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Ex Portuguese police chief claims that Gerry McCann hid the body of Madeleine McCann on the beach
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By h.b. - Sep 6, 2008 - 11:36 AM
Gonçalo Amaral has given an exclusive interview to the Spanish El Mundo newspaper today.
The ex Director of the Criminal Investigation department of the Police in Portimao, Gonçalo Amaral, who headed the team searching for Madeleine McCann, has given an interview in today’s El Mundo newspaper.
The man who was sacked after making the parents suspects in the case claims that Gerry McCann hid Madeleine’s body on the beach, and that the child died from an accident, claiming she could have fallen off the sofa or there could have been an overdose of Capel, a sleeping drug.
The ex Police chief, whose book on the case,‘Maddie The Truth Of The Lie’ has sold 120,000 copies in two weeks – a record in Portugal, claims there are many inconsistencies in the case. He says a window which Kate McCann claims was found open when Maddie vanished was in fact always closed, and he speaks of an Irish witness who said he saw Gerry McCann with a girl in his arms walking down to the beach on the night she disappeared. He thinks it possible that she was then dug up and moved in the hire car which the McCann’s rented 23 days later, and where Scotland Yard dogs found DNA remains which could have been from Maddie.
He claims that the nine people who dined together with the McCann’s that night must have agreed to lie in the case.
He also tells the paper that the McCann’s are human, ‘If they admit that Maddie is dead then they cannot collect from a fund of more than a million pounds’.
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Ex Portuguese police chief claims that Gerry McCann hid the body of Madeleine McCann on the beach
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By h.b. - Sep 6, 2008 - 11:36 AM
The ex Portuguese Police Chief, Gonçalo Amaral - Archive Photo
The ex Director of the Criminal Investigation department of the Police in Portimao, Gonçalo Amaral, who headed the team searching for Madeleine McCann, has given an interview in today’s El Mundo newspaper.
The man who was sacked after making the parents suspects in the case claims that Gerry McCann hid Madeleine’s body on the beach, and that the child died from an accident, claiming she could have fallen off the sofa or there could have been an overdose of Capel, a sleeping drug.
The ex Police chief, whose book on the case,‘Maddie The Truth Of The Lie’ has sold 120,000 copies in two weeks – a record in Portugal, claims there are many inconsistencies in the case. He says a window which Kate McCann claims was found open when Maddie vanished was in fact always closed, and he speaks of an Irish witness who said he saw Gerry McCann with a girl in his arms walking down to the beach on the night she disappeared. He thinks it possible that she was then dug up and moved in the hire car which the McCann’s rented 23 days later, and where Scotland Yard dogs found DNA remains which could have been from Maddie.
He claims that the nine people who dined together with the McCann’s that night must have agreed to lie in the case.
He also tells the paper that the McCann’s are human, ‘If they admit that Maddie is dead then they cannot collect from a fund of more than a million pounds’.
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kris
08 Sep 2008, 06:34
08 Sep 2008, 06:34
This EX cop is sick and makes me sick to the stomach that he at one stage
used to be in charge of dealing with cases like this... what a sad
individual to try and make money out of someone elses pain... I hope he is
sued and ends up in jail where most criminal hate cops and he gets what he
is due
Francisco Nunes
10 Sep 2008, 23:51
10 Sep 2008, 23:51
The man is not sick. He's right and he have the courage to go ahead against
very powerful people.
Much better read the book, i said...
Much better read the book, i said...
BML
11 Sep 2008, 16:48
11 Sep 2008, 16:48
This man is sick, if he is right why is he an ex policeman
BML
BML
Aislinn
11 Sep 2008, 17:08
11 Sep 2008, 17:08
This man is sick. Someone needs to halt the publication of his lies and
yank every last book off of the shelf. Maybe if he had spent less time
persecuting & punishing the McCanns, this beautiful baby girl would have
already been found. Now that so much time has passed, and based on the
amount of media reports the case has received, it is highly unlikely that
any abductor is keeping this child alive. I continue to pray for the
McCanns. I hope this is all resolved for them in the near future.
Aislinn
11 Sep 2008, 17:12
11 Sep 2008, 17:12
And, if he is right, where is all of his evidence? Judging from the case
files, with mountains of ignored leads and witness statements, this man was
more interested in publicly disciplining these parents for leaving their
children unattended. If the evidence was there, this case would be solved
and the McCanns would be locked up. Gross inexperience!
zara
12 Sep 2008, 06:59
12 Sep 2008, 06:59
It is not a surprise that someone would seek publicity and try to make
money out of this tragedy. After all, that's what the little girl's
parents have done. And they have so often unjustly criticized the
Portuguese police. What about their own irresponsible actions?
Mike Wales
19 Nov 2008, 23:59
19 Nov 2008, 23:59
I would just like to point out that when the dogs searched for blood/scent
and the Pj also searched for forensic evidence in the car , there was no
mention of any sand being found.Everone knows how sand gets into everthing
on a beach, so if Madeleine was buried there for 2 weeks how on earth after
recovering her body and putting her in the rentals boot was there no sand
found.
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