Gonçalo Amaral Legal Defence fund to be closed on 28 October 2015

[Eleanor]

In the UK a court can authorise the unfreezing of assets in order to cover any essential living expenses and that includes lawyer fees where appropriate.  Surely the Portuguese system cannot be that different?

I would agree, John.  At least some assistance would have been available to him.  Unless they decided that he had enough as things were.

[Anna]

Doesn't look like he got it first time around.

Amaral seeks state aid in fighting McCanns
in News · 31-10-2009 00:00:00 · 0 Comments
Gonçalo Amaral has reportedly applied for legal aid to assist him in litigation with the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann.
The former chief detective in the case has justified the application by stating he has insufficient funds to support the legal costs involved. Kate and Gerry McCann have sued Amaral for 1.2 million euros in damages for suggesting they might have been involved in the disappearance of their daughter. According to media reports, a Lisbon court has also ordered Amaral to hand over his €70,000 Jaguar purchased in May in the name a company registered as Gonçalo Amaral Unipessoal Lda.
http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/amaral-seeks-state-aid-in-fighting-mccanns/1442

[Carana]

Amaral seeks legal aid support and states he has no assets Jornal de Notícias

by Alexandra Serôdio
01 December 2009 - 00h30m
Thanks to Joana Morais for translation

Gonçalo Amaral asked for the help of the State in order to be able to defend himself against the case brought by the McCanns.

Citing economic insufficiency to pay the court costs, the former PJ coordinator saw the Civil Court of Lisbon preventively seize the earnings made from the sale of the book and of the documentary through a sole-proprietorship company in his name, as a way to ensure that there will be money to pay any compensation, whose pertinence can only be examined through the main action.

In the aid application document, dated 24 September, Amaral declared an annual net income of 39 thousand Euros, with a household of four people: himself, his wife and two little girls, of 11 and five-years-old. He also states that he does not own any real estate property.

According to a document from the Land Registry Office of Olhão, dated 21 September, to which the JN had access, Amaral, 'owns' a single-family house consisting of two floors, two terraces and a swimming pool, which is valued at more than 200 thousand euros.

The sole-proprietorship company in Amaral's name, created for the marketing of the book, has a car registered, of the Jaguar brand. The registration of that property was made in May, this year.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id288.html

[faithlilly]

Perhaps the fund is being closed because Amaral knows, via old police colleagues, that the conclusion to the current investigation will mean that he no longer needs the funds envisioned ?

[Alfred R Jones]

Perhaps the fund is being closed because Amaral knows, via old police colleagues, that the conclusion to the current investigation will mean that he no longer needs the funds envisioned ?

Are you alluding to unofficial reports posted by an anonymous "sceptic" that Op Grange are going to conclude that the McCanns dunnit?

[faithlilly]

Are you alluding to unofficial reports posted by an anonymous "sceptic" that Op Grange are going to conclude that the McCanns dunnit?

Nope you've lost me.

[Alfred R Jones]

Nope you've lost me.

Fair enough.  Why should the conclusion of Operation Grange have any bearing on Amaral's legal costs to appeal a court verdict against him?

[faithlilly]

Fair enough.  Why should the conclusion of Operation Grange have any bearing on Amaral's legal costs to appeal a court verdict against him?

What unofficial reports ?

[Alfred R Jones]

What unofficial reports ?

I've moved on from that.  Forget unofficial reports, from anonymous "sceptics" on the internet, they're not worth discussing.  Please instead, address my  question, many  thanks.

[faithlilly]

I've moved on from that.  Forget unofficial reports, from anonymous "sceptics" on the internet, they're not worth discussing.  Please instead, address my  question, many  thanks.

You may have moved on Alfie, I haven't. Now you stated that I had posted a comment as a result of an unofficial report by an anonymous sceptic. Surely it is only manners to explain to me what you were alluding to ?

[Alfred R Jones]

You may have moved on Alfie, I haven't. Now you stated that I had posted a comment as a result of an unofficial report by an anonymous sceptic. Surely it is only manners to explain to me what you were alluding to ?

I accepted fully that you have not heard of this unofficial report posted by an anonymous sceptic on the net and that it was not the reason for your remark in the first place, which is why I said "fair enough".  There is no point repeating unsubstantiated reports (aka malicious gossip) on this forum as I believe it is against forum rules.  So - time to move on and answer my question which is why should the conclusion of Operation Grange have any bearing on Amaral's legal costs to appeal a court verdict against him?

[faithlilly]

I accepted fully that you have not heard of this unofficial report posted by an anonymous sceptic on the net and that it was not the reason for your remark in the first place, which is why I said "fair enough".  There is no point repeating unsubstantiated reports (aka malicious gossip) on this forum as I believe it is against forum rules.  So - time to move on and answer my question which is why should the conclusion of Operation Grange have any bearing on Amaral's legal costs to appeal a court verdict against him?

I'm afraid I'm more interested in the, as yet unsubstantiated, reports of the anonymous sceptic. Where did the report appear ?

[Mr Gray]

Perhaps the fund is being closed because Amaral knows, via old police colleagues, that the conclusion to the current investigation will mean that he no longer needs the funds envisioned ?

much more likely his lawyer told him to start writing a large cheque to Drs McCann

[Mr Gray]

if amaral has been told his appeal will be rejected then he would have to stop soliciting funds,,...not to do so woukd be fraudulent and I think he's had enough of courtrooms

[stephen25000]

if amaral has been told his appeal will be rejected then he would have to stop soliciting funds,,...not to do so woukd be fraudulent and I think he's had enough of courtrooms

He wasn't soliciting funds.

It was done on his behalf.

All that will happen, is that the mccanns, or should i say the donors, will be continuing to pay the mccanns legal expenses.