headlines; there is the issue that although Paulo Cristovao did not work on Madeleine's case he chose to write a book about her.
A book in which he "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."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz4AErW8adY

So in his own way Paulo Christovao actually had a great deal to do with Madeleine McCann and the subsequent manner in which her disappearance was reported.

That makes the character of the man one of great interest and his trials certainly put the spotlight on Portuguese jurisprudence.

This has nothing to do with Madeleine Mccann's disappearance.

That happened before his involvement in the case.



BTW, this post is not goading.

[Brietta]

Today will see the start of the trial of Paulo Pereira Cristovao along with a number of other accused.

Cristavao is known to us as a result of his close association with Goncalo Amaral the co-ordinator of the investigation into Madeleine McCann's case.

His newspaper articles at the time of Madeleine's disappearance which helped to 'inform' readers using a 'source close to the investigation, at a time when the Portuguese secrecy laws did not allow such information to be divulged.
One exception being a case like Madeleine's where permission could be requested for a relaxation to allow publicity.

Cristavao also wrote a book about Madeleine McCann's case about which journalist David Rose wrote ...

**snip
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.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-560696/Madeleine-The-damning-case-police-Britains-investigative-reporter.html#ixzz4AJVtUR8V

[Brietta]

The indictment details against Pereira Cristóvão


They pointed guns at the head of the victims, almost killed a businessman by strangulation and even tore the floor floor of a house looking for million.

Pretext? They were police and were doing a raid .

The suspects were eventually discovered by PJ : the group had , yes , three policemen in assets, but they were not working . They took advantage of the free time to rob houses with several friends who knew the gym. And not made ​​inadvertently .

Behind , the command, there were those who thought the targets to assault and houses where there were large sums of money.

And those would be , according to the indictment prosecutors, the former vice president of Sporting and former inspector of the PJ , Paulo Pereira Cristóvão, the former leader of Juve Leo , Mustafa , and Celso name drug dealer.

http://observador.pt/especiais/os-detalhes-da-acusacao-contra-pereira-cristovao/

[stephen25000]

I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.

[John]

I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.

The thread is very relevant as it exposes a senior Portuguese police officer who was involved in not only the Madeleine McCann case but that of Leonor Cipriano and Joana.  Paulo Cristóvão has just been convicted after trial and faces further trials in respect of some of the most reprehensible crimes of modern day.  In those circumstances I find this thread very relevant.

[Jean-Pierre]

I have asked for the relevance of this thread , and I still have not received an answer.

He was PJ, a mate of Amarals and he wrote a book about the case. 

So in my view, it is perfectly legitimate to have a thread about him on this forum, and given the number of responses there are clearly quite a few members here who agree.  If you really do not like it, then it is not compulsory either to read or contribute to this thread. 

[John]

One might consider reading these other threads pertaining to Paulo Cristóvão...

Ex-PJ detective and Madeleine book author arrested on a series of charges.

Former PJ inspector Paulo Pereira Cristovao arrested for armed robbery.

[Brietta]

He was PJ, a mate of Amarals and he wrote a book about the case. 

So in my view, it is perfectly legitimate to have a thread about him on this forum, and given the number of responses there are clearly quite a few members here who agree.  If you really do not like it, then it is not compulsory either to read or contribute to this thread.

I think it is possible that Paolo Cristovao had a great deal of influence on the public perception of Madeleine's parents.  He became a ubiquitous pundit on the inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance; he wrote newspaper articles on Madeleine's case and he wrote a book on Madeleine's case.  The book was probably the primary source of the "five dead bodies contact at work" myth as well as others.

Cristovao was one of those who set the tone at the time particularly as his word carried the weight of his connections with former colleagues from the PJ ~ a highly respected organisation.
Unfortunately what was overlooked by the public and those who broadcast his opinions, was his inglorious departure from the PJ.

[Alice Purjorick]

I think it is possible that Paolo Cristovao had a great deal of influence on the public perception of Madeleine's parents.  I think it equally possible on the other hand that he didn't. His book equally possibly had no relevance to the "five dead bodies" story or indeed any other story you care to think of. There is no way of measuring this so you pays yer money yer takes yer pick.

I doubt his inglorious departure was overlooked rather unremarked by most.
So we have another bent cop story together with imaginary causal links.
It may be right it may be wrong. Don't lay your purse on it either way.