Daily Star (paper edition, page 5)


The former police chief who wrote a book accusing Madeleine McCann's parents of covering up her death was trying to encourage officers to keep looking for her.

Goncalo Amaral shared the desire of Madeleine's parents to keep the case open, a court was told.

That was the reason he penned his controversial best seller about the case, former police colleague Antonio Paulo dos Santos told a Lisbon court.

He said Amaral wrote his 2008 book The Truth Of The Lie because he opposed the Portuguese police decision to shelve the case.

He said: "Everything that's in the book appears to be in the case files. It's not fictional."

Kate and Gerry McCann are suing Mr Amaral for £1million over his claims they faked their daughter's abduction to cover up her death in their holiday flat.

Mr Amaral's book was released three days after the Portuguese police investigation into the youngster's disappearance was shelved.

The hearing continues.