Dr Amaral's Defence Funds

costello wrote:The fund is now £33,040. Fantastic.

Goncalo Amaral’s appeal is as we know in the pipeline and the fund for that appeal continues to grow day by day.
I have heard it said by some that the latest judgment is in isolation to the 2010 Court of appeal judgment and because of that the 2015 judgment is irrelevant to it because the two trials were on different issues of the whole. Ergo, some say that his appeal is certain to fail.

Naïve but that’s to be expected from those blinded by hate.

Unusually there is however actually a modicum of truth in those “opinions” but as always, the devil is in the detail.

To briefly recap, the 2015 trial judge awarded damages to the McCanns for alleged damage caused by Amaral’s book and the 2010 Appeal Court hearing lifted the injunction on that book, much to the chagrin of the McCanns at the time.

They are therefore totally different cases and any connection between them is really a fairly tenuous link. On that basis one easily would think that the current appeal would indeed be doomed to failure…….except for one crucial and salient point.

In 2010 three High Court judges examined all of the evidence the McCanns presented and inter alia found and ruled that any and all damage alleged by the McCanns was either to be expected in the circumstance or perhaps most significantly, self inflicted as for example the “invasion of privacy”.

Given the McCann’s self publicising “strategy”, it’s not dissimilar to putting your hand into the flames and then trying to sue whoever sold you the matches.

That evidence has not changed, although augmented perhaps by young Sean imagining a Goncalo interview on the school bus radio, and yet acting on the very same evidence the judge in the recent trial found for the McCanns.

It is not only illogical ( with other potential adjectives readily available ) but it over rules the judgment handed down not only by the High Court of Appeal but also that of the Supreme Court.

All three courts have heard the SAME evidence and the appeal will now go back up the line to very same courts who discounted their allegations that the book caused damage.

For Goncalo’s appeal to fail, the higher courts must reconsider their earlier judgments and decide that they were wrong in favour of the decision of an inferior court. The specific case really doesn't matter because all evidence has been fully examined and by the superior courts, the McCanns were found "wanting" to say the least.

Now, I’m a gambling man and I understand perfectly well how the odds on say the Grand National are formulated. I really don’t think you’d find a bookie prepared to take a bet on the appeal failing because as I said, the devil is in the detail and that’s why Team McCann did their very best to sabotage the Goncalo appeal fund.

Welcome to gravity Mr and Mrs McCann.

bluebell wrote:

WOW !!!      It has gone over £34,000.  

Isn't that fantastic.    

I would love to c/p, but I can't.

chirpyinsect wrote:Thanks Freedom. Obviously GA is the truthful one yet it amazes me that these idiots will post stuff that can be so easily refuted.

Freedom wrote:He is one of the most infamous McCann supporters there is.

Here is what he said.


Richard David
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So there has been no appeal by Gonzo, well well well. Do his supporters now feel that they have been deceived?
The pro-amaral online publication portugalresident appears to have been duped too or have they been complicit in the deception?
I have no sympathy for those paying into the fund believing it was towards Amaral's appeal. After all the warning signs were there when the wording relating to the purpose of the fund was slightly altered from donations towards legal expenses relating to the appeal to just legal expenses.
So what will happen now? The sheep continue to pay into the fund or the sheep turn nasty? It'll be interesting to watch.
btw don't forget it's 'fiver Friday' wink emoticon


Here is Dr A's post from the PJ website

15 Jun 2015
A Note of Gratitude



Dear friends,

Today, the 15th of June, my appeal against the sentence that has recently been produced in the trial concerning my book, "Maddie, A Verdade da Mentira", was filed at the Civil Court of Lisbon.

Now I serenely await the Appellate Court's decision, reaffirming my confidence in Portuguese Justice.

The wave of solidarity that was generated to support me has been very moving and makes me feel extremely humble. I am so very grateful to each and every one of you, who have supported me and continue to do so; none of this would have been possible without you.

Winston Churchill said: "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope."

Truth is also simple. It is truth that guides me, and it will continue to do so, in its simplicity and greatness.

Thank you very much.

Gonçalo de Sousa Amaral


I know which of the two I would believe and it isn't Lord of the Socks Richard David.