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Ex-Cop: 'I Want To See McCanns In Court'

HOMEPAGE NEWS REPORTS INDEX INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN DAY NEWS MAY 2009
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Original Source: SKY: SUNDAY 17 MAY 2009
7:34pm UK, Sunday May 17, 2009
 
The disgraced former police chief who investigated the disappearance of Madeleine McCann said he is going to fight legal action from her parents.

Madeleine McCann and Goncalo Amaral
Kate and Gerry McCann announced this weekend they are to sue Goncalo Amaral for defamation after he claimed in a book and series of interviews that they were involved in the little girl's death.

The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, said they are taking action because his claims that Madeleine is dead are hampering the search for their daughter.

His comments had also caused "indescribable devastation and suffering" to their lives, they said.

But Mr Amaral, who was in charge when the McCanns were made official suspects and was later removed from the case, said he plans to counter-sue the pair.

"My lawyers are working on the case and we will take the McCann couple to court and perhaps other people for defamation, slanderous denunciations and false statements," he said on Portuguese TV.

McCanns recently appeared on Oprah show
 
The McCanns want a gagging order to prevent further publication of Mr Amaral's "deeply offensive" book The Truth of the Lie.

They also aim to block broadcast of his TV documentary and publication of his "disgraceful thesis" that they were involved in their daughter's disappearance.

They said in a statement: "The primary reason for our legal action is simple: to stop any negative effect that these absurd and deeply hurtful claims may be having on the ongoing search for Madeleine.

"We can no longer stand back and watch as Mr Amaral tries to convince the entire world that Madeleine is dead.

"Nor can we allow this blatant injustice to Madeleine, with its obvious risk of hindering our attempts to find her, to continue."

Madeleine disappeared two years ago in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents dined in a nearby tapas bar.

The couple recently marked the second anniversary with a PR offensive incorporating renewed appeals for information into Madeleine's disappearance.

They will join families of other vanished youngsters at London's South Bank on Monday to mark International Missing Children's Day.

 

29 PHOTOS FROM SKY MADELINE MCCANN GALLERY

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The messages from a well wisher are seen near a candle that is lit for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Rothley, central England May 3, 2009. Madeleine disappeared from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal two years ago today. REUTERS

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A message from a well wisher is seen near a candle that is lit for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Rothley, central England May 3, 2009. Madeleine disappeared from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal two years ago today. REUTERS

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A close-up from a poster released May 1, 2009 by the McCann family shows an age progression image of what their daughter Madeleine might look like now. Sunday marks the second anniversary of Madeleines disappearance from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal. REUTERS

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A poster released May 1, 2009 by the McCann family shows their daughter Madeleine as she looked when she disappeared (L) and an age progression image which shows what she might look like now. Sunday marks the second anniversary of Madeleines disappearance from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal. REUTERS

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A close-up from a poster released May 1, 2009 by the McCann family shows their daughter Madeleine as she looked when she disappeared (L) and an age progression image which shows what she might look like now. Sunday marks the second anniversary of Madeleines disappearance from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal. REUTERS

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A poster released May 1, 2009 by the McCann family shows their daughter Madeleine as she looked when she disappeared (L) and an age progression image which shows what she might look like now. Sunday marks the second anniversary of Madeleines disappearance from the resort town of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal. REUTERS

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Gerry (L) and Kate McCann talk with Oprah Winfrey about the search for their missing daughter Madeleine (rear poster) during a taping for the May 4, 2009 broadcast of ”The Oprah Winfrey Show.” REUTERS

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A billboard of Madeleine McCann is see at Praia da Luz tourist resort April 5, 2009, where Madeleine went missing. Gerry McCann,father of Madeleine, is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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People walks near a billboard of Madeleine McCann at Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 5, 2009, where Madeleine went missing. Gerry McCann, father of Madeleine, is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain walks at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain walks out of the apartment where his daughter Madeleine went missing at the Praia da Luz tourist resort April 4, 2009. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain walks at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain is followed by television crew as he walks at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann (R) of Britain is followed by television crew as he walks at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann (R) of Britain is followed by television crew as he walks at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann (C) of Britain is followed by television crew as he walks out of the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain arrives at the Praia da Luz tourist resort, April 4, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain leaves a church after a mass in Praia da Luz April 5, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at a resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann of Britain leaves a church after a mass at Praia da Luz April 5, 2009, where his daughter Madeleine went missing. McCann is at the resort to film a documentary re-enacting the May 3, 2007 disappearance of his daughter Madeleine, according to the familys press officer Clarence Mitchell. REUTERS

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Father of missing girl Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann (C), lawyer Adam Tudor (R) and spokesman Clarence Mitchell arrive for a Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee investigating privacy and libel laws at Portcullis House in London March 10, 2009. REUTERS

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Father of missing girl Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann (L), arrives for a Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee investigating privacy and libel laws at Portcullis House in London March 10, 2009. REUTERS

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Father of missing girl Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann (R), and spokesman Clarence Mitchell arrive for a Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee investigating privacy and libel laws at Portcullis House in London March 10, 2009. REUTERS

 
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Father of missing girl Madeleine McCann, Gerry McCann, arrives for a Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee investigating privacy and libel laws at Portcullis House in London March 10, 2009. REUTERS

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Gerry McCann, the father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, arrives at Portcullis House in central London, on March 10, 2009, as he prepares to give evidence to Members of Parliament. AFP/Getty Images

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Gerry McCann, (C) the father of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, press officer Clarence Mitchell (L) and lawyer Adam Tudor (R) arrive at Portcullis House in central London, on March 10, 2009, as Mccann prepares to give evidence to Members of Parliament. AFP/Getty Images

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