McCann police chief wins libel appeal

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Madeleine went lacking in the Portuguese recourse of Praia da Luz in 2007, elder 3



A retired policeman in Portugal has won his appeal against a court impression that he libelled the parents of Madeleine McCann. Kate and Gerry McCann sued ex-police drumhead Goncalo Amaral, who led the run for their daughter, adjacent claims he made most them in his script. The verdict meaning his hand criticising the McCanns can now be sold again.

They were awarded ВЈ358,000 amends by a Portuguese court later the libel drive. They syllabus to challenge the new ruling.

Coating yr a court ruled against Mr Amaral, the retired detective who low led the investigation into three-year-old Madeleine's disappearance from a holiday flatcar in the Algarve in 2007.



It coherent the exaltation of all copies of a handwriting he wrote suggesting that Kate and Gerry McCann were involved in Madeleine's disappearance. Daybook ban On triumphant that libel action, Mr and Mrs McCann pledged to play the 500,000 euros awarded to them into the hunt for their fille.
They welcomed the ensuant ban on the script which they aforesaid was undermining that search.

Abaft the appeal court closing, the hand is now set to be back on the shelves curtly. In a control, its publisher welcomed the verdict , noting that it cited Mr Amaral's inherent amend to verbalise his notion.

A lawyer for the McCanns said they intended to assembling against the latest finding and check to establish the slip originally Portugal's Supreme Court.