The failure to denounce was dismissed. He signed a document without reading it or inquiring about it, it seems. Luz knows that better than me. I'm not pretending he was not responsible since he was in charge. Not only he got a fine, but he was suspended and as he had quitted the PJ I think he didn't get his pension money for those months.
Call him a criminal is perfectly inept. He was punished, he paid, he should be left in peace.
Who never made an error ?
Inept? No I think you will find Anne that when posters call Amaral a criminal it is a factual statement. A criminal is a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime. Goncalo Amaral was found guilty of a crime so he is a criminal. He has a record.
Your logic and way of thinking means, that the paedophile who is convicted of sexually molesting children, once his time is served is no longer a criminal. He is a criminal, he has committed a crime. Maybe the offences are not the same but the basic principles are. So Anne, Goncalo Amaral is a criminal.
You state 'Who never made an error?' Again pure hypocrisy from you Anne. The McCanns made an error of judgement by dining at the Tapas bar, they thought it would be safe and they thought their checks would have been adequate enough to protect their children, yet you Anne along with other people, will not let the McCanns forget about their mistake. Every day their error of judgement is used as a stick to bash them with. Every day, some members of this forum post comments that are highly critical of the McCanns.
Every day, the McCanns have their lives dug over by internet posters who think they are better detectives than those in Scotland Yard and the PJ. And every day, the fact the the McCanns are not suspected and neither are they persons of interest by both Scotland Yard and the PJ is totally ignored. Why is that? Is it because some of you can't accept the fact that the McCanns are NOT responsible for what happened to their daughter?
Some people here, won't accept that the McCanns made an error of judgement, why is that? So the mantra from the supporters of Amaral is we must ignore his criminal record and never mention it, but we beat the McCanns daily for their error of judgement and please remember the McCanns do NOT have a criminal record, unlike Amaral.