Should we have faith in SY given the wrongful conviction of Barry George?

[Matthew Wyse]

Even a cursory glance through your previous posts is testament to your current position being somewhat of a climb down from "Amaral is beaten, Amaral is Toast, Amaral knows he is beaten that is why he (?) is causing delays....... "

     what's toast is a claim for 1.2 million euros  %£&)**#

[Alice Purjorick]

   what's toast is a claim for 1.2 million euros  %£&)**#

I wonder if the judge will use the Portuguese equivalent of words like boundless and exorbitant ?

[Matthew Wyse]

I wonder if the judge will use the Portuguese equivalent of words like boundless and exorbitant ?

I would have thought reckless and neglectful better.

[faithlilly]

I wonder if the judge will use the Portuguese equivalent of words like boundless and exorbitant ?

What is the Portuguese equivalent of 'yer aving a laff ' ?

[Mr Gray]

Even a cursory glance through your previous posts is testament to your current position being somewhat of a climb down from "Amaral is beaten, Amaral is Toast, Amaral knows he is beaten that is why he (?) is causing delays....... "

then I will repeat for you...amaral is beaten...amaral is toast....that's why he tried to delay the trial and continually sacked lawyers...

[Matthew Wyse]

then I will repeat for you...amaral is beaten...amaral is toast....that's why he tried to delay the trial and continually sacked lawyers...

As they say....   in yer dreams.  Is that why the McC's tried to settle out of court?   

[Mr Gray]

As they say....   in yer dreams.  Is that why the McC's tried to settle out of court?   

In every libel/damages trial their is an effort to settle out of court...the offer of a settlement will reflect well on the McCanns when costs are awarded...that's why they did it

[Alice Purjorick]

In every libel/damages trial their is an effort to settle out of court...the offer of a settlement will reflect well on the McCanns when costs are awarded...that's why they did it

It is, you have to admit, very unusual for the litigant to attempt an out of court settlement.
I wonder how the claim that Amaral made over a million will go down in the light of what was proven.

[Mr Gray]

It is, you have to admit, very unusual for the litigant to attempt an out of court settlement.
I wonder how the claim that Amaral made over a million will go down in the light of what was proven.

it is not unusual and I understand is normal practice....the mccanns sought an out of court settlement with Bennet

[Alice Purjorick]

it is not unusual and I understand is normal practice....the mccanns sought an out of court settlement with Bennet

So what were all the posts on this forum a few months (?) ago about how Dr Amaral was wriggling trying to settle out of court and 'twas he not the McCanns who caused all the delays by trying to settle out of court?
If the McCanns were trying to settle out of court why the necessity to attempt deny it back then if it is indeed "normal practice" ?

[faithlilly]

it is not unusual and I understand is normal practice....the mccanns sought an out of court settlement with Bennet

For a defendant in this country but a plaintiff in Portugal....almost unheard of and will make absolutely no difference to the monies awarded, if in fact there are any.

[Benice]

For a defendant in this country but a plaintiff in Portugal....almost unheard of and will make absolutely no difference to the monies awarded, if in fact there are any.

As far as I know it has never been divulged who first instigated exploring whether or not an out of court settlement could be achieved.

IIRC Whichever side it was - only the Plaintiff can apply to the court for time to do this -  the Defendant does not have that right and can only do it via the Plaintiff.

Therefore although it may have been the McCanns who originally made this suggestion - it could just as easily have been Amaral.

AFAIK - no-one knows.

(from memory)

[Mr Gray]

So what were all the posts on this forum a few months (?) ago about how Dr Amaral was wriggling trying to settle out of court and 'twas he not the McCanns who caused all the delays by trying to settle out of court?
If the McCanns were trying to settle out of court why the necessity to attempt deny it back then if it is indeed "normal practice" ?

Who was denying it...

[Nicholas]

I have severe reservations about the ability of Scotland Yard to conduct a proper investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann given that several members of the team were involved in the wrongful conviction of Barry George who as a consequence of their actions served a term of some 8 years in prison.

It is bad enough that someone of sound mind should serve time in prison for a crime they did not commit but to implicate a guy with learning difficulties in what was most probably a professional assination is despicable in my book.


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You appear to have allowed your bias to over ride logic and reason.

[Nicholas]

Anyone?

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