I am allowed to point out that the first statements made by the McCanns say that Madeline told them the twins had cried on Wednesday evening. That changed in Gerry's second statement to Madeleine and one twin.
What I am not allowed to do is accuse them of lying because I don't know why their story changed.
Why should posters be allowed to accuse Amaral of lying when they don't know why he says what he says? They can point out that his account differs from that of others, but they should stop short of accusations if we are to have a level playing field.
Amarals claims were not made in a statement - they were carefully chosen by him to be included in a book which was going to be sold to the general public. It was
his claim that his allegations were based on the information in the files- a claim which formed a major part of his defence IIRC.
I do not believe that he would not have rigorously vetted every word in that book- probably several times over - before he was completely satisfied that the contents were exactly how he wanted them to be - and way before the book went to the publisher too. Therefore IMO either he deliberately changed evidence contained in the files to suit himself - or if all his false claims were innocent mistakes, then that shows an alarming degree of ignorance of the facts of this case - on the part of the one person who should have known what he was talking about.
With regard to a level playing field. Hardly a day passes without repeated criticism of the McCann's actions being posted on this forum ad nauseam. IMO compared to the McCanns - Amaral has got away very lightly when it comes to criticism.
It seems to me that some people thoroughly approve of the PT law which apparently allows Amaral to accuse others of lying - but strongly object when the same law is applied to him.
AIMHO
