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Date Posted:12/19/2010 10:53 PMCopy HTML http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/10/sofia-leal-our-daughters-suffered.html Sofia Leal: 'Our daughters suffered emotional damage'10 October 2009 | Posted by Leave a Comment The wife of the former Polícia Judiciária inspector speaks about the family problems, the difficulties in their marriage and the suffering of her daughters. Gonçalo Amaral, a former Polícia Judiciária inspector, has become known to the public after investigating controversial cases: that of Joana Cipriano first, then that of Madeleine McCann. The balance of this valorous work was devastating for both the inspector’s career and personal life. Now, after retiring early, with several ongoing lawsuits, the former inspector celebrated his 50th birthday. His wife, Sofia Leal, tells our magazine about the last two years. What changed since Gonçalo Amaral was removed from the Madeleine case? He is a more present father, unfortunately perhaps, because his career ended prematurely. Did the outcome of this case, for your husband, catch you by surprise? At a certain point in time, I suspected that the outcome would be this one. Did you fear that moment? We never fear, because we have great faith in God and in our daughters’ future. Was it a complicated time for the family? Problems are overcome, just like in any family. How did your daughters go through this situation? It was very violent. They lived without their father since May, because he worked in Portimão and we still lived in Faro. Then, on the day that Madeleine disappeared, I started to work in Portimão. They remained with their grandparents, and when they finally came to live in our new home, their father ceased functions in Portimão and had to return to Faro. The girls’ feeling was a bit of abandonment. Didn’t they understand this change? Our daughters suffered emotional damages that are latent to this day. Their father’s court attendances were also very violent, because they were used to watching their father sending other people to court. And suddenly, it was their father on the defendant’s bench. Inês is five years old and Rita is 11, it’s very complicated. Was there a time when the marriage was hurt? Obviously, any marriage would hurt. Did you feel you were receiving less attention from him? Gonçalo’s commitment was always the same, it would never even cross my mind to complain about that. The difficulties in our marriage were basically related to the emotional part. Do you fear that Gonçalo may be forced to pay the compensation that is being demanded by the McCanns? I don’t think that is possible, we will appeal until the last instances. Don’t you fear experiencing financial difficulties? On the day that my husband left the Polícia Judiciária, he came home with a third of his salary. That was a decision that we made as a family. We were aware of the difficulties that we would experience in the future, and I have always supported him, because principles are more important. That is how we raise our daughters. How do you seek to explain the ongoing events to your daughters? The four of us gather when they have doubts and we clarify everything, according to their ages. Are they approached by colleagues at school? Yes, they are approached at school, but always in a positive manner and they react very well. A message for Kate McCann Sofia Leal has already come forward to defend her husband from Kate McCann’s words. “I don’t understand, I don’t accept and I don’t even admit that a mother whose daughter has disappeared, treats my husband in that manner, saying that he is a disgrace as a man and as a professional. I do not admit that exactly that person says it, after my husband gave up so much of his family time to search for her daughter.” “I have a feeling of fulfilled duty” The former Polícia Judiciária inspector reunited his closest friends to celebrate his 50th birthday. “I’m happy, there are many friends here, others could not come, others are not among us anymore.” On the balance of such a special anniversary, the former policeman says that he has many reasons to celebrate. “I feel accomplished. It is the feeling of fulfilled duty, but there is something more, that I cannot speak about, of justice being carried out and the truth being discovered. These are not wishes, they are principles, I’m not speaking about any specific case”, he adds ironically. We recall that Gonçalo Amaral was forbidden by the Civil Court of Lisbon of making any comments about the book “The Truth about the Lie”. source: Maria magazine, paper edition only, 10.10.2009 |
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Sofia and Gonçalo Amaral THE wife of Portuguese detective Gonçalo Amaral has denied they are locked in a personal battle with Kate and Gerry McCann and has spoken of their pity for the distraught couple. By James Murray “Everyone thinks we are fighting the McCanns but this is not true,” said 38-year-old Sofia Leal in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Express. “I tell people all the time that they are having to endure the hardest pain in the world, which is losing a child. “As a mother I cannot imagine what kind of pain that is. It is so hard. “Like Kate McCann, I am a Catholic. The image of pain in the Catholic church is not Christ on the Cross but Mary holding her child in her arms. It is the pain of the loss of a child and there is no worse pain in the world. We are sorry for that.” That pain was etched on the face of Kate McCann when she made a fleeting visit to Lisbon last week to meet her lawyers and to appeal for help in finding her daughter, snatched in May 2007 from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve. Close to tears, Kate said: ‘‘She’s six now but we’ve just got to keep going. It has been very harrowing and draining. But there is no choice, she needs us to find her and bring her home.” In Portimão, 20 miles up the coast from Praia da Luz, Sofia spoke of the anguish suffered by her husband, who coordinated the McCann investigation. The McCanns are suing him for £1million they believe he has made with his book about the case, The Truth Of The Lie, and a documentary. They are particularly angered over his claims that Madeleine is not alive. Civil servant Sofia says her 49-year-old husband suffered post traumatic stress after he was removed as head of the Madeleine investigation in September 2007. He took early retirement the following month, even though he lost two-thirds of his pension. “It was a bad time for Gonçalo,” said Sofia. Even in his sleep he was going over in his mind what had happened to him and how his career was brought to a premature end. “I heard him talking in the night because of nightmares. Everything he did, every action he took was going through his head. “I was worried because he is such a calm, tender man but luckily over the past few months the nightmares have stopped.” Sofia, who works in the Portimão mayor’s office and is responsible for three major projects, including a new Algarve airport, speaks English fluently and is both amused and angered by comments aimed at her husband from some people in Britain. “We know how Gonçalo is portrayed in Britain, the caricature of a foreign detective missing the clues, but the reality is that you will not find a better detective in Portugal. “There were many times in the investigation when his bosses said, ‘You have done enough’ but he kept working and working, chasing all the leads. “There are satellites which probably have close-up pictures of what was happening on the ground that day. He tried to get the images but he couldn’t. The US said the satellites were trained on Morocco at the time and that was it. That is what annoys him because he says the inquiry was not completed to his satisfaction. “Goncalo loves me and our three girls very much but he lives for his job. For him an investigation is like a mathematical equation. “One and one has to make two. Until the answer is found he will not give up.” From the proceeds of the book her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money and that he will defend the legal action. “We are now living on one-third of our budget for the month but that is OK for us because he made the right decision,” she said. “If he was financially motivated, he would have stayed in his job for the full pension but that is not his way.” His 25-year-old daughter from his first marriage, also called Sofia, has just passed a law degree. His wife has a daughter Rita, 11, from her first marriage and she has a daughter, Agnes, with Gonçalo who will soon be six. This week there is a double birthday celebration, Sofia’s today and her husband’s 50th on Friday. “We will see all our family and friends and enjoy ourselves,” she said. “We are so lucky to have three beautiful girls in the family. “Gonçalo is very proud of them all. He is very good with them at home but my only complaint is that he is not strict enough with them. He lets them do what they want where I have to be a little stricter. “He never yells at them but he can also be a little overprotective. He is always worrying about them having accidents in the playground or wherever. I could not wish for a better father.” The couple met 10 years ago through a friend and married in June 2000. They spent their honeymoon in the Azores, where her husband dreams of spending his retirement. in Sunday Express ps. Only the last 100 comments are showed bellow, to read the full comments go to the blog post comments page |
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Finally, how refreshing to see an article portraying Goncalo as he is, with no derogatory remarks or innuendo's, finally, they are starting to know that there is more to this man than that which some would have us believe.
For one brief minute in the hours of viewing material in this case I thought I was reading a Portuguese article.
For the first time in two very long years, we have a unbiased article from the UK media mentioning Gonçalo Amaral as a human being.
It may be turn of the tide, hope it becomes a media tsunami.
At last a good report, go Joana England is behind you, go Goncalo we love you.
You are the one who wants to find out what has happened to this child xxx
Happy Birthday to Sofia Leal, parabéns e feliz aniversário!
Thank you chrissie :)
The Express finally recognises Madeleine McCann is dead.
Hopefully before long they will be able to print it.
RealHumptyB on Twitter
RH, you're right. There are mini hints all over the article...that will no doubt leave a different imprint in the memory of those who will read this article. The SE have Sofia saying «the pain of the loss of a child», it's a subliminal manner of saying that Maddie is dead, and the religious imagery is perfect.
What many fail to understand is that we must always fight for what we feel is right, fair and just.
It is 'just' that everything possible is done to solve the mystery of missing Madeleine McCann - foremost for Madeleine, she is the victim!
Sr Goncalo Amaral by his actions is attempting to do exactly that. Unfortunately he is being more than hindered from certain quarters.
The pain of losing a child is a pain that most parents who have not experienced this personally, can only try to imagine, and I'm sure we do not come close. A pain which no parent should have to endure. The worst possible, to lose your child in any circumstance.
As a father to three daughters, Sr Goncalo Amaral recognises and acknowledges this.
As an experienced former detective of long standing with the Police Judiciary, he understands the need for justice to be served. As a highly experienced former detective he is able to determine, process carefully and thoroughly information gathered during investigative proceedings.
For the findings of the official police investigation into Madeleine's disappearance to be
dismissed entirely by some, is nothing short of an injustice to the child.
It is an injustice also to Sr Amaral and the very many officers both in Portugal and the UK who were part of the team, and who worked tirelessly to help this child. Who worked tirelessly to help her parents.
As Sofia said of Goncalo:
"For him an investigation is like a mathematical equation.
One and one has to make two. Until the answer is found he will not give up.”
For the parents of a missing child, to know that there is a man so dedicated, so prepared, to not give up on their child, they must surely welcome?
To have someone dedicated to making sure that 'one and one make two' and not leave matters as they are - FAR from "two" surely they must welcome?
Sr Goncalo Amaral is a man, the parents McCann should not fear.
Most parents would welcome such a formidable man on their side, helping with their search, wherever that search may lead.
If the McCann parents are innocent, if they have told the truth absolutely - they should have no fear.
What a great opportunity, in Sr Amaral, the McCann parents, let slip through their fingers when searching for competent private detectives to join them in their search for Madeleine.
Five PI companies down the line in the space of two + years and they are no closer to finding the child.
Dave Edgar from recent news reports has clearly not read the police files closely or carefully, at best it would appear that he has simply scanned over them. He has missed so much information contained therein, the result being very serious inaccuracies when making statements to the press.
Madeleine deserves so much more than this.
Sofia mentions the purchase of a jaguar car from the proceeds of book sales.
Whether one agrees with the book having been published, the work was done by Sr Amaral, he earned whatever his share of the proceeds.
If we are to go down the 'tit for tat' route - the McCann's paid mortgage payments from the Fund donated by the public, they did not earn this money.
Sofia says also of Goncalo:
“If he was financially motivated, he would have stayed in his job for the full pension but that is not his way.”
There are many good people in this world who do good deeds, work for others, help those in need or less fortunate, in legal matters or otherwise.
I know this to be true as I have had the good fortune to have received of such kindess. I know too as I have family who have helped others in many ways with not a shiny penny exchanged.
For these people, money is not their master.
I believe this to be so, of Sr Goncalo Amaral.
Kind Regards Joana, and to one and all.
A.Miller
Sr Goncalo's motivation is not money but a missing child, Madeleine Beth McCann.
We must not forget this. We must not forget Madeleine.
A.Miller
So nice to read something positive.
There'll be fury in the air around Rothley manor! )
Lynne
They are going to have to gag her as well.
Totally surprising article... what do the Express think they're playing at? Do they not realise they need to get Mitchell's blessing on all articles?
Nice one - let's hope people understand the subtext
Funny, I wonder how many people remember the first letter Mrs. Amaral wrote to Mrs. McCann....
More like this is needed...more honesty and background.
I've always thought how odd that there has never been an honest appraisal of Gerald McCann's parental skills - I'm sure its not true that he was pleased to have time away from the children whilst on holiday (as of course like any other hard working father he would have wanted to spend as much time as possible with the children).
I'd be pleased to read about Geralds views about Kate and Kates about Gerald...but there have never been such interviews.
What was it like, for example, having a wife who had the trauma of being in charge of death certificates when she worked as a locum GP, this must have been traumatic for her and seems so unfair!
What was it like for Gerald trying so hard to baalnce his large mortgage against his pitiful pay packet...barely able to scrape a living - so that after only a month or so of desperately searching for his daughter the harsh NHS refused to pay his salary and forced him to make that dreadful humiliating decision to use the fund set up to find his daughter just to make ends meet! What a terrible building society - refusing to suspend his payments at such a traumatic time, cutting short his search, jogging and desperately playing tennis in his heart wrenching search.
Eis o nível e a classe da familia Amaral - first class family.
Sofia, parabéns pelo seu aniversário, pela pessoa que voce é e pela maneira como voce responde às agressoes verbais dos contraentes de Gonçalo.
Há um proverbio espanhol muito antigo que diz: " Quem tem zazao, nao grita".
Felicidades, saúde e muita força para que voces cheguem a uma conclusao judicial sensata com aquele que ,para defender sua imagem de bom súdito da Rainha está tentando difamar seu marido.
Admiro-lhes porque voces nunca desceram ao nível deles.
Os dias passam e o rio continua a fluir assim é a natureza.Acredito na Justiça pela qual o Dr. Amaral está lutando porque apesar de todas as maldades humanas nunca, ninguém conseguiu parar a chuva.
Abraços,
Maria- Rio de Janeiro / Leblon
Happy Birthday Mrs. Amaral.
What a pleasant suprise to read something like this in a UK paper.
It sure made my sunday :-)
(instead the usual: mccann..fury...sue...money...fund...fury...sue...suspect...money...fury...sue...ban...close forums....burn books....fury...lawyers...cartier rucksack....fury...)
weissnicht :-)
Querida Joana, bom dia!
Que surpresa boa hoje cedo entrar no seu blog e ver a carta da Sofia num jornal ingles.
Quem diria!
Quem sabe a própria media mude o rumo desta investigaçao, sabemos que tudo é possivel.Eles coroam os reis e logo depois os apunhalam.
Voce sabe mesmo qual foi o principal objetivo dos Mccanns irem a Lisboa?
Nao entendi aquela viagem , me parece simbólica para repetir as mesmas frases de sempre e aterrorizar os que lutam para que Madeleine nao seja apenas uma fonte de dinheiro para seus pais e restos mortais no anonimato?Ou era saudade dos flashes da cameras fotográficas?
Na nossa delgacia no Rio o pessoal diz que se há relampagos no céu de Rothley eles pensam que sao os flashes dos fotógrafos.
A estas alturas do campeonato ,Joana acredito que a ansia de Gerry ser Ministro da Saúde foi de águas abaixo nao é?
Beijos
by the way estou na Suiça visitando meu filho.Menina que frio nao é? Quero minhas praias!
Tenho grande admiraçao por voce e seu trabalho.
Abraços
Maria
I read today in " 24 Horas" newspaper, that the Mccann's are trying to sue and silence blogs and sites in the Internet which defends madeleine's dead. Their lawyers are trying to know which servers are behind this sites and ask them to close the sites.
" La derniere Heur" a Belgium Newspaper refused to close his site on the grounds that British law is not applicable on their Country.
I think, Blogs and sites should Made public, who are the servers behind them and like that we can all start a chain support, sending messages to that servers asking them to not play Mccann's game, because on the other side, ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEDMON OF SPEECH, ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHTS TO BE INFORMED WITHOUT MANIPULATION, there is trillions of peoples around the world. And will be a great damage to the Internet service, which is largely known as a network and a chain to connect people, if they agree with a very suspicious group, on their demands to silence and change the opinion of a large majority in the world.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE MCCANN'S " ARGUIDO" STATUS WAS LIFTED, BUT THEY ARE NOT DECLARED INNOCENTS BY ANY COURT OF LAW. MADDIE CASE WAS SHELVED, BUT WAS NOT CLOSED. AND MOST IMPORTANT, WAS SHELVED WITH AUTHORITIES BELIEVING THAT THE LITLE GIRL IS DEAD.
MCCANN'S CASE WAS NOT TRIALED in any court of law, they refuse to answer several questions to the oficial police; they refuse to do the reconstruction of the night the litle girl disapeared; they refuse any other theory apart the abduction; They failed all the NORMAL, LeGALL and OFFICIAL steps in the investigation. THEY HAVE NO LEGALL OR MORAL AUTHORITIE TO ASK ANYTHING, AND WORSE.... TO ASK PEOPLE TO SHUT UP WHEN THERE IS MORE DOUBTS THEN SURE CONCLUSIONS.
We did not ask them or invite them in our lifes. Refusing the advice of the police, they went in our houses trough a Media campaign in several Tv interviews, bringuing alots of anguishes and stress to the nights of our little childs feeding the idea of an abductor which can go inside rooms at night leaving no traces.
Who damaged the investigation? NOT ME, NOT THAT BLOG. The Mccann's themselves and their behaviour are the ones to blame.
We WANT JUSTICE, but not a justice made with conspiracy, made with silences, fabricated. WE WANT A JUSTICE ACHIEVED WITH TRANSPARENCE, TROUGH AN INDEPENDENT COURT, WHERE ALL THE THEORIES CAN BE TRTEATED AS POSSIBLE AND DISMISSED IF THEIR IS NO EVIDENCES.
The Mccann's assault our lifes when it was convennient for them and create the monster.... Now they cannot ask us to shut up.... Unless they re-open the case, answer the questions in a court, do the re-construction and follow all the normal steps in justice, as we face in the same situation. They are not more and not less, then me or all the bloggers here. When, we all vote in our Country elections or in European elections, our votes have the same power and are treated as IGUAL. Why they want to be different?
The big majority of us, voted on FREEDMON OF EXPRESSION, ON LIBERTY, then how can a small team of neglect parents ask lawyers now to frame our brain?
INNOCENT PARENTS NEED A SUPPORT OF PSICHOLOGISTS TO FACE THEIR PAIN AND THEIR LOSS, NOT A HUGE TEAM OF EXPENSIVE LAWYERS, MEDIA IMAGE ADVISERS, ETC. That shows.... there is something behind which they want to hide.
INTERNET IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDMON, SHOULD NEVER EVER BE A VEHICLE TO CLOSE MOUTHS, TO FRAME OPINIONS. THE MCCANN'S WANTED THEIR CASE TO BE PUBLIC SINCE THE BEGINNING. THEY MADE THE CHOICE AND BECAME CELEBRITIES. THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND NOW, THAT THIS HAVE A PRICE AND THE PRICE IS.... WHEN YOU SHOW TO PUBLIC EYES YOUR BEHAVIOUR AND WHEN YOU PUBLICITE IT you should be prepared for positive and negative critic. It is a risk. Mean's that the Mccann's still not prepared for the monster which they created.... THEY SUB-EVALUATE ALL THE RISKS, after all that huge team of millionaire employees.
Lady Di, faced several critics on her life and never ask anybody to Shut-Up, this is why she is remembered now with great respect.
Bush was the most controversial United States President and he faced a lot of critics and jokes. He never ask anybody to shut-up.
Berluscconni, faces some scandals and bad comments in Italy... never ask anybody to shut up.
THEN WHO ARE THIS MCCANN'S? Apart of being a pair of middle class doctors which assume they leave their child unprotected night after night in a foreign country hotel.
Gonçalo & Sofia: Feliz aniversario y muchos por venir.
I could not believe my eyes when I read this article! Truly amazing!
This is a call for compassion from the Amaral family towards the mccanns.It shows the people they truly are,people with an enormous heart despite their difficulties.They still manage to "embrace" the mccanns and here they are giving us a lesson.
Yes,this is the first time in 2 very long years GA is described like a human being and not like a "disgraced" person.
I hope the mccanns will take good note of this as well as the tone of the Express article which definitely hints at Madeleine"s death.As well as acknowlege that even though the Amarals are essentially good at heart people,they will fight back and we can only support them and stand by them.The article is also a warning.Good but not stupid and certainely not scared.
I am now wondering how the mccanns will react to this article which praises what they loath most in this world: the man who wants to find the truth and make justice for a little child. THEIR little child.
Their resistance is cruel for Madeleine.
IF they are not involved they should be working and should have been working hand in hand with the PJ. They still can ask for the case to be re-opened.
Their constant denial has been and is working against them and especially the only victim here: Madeleine.
I believe that even now if they would recognize their numerous mistakes and owe up for whatever happened to Madeleine,they still would have the clemency of a court because the loss of a child is the worse thing to happen.
Will they finally give in and give up their "dreams" of grandeur against the only thing that really counts,the truth for Madeleine?
Continuara......
It is that a sign of CHANGES IN BRITISH MEDIA? IF So.... Congratulations to the newspaper which decide to inform people and not manipulating information.
That mea's, at the time the Mccann's want to frame people in Portugal and in the Internet, they are loosing the control of the Media in Uk?
Or that mean's... Mitchell jumped out of the circus?
Happy Birthday Mrs Amaral :)
At last, how refreshing to read the Sunday Express today. I have purposely boycotted UK newpapers - until today.
Joana, thank you for all your hard work.
H
What a lovely article,-and so refreshing:-)
A little balance in the British press is well overdue and here's hoping we'll now start seeing some.
Happybirthday Sr. and Mrs Amaral
Sofia is genuine and transparent- She assumed they buy a Jaguar with Money earned from the book. Nothing wrong... Amaral write the book, then the money came from his work.
And the Mccann's.... after two years of a Billionaire Fund, what we know? Where goes the Money from the Fund, earned fooling honest people?
Wonder.... Amaral Buy a Jaguar, a British car, proving that he have nothing against UK. At least his money went inside England...
But, we will see ao long the Mccann's will be silent with this interview and the Jaguar? How long to come across the Media and blame Amaral of having a Jaguar with Madeleine's ground?
VERY CLOUDY, the sky in ROTHLEY today.... a storm is around...
I didn't think I'd ever be saying 'THANK YOU' to the Express, but here I am saying it!
At last an article showing the true side of Goncalo to the British public - a side which needed to be shown and which has taken far too long.
The McCann team will be chewing glass and spitting sawdust over this article, not to mention a certain pink blog!!
I hope Sofia and Goncalo enjoy reading the article instead of wincing at the derogatory remarks usually there.
Have a nice day everyone!
"They are particularly angered over his claims that Madeleine is not alive. Civil servant Sofia says her 49-year-old husband suffered post traumatic stress after he was removed as head of the Madeleine investigation in September 2007. He took early retirement the following month, even though he lost two-thirds of his pension.
“It was a bad time for Gonçalo,” said Sofia. Even in his sleep he was going over in his mind what had happened to him and how his career was brought to a premature end.
“I heard him talking in the night because of nightmares. Everything he did, every action he took was going through his head."
Wow! I'm surprised no gobsmacked to read this article in the SE! How refreshing to read some real news and not a heavily laden pink sticky syrup McNon news article. Yes UK, Sofia and Goncalo are real people. Real people who have had their lives turned upside down and inside out because Goncalo was good at his job! I particulary like the above imo a clear indication that Sofia herself has material for a best selling book! Sofia when you write your book please publish in English also!
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have not purchased a newspaper for 2 years since the papers biased and clearly gagged reporting on the Mccann's and missing Madeleine Mccann. Team Mccann were all so neglectful to their children and this has all been brushed under the carpet and the papers writing what the Mccanns what us all the believe.
I form my own opinion and in order to form opinions I have followed other articles available online and not purchased a paper or watched mainstream news for over 2 years. Today I awoke to a pleasant surprise, one I really did not expect. An interview with Sofia Leal, a refreshing view of the respectful and honest husband and wife who have both dedicated their life to truth and honesty. Thank you for printing something other than what Clarence Mitchell must give you to write that is all spot checked by the Mccanns PR companies. I do have a formal complaint below and hope you can address it fully please.
There was one part in which the reported says "Madeleine was snatched" this should not be written, does he know she was " snatched" he should have said gone missing. On this note I formally request that you amend that wording on the internet article right away and can you answer please, does the Sunday Express have a bias to the Mccanns? You are in this article are clearly saying you believe what the McCann’s say about a "so called abduction" as there is no evidence to support this.
There is so much evidence to support Madeleine's death and on this note it would help me continue to buy your paper if you reported "facts" direct from the PJ's files, the dvd files that are public knowledge. An article about the work of Eddie and Keela the wonderful police dogs, along with their findings on the Mccann case would make the general public all buy your paper, I have no doubt.
Thank you again for the article which was very informative and I look forward to the changing online of the error or if not an error can you advise how you can say Madeleine was "snatched"
Kind regards
DT
After this is there anyone who still does not believe that Donal MacIntyre´s article in last Sunday´s Express was a very clever demolition job on the abduction theory?
Yet again they have managed to publish an article which does the Mcanns no favours, but which cannot possibly be construed as libellous.
Said so last week Donal Macintyre was having a go at the Maccanns perhaps the tide is starting to turn against the Maccanns. They will not like this that's for sure.
Don't know how you guys are reading this UK-article..... but for me it reads like:
"....We are now living on one-third of our budget..." and "...her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money..."
That's not very responsible behaviour, in my opinion !
Thank god for this article,the triumph of right over might seems a long time in coming but finally this could be the start.
Dear me, how did this article get past the censors? Don't the Sunday Express people know that before noon all copies of their newspaper will have to be collected from every shop in the land and delivered to Rothley to be burned in the village square? All Rothley residents who thought they'd have a free afternoon will now find themselves dragooned into attendance at the paper-burning ceremony, until not a word of this dangerous, pro-Amaral stuff is left to sully the minds of the populace.
It could happen ... nothing is impossible.
PS Happy Birthday, Sofia - you and your husband deserve much happiness for all you're doing for Madeleine.
Hum... TEMPO QUENTE NO OUTONO INGLES.
Porque estao a mudar de atitude alguns jornais ingleses? PREMONICAO de que a ultima cartada jogada pelos Mccann em Portugal, foi a mais desastrosa e provavelmente a mais devastadora.
Censurar livros, silenciar opinioes, perseguir cidadaos, e provavelmente a mais perigosa opcao e aquela que o publico menos tolera e nao perdoa. Os Mccann e o seu assessorado de advogados e porta-vozes milionarios, cometeram um erro ao quererem nao so silenciar o policia mas tambem cidadao anonimos em todo o mundo. NAO SE SILENCIA A INDIGNACAO. Nao se mudam opinioes so porque um grupo assim o deseja. E PRECISO CONVENCER O PUBLICO e enquanto nao houver um julgamento isento, o publico nao ficara convencido.
E disso que os jornais tem medo... o assunto chegou a um ponto que ja nao tem retrocesso... Pode ser o Publico a exigir a re-abertura do caso, a querer saber a verdade. Se tal acontecer, os jornais sabem que tem muita culpa no castelo de cartas que os Mccann construiram. Afinal foram os jornais que venderam a imagem de um policia incompetente e bebado, gordo e mal-vestido. Venderam mentiras e difamacoes. Se o caso for a tribunal, Amaral tem todo o direito de dizer que precisou de escrever o livro para provar ao publico que ele investigou, trabalhou e chegou as mesmas conclusoes que outros policiais oficiais, cujos nomes e imagem nao foram banalizados.
Os jornais igleses estao com medo da onda de choque que Amaral, Blogs, Sites e o publico, podem comecar. DECIDIDAMENTE, OS MCCANN FORAM UM MAU NEGOCIO- PAGARAM-lhes indemnizacoes fantoche, perderam credibilidade e leitores e agora tem de reconhecer que foram manipulados.
Loved the headline on the page next to it, 'Kate gets cut down to size'. Ok, it wasn't the same Kate, but it sure looked good!
Mrs Amaral sounds like a very inteligent woman. Nice one, Sunday Express - you've broken my boycott on British newspapers, keep up the good work.
I love the contrast between the photos of the two couples.
So uma nota breve: muitos parabens Sofia e Goncalo (um bocadinho antecipados :-)
Um abraco grande,
Salsa
On September 27, Anonymous said...
Don't know how you guys are reading this UK-article..... but for me it reads like:
"....We are now living on one-third of our budget..." and "...her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money..."
That's not very responsible behaviour, in my opinion !
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The ONLY irresponsble people here are the mccanns.Before and after May 3rd 2007.
Have the courage to post WITH a name and not behind "anonymous".
THAT would be responsible
What's going on eh? Normally a newspaper picks a side and sticks with it. Not in this case though. We've already had the Express flip from anti to pro. Now they offer a cosy article on Amaral.
One possibility of course is that the Express like a lot of the media is just waiting for its opportunity.
No one likes losing large sums of money in a libel case.
Another might be that Amaral's lawyers have been in touch with the Express! Hence the balance...
I remain however completely mystified and outraged by the UK media. Their complete inability or reluctance to ask even the simplest questions (unlike say Sandra F who asked them if they were going to ask to reopen the case as is their legal right) is baffling. Most news and crime journalists are pretty inteligent. It's not as though they can't know what questions to ask. I think therefore they are not asking them out of fear - fear of the consquences - and that in turn must relate to instructions from editors and that in turn must relate back to libel actions etc
On September 27, Anonymous said...
Don't know how you guys are reading this UK-article..... but for me it reads like:
"....We are now living on one-third of our budget..." and "...her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money..."
That's not very responsible behaviour, in my opinion !
Oh my, I would hate to see what you thought Anon on the behaviour of the Mccanns & buddies leaving all the children alone night after night. Totally responsible - NOT
Interresting how Mrs AMARAL speaks about his husband is protecting with his daughters.
PROTECTING!
Hi there!
For the newspapers in the UK the Mccanns & Co are not a big business anymore.It's boring to hear or read the same song about the Egg-Man by Jane Tanner.
Maybe now is a new wave coming.A burned book is more intersting than a pseudo crime.
Just wait and drink tea!
We never know how they plan.
have a nice sunday,
Maria
You are a brave woman Sofia Leal and not for the reasons that we normally associate you with, your honesty, integrity and the loyalty you show your husband to name but a few.
Brave indeed, unless you had editorial control over the article, to put your trust in any British newspaper.
Brave indeed to trust this shabby rag not to turn the story completely around and have it serve their purpose du jour.
Whereas it's good to see the article in print I cannot help but ask you to consider the risks and pitfalls when talking to the British media in the future.
They are not to be trusted, they have shown that day in and day out ever since this grotesque circus rolled into town.
That apart, may I take this opportunity to wish you both happy birthday and offer my sincerest thanks, again to both of you, for being so steadfast in the face of so much adversity and equally steadfast in the uphill battle of seeking justice for a wee girl, a wee girl that deserves in death better treatment than she received in life.
My warmest regards to you both.
Himself
mrs amaral comes over as a very sincere and warm person but is a shame that it has taken 2ys for a decent article with out all the disgraced cop and the bungling pj rubbish.but i personally think the express are up to some thing so dont hold your breathe for another decent article to appear in favour of mr and mrs amaral,
*rubs eyes* The Express?
Interviewing Sofia Leal, sympathetically? Showing the Amarals' true colours in a UK paper?
Sent hubby out to buy a copy. C'mon folks, show your approval!
Hi,
Brigitte from Germany,
go back to Amaral's article where you commented it is a nightmare to you.
At page 3 ( I think) there is a comment of myself, written to you.
And I repeat, don't blame yourself for crimes you did no commit.
If you continue like that, today or tomorrow you will feel responsible for what happened to Madeleine.
Be strong.
A Dutch lady.
On September 27, Anonymous said...
Don't know how you guys are reading this UK-article..... but for me it reads like:
"....We are now living on one-third of our budget..." and "...her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money..."
That's not very responsible behaviour, in my opinion !
Well, just be glad you're allowed an opinion, because if the oppressors have their way you'll soon not be allowed to say anything without running it past the censors first! Though I guess your remarks would be allowed through, seeing as they're critical of the Amarals rather than the McCanns.
Come on, what's wrong with buying a Jaguar? At least Mr Amaral earned whatever money he has, and HIS wife works, which is a better way to get money than asking other people to give it to you. You earn your own money, you can spend it how you choose. Sofia isn't pleading poverty, she's simply pointing out that her husband lost two-thirds of his pension, but she says that's ok because he made the right decision.
What a refreshing change from the moaning minnies we usually hear about when the British press write about Madeleine's disappearance. Who could forget a member of the Fund's board saying the public weren't giving enough money? Bad, bad public - holding on to money that should really have been handed over without question!
PS Maybe you'd like to see the Jaguar seized and handed over to the McCanns? I don't think it'll happen, but you never know to which depths some people will sink.
I do agree with Anonymous (one of them) about "....We are now living on one-third of our budget..." and "...her husband has bought a Jaguar car but she insists he has not made a lot of money..."
I think the journalist knows what he quotes and how paradoxical this will appear. And this makes me deduce this interview isn't at all innocent. It might even origin in an advice of the new hired Portuguese Lift Consulting".
I don't agree with another Anonymous who "believes that even now if they would recognize their numerous mistakes and owe up for whatever happened to Madeleine,they still would have the clemency of a court because the loss of a child is the worse thing to happen".
No clemency for them ! The question isn't punishing them, but re-establishing our confidence in justice.
They lost a child, and we all felt extremely sorry for that. They fooled us as if we weren't compassionate, shouldn't we make sure that no one will ever dare trying such a circus anymore ?
may this year be a Happy Birthday for both of you...
we have our fingers crossed that there may be a resolution of the case:
vindication for you Goncalo, repatriation for poor Madeleine and incarceration for the parents
Whilst it was good to read the article in the SE, i wouldn't hold my breath for much more from them. The British Press are afraid to report anything negative about the McScums for fear of libel. But i dare say they know full well the McScums are guilty as sin and are waiting for the proof so that they can go ahead and hammer them. The British press are very quick to turn nasty and they will eventually.
Best birthday wishes to Sr and Mrs Amaral, and i hope and pray that justice will eventually prevail.
Jan
Just a thought about the 'national security threat'. Could it be they're scared of an uprising when the truth comes out? Gordon Brown is said to have said people needed to be prepared...