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1. Gonçalo Amaral
made the statements that are
attributed to him under item
Z)*?
*(item Z is the Correio da
Manhã interview)
Proved |
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2. The cover price of
the book “Maddie, A Verdade
da Mentira” in Portugal is
€ 13.80, including VAT?
It is proved
that the editor set the
selling price at 13,33 euro,
including VAT. |
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3. Defendant Gonçalo
Amaral has earned from the
sale of the book “Maddie, A
Verdade da Mentira” an
amount that is not less than
€ 621.000,00? |
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4. Defendant Gonçalo
Amaral has earned from the
sale of editions in foreign
languages of the book an
amount that is not less than
€ 498.750,00?
(Items 3&4) It is
proved that Gonçalo
Amaral earned 342.111,86
euro from the sales of the
book in the years 2008 and
2009. This information is
based on data from the
Portuguese Revenue Agency. |
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5. The book was sold
in Brazil by defendant
“Guerra e Paz, Editores,
S.A.”?
Not proved. |
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6. The DVD has a
cover price of € 6,00?
Proved that it
was sold for 6,95 euro with
newspaper Correio daManhã. |
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7. Defendant Gonçalo
Amaral has earned from the
sale of the DVD an amount
that is not less than €
112.500,00?
Proved that he
earned 40.000 euro from DVD
sales in 2008. Based on info
from the Revenue Service. |
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8. The DVD that is
mentioned under AN) has been
edited and the edited copies
have been sold by defendant
“V.C. – Valentim de Carvalho
– Filmes, Audiovisuais,
S.A.”?
Proved. |
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9. Defendant “V.C. –
Valentim de Carvalho –
Filmes, Audiovisuais, S.A.”?
has already made the DVD, in
an English version,
available for immediate
delivery via internet
order?
Not proved. |
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10. At least two
million and two hundred
thousand people have watched
the programme that was
broadcast on 13.4.2009?
Proved. |
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11. Because of the
statements made by defendant
Gonçalo Amaral in the book,
in the documentary and in
the interview to Correio da
Manhã, the Polícia
Judiciária stopped
collecting information and
investigating the
disappearance of Madeleine
MacCann?
Not proved. |
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12. Because of the
statements made by defendant
Gonçalo Amaral in the book,
in the documentary and in
the interview to Correio da
Manhã, authors Kate MacCann
and Gerald MacCann are
completely destroyed, from a
moral, social, ethical,
sentimental, family point of
view, much beyond the pain
that their daughter’s
absence causes them?
Not proved. |
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13. Because of the
statements made by defendant
Gonçalo Amaral in the book,
in the documentary and in
the interview to Correio da
Manhã, authors Kate MacCann
and Gerald MacCann suffer
permanent anguish, insomnia,
lack of appetite, anxiety
and irritability,
preoccupation and
indefinable fear?
Proved.
The judge adds that this
psychological state is
pre-existent to the book,
the documentary and the
interview and was not caused
by the book. Nonetheless, it
cannot be reasonable to
believe that the book, the
documentary and the
interview had no effect on
the couple, i.e. It had an
effect but that is perfectly
normal. |
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14. Authors Kate
MacCann and Gerald MacCann
feel a deep shame and an
indescribable ill-being
because they are considered,
by most people who know the
theories of defendant
Gonçalo Amaral, as having
responsibility in the death
of their daughter, being so
cowardly that they have
hidden her cadaver,
simulating abduction, all of
this to avoid criminal
accusations?
Proved that
the couple felt badly about
being considered responsible
over the hiding of their
daughter's body and
simulating her abduction by
those who believe in Mr
Amaral's thesis.
The judge states that it is
not possible to determine
what most people who have
read or seen Mr Amaral's
thesis actually think.
She adds that the plaintiffs
failed to prove shame, even
with Kate stating it was not
shame that she felt.
The judge once more believes
it is expectable that the
plaintiffs would feel badly
about being considered to be
responsible for hiding the
body and staging an
abduction - not, the judge
stresses, about being
responsible for their
daughter's death, as is
commonly, and mistakenly,
believed. |
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15. Authors Kate
MacCann and Gerald MacCann
live under enormous daily
pressure due to the need to
keep their younger children
away from the knowledge of
defendant Gonçalo Amaral’s
opinions about their moral
integrity?
Proved that
the couple feels the need to
keep their younger children
from finding out about said
thesis.
This fact also derives from
common experience and was
corroborated by David
Trickey's testimony. |
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16. Namely because of
defendant Gonçalo Amaral’s
statements in the book, in
the documentary and in the
interview to Correio da
Manhã, author Kate MacCann
is immerged in a deep and
serious depression, which
has already made her state
publicly “I wish I was in a
coma, to relieve the pain”?
Not proved. |
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17. Sean and Amelie
MacCann will soon become
aware of the conclusions
that are mentioned in J),
because they will go to
school?
It is proved
that Sean and Amelie started
school in August of 2010 and
have not learned about Mr
Amaral's thesis yet. |
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18. 63.369 copies of
the DVD were not sold,
having been destroyed
afterwards?
Proved. |
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19. Defendant Gonçalo
Amaral has gone into
retirement from the Polícia
Judiciária on 1.6.2008?
Proved that he
retired on July 1st, 2008. |
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20. On 22.6.2008, the
Attorney General’s Office
published a note for the
media, announcing the
archiving of the inquiry,
awaiting better evidence?
It is proved that
such a note was issued on
the 21st of July of 2008,
the note also informed that
the case could be reopened
if new evidence appeared and
prompted relevant
diligences. |
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21. The criminal
inquiry was reopened due to
the appearance of new
evidence?
Not proved. |
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22. The attention of
the media and of people in
general diminished when
defendant Gonçalo Amaral’s
book was published?
Not proved. |
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23. The sale of the
books was made on
consignment, being subject
to devolution for various
reasons, like handling,
manufacturing defects or
their non-transaction?
Proved that the book was
partly sold on consignment,
and partly firmly sold with
a right to return for
various motives. |
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24. The so-called
“Maddie Case” has been
profoundly treated within
the Portuguese and foreign
society, whether by the
media, or through books,
like those authored by Paulo
Pereira Cristóvão, Manuel
Catarino and Hernâni
Carvalho?
Proved. |
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25. The so-called
“Maddie Case” was commented
upon by Dr. Francisco Moita
Flores, former inspector,
writer, criminalist and
commentator, in various
media?
Proved. |
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26. Have authors Kate
MacCann and Gerald MacCann
hired communication firms
and spokespeople through the
Madeleine Fund?
(for unknown reasons, the
judge does not mention this
item at all) |
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27. Are the facts
that are reported by
defendant Gonçalo Amaral in
the book and in the
aforementioned interviews,
like he himself writes and
said, facts that were
established during the
inquiry? |
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28. Does the
documentary only contain
facts that are also in the
inquiry files?
(Both articles) It is proved
that the facts in the book
and in the documentary,
concerning the
investigation, are mostly
facts that took place in the
investigation and are
documented as such.
The judge does note that
some of the facts in the
book are not complete, and
some facts that are in the
book are not in the case
files, including Jane
Tanner's "informal"
recognition of Robert Murat. |
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29. The social
capital of defendant “V.C. –
Valentim de Carvalho –
Filmes, Audiovisuais, S.A.”
is held, in 60%, by the firm
“Estúdios Valentim de
Carvalho, Gravações e
Audiovisuais, S.A.” and, in
40%, by the Fundo de
Investimento para o Cinema e
o Audiovisual?
Proved. |
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30. Has defendant
“V.C. – Valentim de Carvalho
– Filmes, Audiovisuais,
S.A.” ceded the rights to
sell, distribute, exhibit
and broadcast all of the
cinematographic and
audiovisual work that it
creates, develops and
produces to the firm
“Valentim de Carvalho
Multimédia, S.A.”?
Proved that VC Filmes
agreed to give VC Multimedia
the rights to sell and
distribute several works
that were to be produced
within 5 years. |
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31. Until today, has
the documentary been
reproduced only once to be
edited, published and sold
in Portugal under video
format, in this case a DVD?
Proved. |
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32. The reproduction
and edition of the
documentary in video format
have been authorised by
“Valentim de Carvalho
Multimédia, S.A.” to firm
“Presslivre, Imprensa Livre,
S.A.”, the owner of the
Correio da Manhã newspaper,
according to a contract
between both?
Proved. |
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33. Under which
[contract], the DVD, its
covers and packages would
be, as they were,
manufactured on behalf of,
under order of and under the
responsibility of Presslivre,
in order to be distributed
and sold together with
newspaper Correio da Manhã?
Proved. |
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34. And the entire
process of registering and
classifying the video
edition (DVD) of the
documentary with ICAG would
be, as it was, developed by
Valentim de Carvalho
Multimédia, a process whose
cost would be carried by
Presslivre, as it did?
Proved. |
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35. The distribution
for sale took place in
conjunction with the
distribution for sale of the
newspaper Correio da Manhã’s
edition of April 24, 2009?
It is proved only
that the documentary was
distributed for sale with
the newspaper. |
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36. The documentary
was reproduced, and even
subtitled in the English
language, by third parties
that published it on the
internet, without permission
and against the will of the
defendant “V.C. – Valentim
de Carvalho – Filmes,
Audiovisuais, S.A.”?
Proved. |
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37. That illicit
diffusion damages not only
the rights that are held by
defendant “V.C. – Valentim
de Carvalho – Filmes,
Audiovisuais, S.A.” over the
documentary, but also its
commercial exploration,
because any citizen can
watch the documentary, also
only one “click” away?
Proved. |
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