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McCann v Gonçalo Amaral Libel Trial in Lisbon - Day 7 (5 witnesses)
John:
Libel trial in Lisbon - Day 7 Witness No 1
Ricardo Paiva (Portuguese Police Inspector) evidence.
John:
Due to his language skills, PJ detective Ricardo Paiva acted as liaison officer and struck up quite a friendly relationship with the McCanns after the disappearance of Madeleine. Things soured however at the time of the arguido interviews.
Kate later referred to Paiva as a "f.....g tosser, f.....g tosser" in her book Madeleine.
Portuguese Police Inspector Ricardo Paiva.
John:
Ricardo Paiva (Police Inspector)
Libel trial McCann v Gonçalo Amaral - Day 7 Witness No1
(08.10.2013 10:10 am)
The Metro is on strike today. Everyone is present in Court except for the Judge. The plaintiff’s lawyer, Dra Isabel Duarte, is not present but substituted by her assistant Dr Ricardo Alfonso, he sits in her chair.
The Judge eventually arrives, the session starts by considering several requests by the two parties. The first request (from the plaintiffs) concerns documents. The Judge reminds the Court that only documents which are relevant will be admitted in the process. G&P's lawyer, Dra Fatima Esteves, makes an objection on the basis that first three documents aren't legible. The Judge says they are. It seems the origin of these documents was with the Madeleine Fund site. The Judge eventually finds unjustified the presentation of these documents.
The Judge then refers to the late formal request by Gerald McCann and Gonçalo Amaral to take the stand to which now is added a similar request by Kate McCann. The Judge says that the Court will decide about the relevance or not of these requests, when the presentation of the matter of proof indicated by the parties is concluded.
Now follows a request by Gonçalo Amaral's lawyer, Dr Santos de Oliveira, regarding an Application dated 27th September 2013 concerning the substitution of two witnesses. The Judge observes that this request, not being grounded as it should, according to the Law, can't be conceded.
SO then reads an extended statement relating the technical and financial difficulty which his client is experiencing in researching information which is available concerning the effect on the McCanns of the book publication. He states that due to this complex research it was only now that GA found the complete version of an interview by the McCanns in the weekly Expresso dated 6th September 2008 (online on the 7th) entitled Gonçalo Amaral é uma vergonha ("GA is a shame"), i.e a month and a half after the publication of the book.
Link to Expresso article in English> http://www.mccannfiles.com/id163.html
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John:
Libel trial - Day 7 Witness No 2
Victor Tavares de Almeida (Police Chief Inspector)
Portuguese Police Chief Inspector Victor Tavares de Almeida.
Libel trial McCann v Gonçalo Amaral - Day 7 Witness No 2
(08.10.2013, 11:45am). There are some video-link connection problems, a pause is decided. Once Victor Tavares de Almeida appears on the screen, the lawyers return to the Court and the trial commences at 11:55am.
The Judge asks the witness if he is a Chief Inspector.
TA says he is.
The Judge asks where he works and for how long he has been there.
TA says he has worked in the DIC (Department of Criminal Investigation) at Portimão since January 2007.
The Judge presents the reason for this trial and asks if the witness is aware of it.
TA says he knows exactly.
The Judge asks if the witness participated in the investigation.
TA says he started to work on the case two days after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann until the end of September 2007.
The Judge – Hierarchically, were you subordinated to Gonçalo Amaral?
TA said that Gonçalo Amaral was the Coordinator and he was under him.
The Judge – Were you Number 2?
TA says it can be said so.
The Judge asks whether, independently of professional ties, is there a personal friendship between him and Gonçalo Amaral.
TA said that is correct.
The Judge wants to know if the relationship with the McCanns was only professional.
TA says the unique relationship he had was exactly that, professional.
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John:
Libel trial - Day 7 Witness No 3
Luis Neves (Director National anti Terrorism Unit)
Libel trial McCann v Gonçalo Amaral - Day 7 Witness No 3
The testimony as it happened...
(08.10.2013, 12:01pm) Luis Neves, former Coordinator of the DCCB (Direcção Central de Combate ao Banditismo), now directs the UNCT (Unidade Nacional de Combate ao Terrorismo), the PJ unit that fights violent criminality.
The Judge asks the witness if he intervened in the criminal process related to Madeleine McCann's disappearance.
LN says he did, but not directly. He explains that, after some days, the then National Director of the PJ, Alipio Ribeiro, asked him to send officers of his unit who were specialised in cases of abduction and hostage. He adds that his team had collaborated in the Joana Cipriano murder case.
The Judge – What do you mean by "indirectly"?
LN says that, though he went to the Algarve a few times to meet Guilhermino Encarnação, then Director of the PJ in Faro, and Gonçalo Amaral, the operations were performed by Portimão police officers under the direction of his team.
The Judge asks if the witness' relations with Gonçalo Amaral are only professional or if there is a personal relationship.
LN says there's friendship between them.
The Judge asks if the witness had a relationship with the McCanns.
LN remembers he saw them at a meeting organized by Guilhermino Encarnação in the British Consulate in Portimão concerning diligences to perform on sightings.
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