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

[Carana]

Well that is blatantly obvious.

I wonder where he got his mangled information from if he wasn't involved in the investigation?

A few extracts (or possibly summaries) here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/estrela-de-madeleine-by-paulo-pereira.html

[faithlilly]

I wonder where he got his mangled information from if he wasn't involved in the investigation?

A few extracts (or possibly summaries) here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/estrela-de-madeleine-by-paulo-pereira.html

From a cursory scan of the extracts there are many, many errors and not a lot of information that couldn't have been gleaned from the newspapers.

[Jean-Pierre]

Well that is blatantly obvious.

The attempts to distance christovao from the McCann case, and from Amaral are disable, puzzling and pointless.  Perhaps better to admit that chrisovao was a mate of amarals and was sufficiently involved to write and publish a book on the Madeleine investigation.  This wriggling, whilst amusing, is so unbecoming.   

[faithlilly]

The attempts to distance christovao from the McCann case, and from Amaral are disable, puzzling and pointless.  Perhaps better to admit that chrisovao was a mate of amarals and was sufficiently involved to write and publish a book on the Madeleine investigation.  This wriggling, whilst amusing, is so unbecoming.   

Have you read the book extracts JP ? Much of what Cristovoa wrote was simply wrong or was already in the public domain. What is unbecoming, and slightly reeks of desperation, is supporters trying to suggest guilt by association every time someone known by Amaral, even slightly, is accused of criminal activities.

[Jean-Pierre]

Have you read the book extracts JP ? Much of what Cristovoa wrote was simply wrong or was already in the public domain. What is unbecoming, and slightly reeks of desperation, is supporters trying to suggest guilt by association every time someone known by Amaral, even slightly, is accused of criminal activities.

It is truly dreadful, faith.

Two points - first off Amaral does seem to unlucky in his friends - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.  Maybe just coincidence.

And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns  received so much as a speeding ticket, certain elements would be all over it and subjecting it to endless scrutiny. I am not sure you can expect criminal convictions of Amaral or his friends to be totally ignored. 

[Lace]

I wonder where he got his mangled information from if he wasn't involved in the investigation?

A few extracts (or possibly summaries) here:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/estrela-de-madeleine-by-paulo-pereira.html

Dear god the extracts from his book are appalling,  full of absolute lies,  and this book was published and the public read it!!!

[Alfie]

It is truly dreadful, faith.

Two points - first off Amaral does seem to unlucky in his friends - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.  Maybe just coincidence.

And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns  received so much as a speeding ticket, certain elements would be all over it and subjecting it to endless scrutiny. I am not sure you can expect criminal convictions of Amaral or his friends to be totally ignored.

Can't imagine Faithlilly would be able to contain herself if Summers & Swann were found guilty of fraud / armed robbery / shoplifting / whatever...

[faithlilly]

It is truly dreadful, faith.

Two points - first off Amaral does seem to unlucky in his friends - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.  Maybe just coincidence.

And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns  received so much as a speeding ticket, certain elements would be all over it and subjecting it to endless scrutiny. I am not sure you can expect criminal convictions of Amaral or his friends to be totally ignored.

Dreadful indeed JP.

Two points - first off the McCanns seem very unlucky in their choice of private investigators - so many of them seem to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Maybe just coincidence.

And secondly if anyone even vaguely associated with the McCanns received so much as a speeding ticket that would also be irrelevant.

TBH JP I really did think you were better than this childish point scoring.

[faithlilly]

Slag Cristovoa as much as you like, he does seems a thoroughly nasty individual but don't pretend that the fact that he was an acquaintance of Amaral tars Amaral with the same brush.

[Alfie]

Slag Cristovoa as much as you like, he does seems a thoroughly nasty individual but don't pretend that the fact that he was an acquaintance of Amaral tars Amaral with the same brush.

Ever heard the saying you can judge a man by the company he keeps?

[faithlilly]

Ever heard the saying you can judge a man by the company he keeps?

So it's not so much clutching at straws but clutching at a cliche ?

[Carana]

Have you read the book extracts JP ? Much of what Cristovoa wrote was simply wrong or was already in the public domain. What is unbecoming, and slightly reeks of desperation, is supporters trying to suggest guilt by association every time someone known by Amaral, even slightly, is accused of criminal activities.

Some of the garbled "facts" do appear to have been already leaked in the media under Amaral's watch, e.g., the 12 (sic) bottles of wine, which was Sol's somewhat misleading "scoop" back in June 07 or whenever it was.

I wonder where he got the details of the dog alerts from?  &%+((£

[faithlilly]

Some of the garbled "facts" do appear to have been already leaked in the media under Amaral's watch, e.g., the 12 (sic) bottles of wine, which was Sol's somewhat misleading "scoop" back in June 07 or whenever it was.

I wonder where he got the details of the dog alerts from?  &%+((£

If the number of bottles of wine consumed was wrong isn't it possible that it was simply made up by the newspaper and wasn't a 'leak' at all ?

As to the dog alerts we'd first have to find out if Crisovoa's book was published after September 2007.

[Alfie]

So it's not so much clutching at straws but clutching at a cliche ?

It's a proverb actually, like the pot calling the kettle black, or you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.  Nuggets of truth neatly encapsulated in a pithy epithet.  Or clichés if you prefer...

[stephen25000]

The attempts to distance christovao from the McCann case, and from Amaral are disable, puzzling and pointless.  Perhaps better to admit that chrisovao was a mate of amarals and was sufficiently involved to write and publish a book on the Madeleine investigation.  This wriggling, whilst amusing, is so unbecoming.   

So that is rather like some mccann supporters, not you jp, relying on the mccann book.