TVI ordered to pay €20,000 to Robert Murat for calling him a "paedophile".

[Alice Purjorick]

The forgotten victim in the McCann case.
Matthew Parris, writing for The Times 25th August 2007, chastised the British and Portuguese media for what he described as "assassination-by-innuendo" of suspect Robert Murat, who those involved closely in the case believed was innocent. "For the rest of the world, however, glancing in passing at headlines and skimming news reports over its coffee, the name Murat is now synonymous with 'creepy oddball and obvious suspect'," Parris wrote. He concluded, "The whole disgusting business, the whole media-driven infatuation with this little girl and her parents, the whole sick, morbid, sentimental campaign of news generation and news manipulation, has been a disgrace to the British media.

[slartibartfast]

according to the SC they were denied yej presumption of innocence becasue they were not cleared by the archiving report

It doesn’t say that as well you know.

[G-Unit]

Cite that they have claimed to be innocent and have offered the archiving despatch as proof

From the annulment request;

the status of innocence that they enjoy........The documentary proof that supported the determination of this fact as proved...... is...... the order to file the aforementioned criminal investigation
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Annulment_request.htm

[Robittybob1]

From the annulment request;

the status of innocence that they enjoy........The documentary proof that supported the determination of this fact as proved...... is...... the order to file the aforementioned criminal investigation
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Annulment_request.htm

I get the feeling we need to look at the SC issue fully again sometime.

[barrier]

I get the feeling we need to look at the SC issue fully again sometime.

Here it is Rob.

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=7937.0

[Miss Taken Identity]

How the hell can someone who has already received more than €700,000 in tax free compo be deemed 'economically dependent on his mother'?   Anyone answer this?

This case gets more bizarre by the day!

John is this them mentioning his status at the time of the accusation in Portugal and not present day?

The judges found that the Briton, who lived in the Algarve, "was jobless and economically dependent on his mother" and "was pointed and bothered every time he went out" and even received "threats addressed to himself and his family ".

[Mr Gray]

From the annulment request;

the status of innocence that they enjoy........The documentary proof that supported the determination of this fact as proved...... is...... the order to file the aforementioned criminal investigation
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/Annulment_request.htm

nowhere there do the mccanns claim to be innocent ...its a quote from the SC ...so no cite

[barrier]

nowhere there do the mccanns claim to be innocent ...its a quote from the SC ...so no cite

It was a request from their lawyers for an annulment.

[Mr Gray]

It was a request from their lawyers for an annulment.

a request based on the presumption of innocence...not a claim they were innocent...gunit is mistaken

[barrier]

a request based on the presumption of innocence...not a claim they were innocent...gunit is mistaken

It says "the status of innocence that they enjoy" not the presumption, being court papers it would make a lot of difference I'd have thought.

[Mr Gray]

It says "the status of innocence that they enjoy" not the presumption, being court papers it would make a lot of difference I'd have thought.

these are the facts...the mccanns invoked the presumption of innocence and teh SC said they were noy entitled to it


1. The McCanns have invoked the principle of presumption of innocence to justify the restrictions they want imposed on dr. Amaral's freedom of expression;

2. The Supreme Court stated, in its ruling, that the above is no argument because the McCanns were not considered innocent by the investigation and the case was archived because not enough evidence was found to charge them.

[misty]

It says "the status of innocence that they enjoy" not the presumption, being court papers it would make a lot of difference I'd have thought.

What was their status, if not innocent, given that the case had been shelved as no crime had been verified?

[Mr Gray]

it is a fallacy perpetuated by the sceptics taht the mccanns claimed to be innocent....no cite to support taht has been given...but i have provided a cite that it was merely the presumption of innocence that the mccanns requested

[barrier]

What was their status, if not innocent, given that the case had been shelved as no crime had been verified?

Whatever the SC judgement says.

[Robittybob1]

What was their status, if not innocent, given that the case had been shelved as no crime had been verified?

Is there an answer?