Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

[Mr Gray]

Dr Carmichael?

have you heard of predictive text''''perhaps I need to turn it off

[Brietta]

Very true Brietta so why use it to sue Amaral rather than actually look for their beloved daughter.  I admire them for writing the book even if I don't believe every thing in it. I certainly don't approve of using donated funds to sue someone though. I would not have done that myself.

In a democracy there is no place for police to choose to ignore evidence while setting themselves up as prosecutor ~ judge ~ and jury.
That sort of behaviour is reserved for police states.

Snip
Gonçalo Amaral told DN that such information "does not have any credibility for the Portuguese Police", being "completely put aside".

He added that his English colleagues "have been investigating tips and information created and worked out by the McCanns, forgetting that the couple is suspected of the death of their daughter Madeleine."
https://expresso.sapo.pt/dossies/dossiest_actualidade/dos_madeleine_mccan/dirigente-sindical-da-pj-concorda-com-saida-de-goncalo-amaral=f131683#gs.f7RpRnk


Nor is there any place for a former police officer whose theory has been disproved by more competent colleagues to write a book which defames the parents of the child he has declared is dead without a shred of evidence to support his claim.

[G-Unit]

Any decision to search or to hire a PI would also be a gamble.  There was no guarantee that they will look in the right place or that the PI will find something new.

Yes, they don't have a great track record in their decisions, do they? Bad luck or bad judgement I wonder?

[G-Unit]

The McCann's were made suspects when the dogs alerted...the pj thought they had proof that Maddie had died in the apartment..it's all in the archiving report...
The PJ then realised they had no evidence....
The present situation according to De carmo is that the McCann's are not suspects and there's no evidence against them... obviously if evidence was  found that would change

I think the McCanns were suspected before the dogs set paw in Portugal. They were made arguidos after informing the PJ they were away home. In my opinion it was a case of have a go or do nothing and watch them disappear.

[John]

Members are reminded that cites must be provided in accordance with the forum rules. On several occasions recently cites have been requested but never provided. Asking for a cite is not goading but compliance.

From this moment onward, posts making significant claims which are not backed up by a cite will be removed.

Moderators and Editors take note!

[Mr Gray]

Members are reminded that cites must be provided in accordance with the forum rules. On several occasions recently cites have been requested but never provided. Asking for a cite is not goading but compliance.

From this moment onward, posts making significant claims which are not backed up by a cite will be removed.

Moderators and Editors take note!

excellent john...I hope the rule is rigourously enforced.

[Brietta]

I think the McCanns were suspected before the dogs set paw in Portugal. They were made arguidos after informing the PJ they were away home. In my opinion it was a case of have a go or do nothing and watch them disappear.

How could they possibly disappear?  I don't think you have quite thought that post through.

[G-Unit]

How could they possibly disappear?  I don't think you have quite thought that post through.

They disappeared from Portugal for quite a while.

[Mr Gray]

I think the McCanns were suspected before the dogs set paw in Portugal. They were made arguidos after informing the PJ they were away home. In my opinion it was a case of have a go or do nothing and watch them disappear.

If you read the archiving report it lists the indications which were used to make the mccanns arguidos.....parents of a missing child are always suspects initially

[Robittybob1]

If you read the archiving report it lists the indications which were used to make the mccanns arguidos.....parents of a missing child are always suspects initially

Suspects and arguidos are different ideas.  Had they been arguidos from the beginning the relationship with the PJ could have been more strained IMO.  They were kept under surveillance without being declared arguidos up until September.

[Mr Gray]

Suspects and arguidos are different ideas.  Had they been arguidos from the beginning the relationship with the PJ could have been more strained IMO.  They were kept under surveillance without being declared arguidos up until September.

perhaps i should ahve used the word official suspects...the alerts certainly changed the attitude of the PJ to the mccanns...i think its no doubt they were a turning point

[Sunny]

Members are reminded that cites must be provided in accordance with the forum rules. On several occasions recently cites have been requested but never provided. Asking for a cite is not goading but compliance.

From this moment onward, posts making significant claims which are not backed up by a cite will be removed.

Moderators and Editors take note!

John, can I make this my signature please?

[slartibartfast]

have you heard of predictive text''''perhaps I need to turn it off

No problem, thought I had missed something.

[Sunny]

excellent john...I hope the rule is rigourously enforced.

So do I Davel, so do I.

[Robittybob1]

excellent john...I hope the rule is rigourously enforced.

I won't be in a hurry to enforce it for it seems a time consuming process to find out if a cite was answered at all.
I have let John know of the difficulty.