Supreme Court rules against the McCanns in damages case.

[Benice]

A sad day for Madeleine and her family, but I'm not at all surprised at the result.     It has been my contention all along that even if the book did damage the search for Madeleine then without asking everyone who read the book for their reaction to it  - it was not possible to quantify the level of damage done.      Obviously that was a non-starter and so without that proof the court were bound to find the claim to be Not Proven. imo.

Its difficult to understand the thinking behind a Judiciary which seemingly puts the right to Freedom of Expression way above above the right to be Presumed Innocent until Proved Guilty - especially as the former can be used and abused to make a complete mockery of the latter,  IMO.

I remain as baffled as ever re PT's legal system.

[John]

A sad day for Madeleine and her family, but I'm not at all surprised at the result.     It has been my contention all along that even if the book did damage the search for Madeleine then without asking everyone who read the book for their reaction to it  - it was not possible to quantify the level of damage done.      Obviously that was a non-starter and so without that proof the court were bound to find the claim to be Not Proven. imo.

Its difficult to understand the thinking behind a Judiciary which seemingly puts the right to Freedom of Expression way above above the right to be Presumed Innocent until Proved Guilty - especially as the former can be used and abused to make a complete mockery of the latter,  IMO.

I remain as baffled as ever re PT's legal system.

To be serious for a moment, I think the problem is that they just don't know what happened to Madeleine.  The courts have to be very careful not to render any judgement which could come back to bite them on the backside at a later date.  It's the same with SY and the PJ.  If they were to state that she was dead and she turned up alive and well, wouldn't they look a right bunch of Charlies.  The reverse is also true.

[Eleanor]

I will be issuing Warnings to any further goading and sniping.

[carlymichelle]

To be serious for a moment, I think the problem is that they just don't know what happened to Madeleine.  The courts have to be very careful not to render any judgement which could come back to bite them on the backside at a later date.  It's the same with SY and the PJ.  If they were to state that she was dead and she turned up alive and well, wouldn't they look a right bunch of Charlies.

exactly   what if   they accepted   the abduction and  maddies body  turned   up  somewhere else besides portugal ? im  not  saying it will of course but you know  what  i  mean   thats why the police  have to keepa open  mind

[Brietta]

It is not the end of the road for the McCanns ... nor will it ever be until they find out what happened to Madeleine.

At the moment it matters not because the Policia Judiciaria and Scotland Yard are still looking for her and to find that out. 

If they are unsuccessful and one sincerely hopes that won't be the case, Madeleine's parents will be without the financial resources to keep their own enquiries open or divert the money to others.
Some will find contentment in that thought.

[faithlilly]

It is not the end of the road for the McCanns ... nor will it ever be until they find out what happened to Madeleine.

At the moment it matters not because the Policia Judiciaria and Scotland Yard are still looking for her and to find that out. 

If they are unsuccessful and one sincerely hopes that won't be the case, Madeleine's parents will be without the financial resources to keep their own enquiries open or divert the money to others.
Some will find contentment in that thought.

And some will think it was absolutely unnecessary.

[carlymichelle]

And some will think it was absolutely unnecessary.

exactly  faithlily  what did the  mcanns get out of this  after    8 years?  they lost  and they owe people lots of  money  i wouldnt think it  was worth it would  you??

[faithlilly]

exactly  faithlily  what did the  mcanns get out of this  after    8 years?  they lost  and they owe people lots of  money  i wouldnt think it  was worth it would  you??

Indeed.

[Alfie]

Because McCann doubters think the McCanns hid their child's body they don't have the imagination or the empathy (sorry to use that word, but it's the only one that will do) to put themselves in the place of innocent people who have lost their child and who believe she may still be alive, people who have a best-selling book written about them that baldly states she is dead and accuses them of hiding her body.   They cannot understand why this would drive such people to seek legal redress.  It's not about arrogance or greed, it's about fairness and putting right a wrong, and above all about not ensuring that their child is not written off as dead and gone.  The doubters will NEVER accept or understand this because of their firm belief that Amaral's theory was broadly correct.   

[Mr Gray]

Posters on here and elsewhere  are still distressing the twins with their nasty posts directed at their parents
Tho posters obviously don't care

[faithlilly]

Because McCann doubters think the McCanns hid their child's body they don't have the imagination or the empathy (sorry to use that word, but it's the only one that will do) to put themselves in the place of innocent people who have lost their child and who believe she may still be alive, people who have a best-selling book written about them that baldly states she is dead and accuses them of hiding her body.   They cannot understand why this would drive such people to seek legal redress.  It's not about arrogance or greed, it's about fairness and putting right a wrong, and above all about not ensuring that their child is not written off as dead and gone.  The doubters will NEVER accept or understand this because of their firm belief that Amaral's theory was broadly correct.

Do you really think it was worth depleting the fund in such a way? Now if OG does draw to a close they will have no money to resurrect their private investigation. Was being seen a right really worth that ?

[John]

Because McCann doubters think the McCanns hid their child's body they don't have the imagination or the empathy (sorry to use that word, but it's the only one that will do) to put themselves in the place of innocent people who have lost their child and who believe she may still be alive, people who have a best-selling book written about them that baldly states she is dead and accuses them of hiding her body.   They cannot understand why this would drive such people to seek legal redress.  It's not about arrogance or greed, it's about fairness and putting right a wrong, and above all about not ensuring that their child is not written off as dead and gone.  The doubters will NEVER accept or understand this because of their firm belief that Amaral's theory was broadly correct.

Do you ever wonder why as parents of a missing child they invoke such distrust? 

[John]

Do you really think it was worth depleting the fund in such a way? Now if OG does draw to a close they will have no money to resurrect their private investigation. Was being seen a right really worth that ?

The McCann's obviously got some real bad legal advice and by all accounts paid handsomely for it.

Add that to the bad private detectives and you have one big sorry mess!

[Alfie]

Do you ever wonder why as parents of a missing child they invoke such distrust?

Why don't you tell us? 

[carlymichelle]

The McCann's obviously got some real bad legal advice and by all accounts paid handsomely for it.

exactly    john  but that isnt   GA  fault is it??    the mcanns didnt have to keep  going  after him  did they??