Dr Amaral's Defence Funds

canada12 wrote:

Poe wrote:

Andrew wrote:I said it before, but will say it again. Kate is not going on any bike ride.

'Kate McCann has to pull out of charity bike ride due to nasty trolls...'

Or some bullsh!t similar.

Excuses would of been lined up ages ago.

I think you might be right although I don't think that the "troll" excuse would work after Brenda Leyland and the police pronouncement on the troll dossier.

So I predict an injury and, since the McCanns are so lacking in imagination, that would have to be an achilles tendon problem (a very rare condition called Achilles McCannitis. So rare that there has only been one previously documented case worldwide. Unlike most achilles injuries which requires bracing or surgery then physiotherapy, Achilles McCannitis is an acute injury that spontaneously heals itself when it is no longer useful to the patient)

We shall see.

I predict she'll start the ride and have to pull out enroute, due to an injury or some kind of strain, thus allowing her to be interviewed on the tv chat show on Monday morning :-)

My take too Canada 12, either that or something else is afloat. Hope I am wrong with the latter.

Leanne Baulch
‏@LeanneMBaulch A really heartfelt donation. Thank you! #McCann

The Fund is now £29,005, great news.

costello wrote:The Fund is now £29,005, great news.

Thank you, have put that on first post on portal page

I notice that it was Victor Meldrew who contributed the last fiver!

Let's see how long the fund takes to get to £30,000.00.

Freedom wrote:I notice that it was Victor Meldrew who contributed the last fiver!

Let's see how long the fund takes to get to £30,000.00.

Hopefully in a few days as there does seem to be a good few cycle donation pledges.

Appeal filed http://pjga.blogspot.nl/2015/06/update-appeal-filed.html

Poppy wrote:Appeal filed http://pjga.blogspot.nl/2015/06/update-appeal-filed.html

Great stuff.

Excellent news :-)

Goncalo has left a message on the PJGA site.


Sorry cant do links

Andrew wrote:http://portugalresident.com/maddie-cop-launches-appeal-against-mccann%E2%80%99s-record-damages-%E2%80%98win%E2%80%99-of-%E2%82%AC500000

Posted by portugalpress on June 15, 2015


Maddie cop launches appeal against McCann’s record damages ‘win’ of €500,000





Following a huge crowd-funding drive that has raised over £29,000 from well-wishers almost exclusively from the UK, former police inspector Gonçalo Amaral has today filed his appeal against the €500,000-plus damages awarded against him in a civil case taken out by the parents of Madeleine McCann. The Projecto Justiça Gonçalo Amaral published the news this morning, thanking “each and every one” of the nearly 2000 people who have given money to the British gofundme appeal that has helped take Amaral’s legal fight to its next stage. As the message went out, donations continued apace - with over £390 raised in a matter of hours. Several of the day’s donors commented this was “news worth celebrating”, but more than one suggested the story is “unlikely to be covered by mainstream media”. Indeed, by coincidence British media is much more focused today on Madeleine’s mother Kate who is leading a bike ride for a missing people’s charity. Kate McCann has told reporters that she is “really encouraged” by progress being made by police in the eight-year hunt for her daughter. Meantime, the gofundme appeal - started by a young Birmingham woman who was only 14 when Madeleine went missing - is set to continue. Updates are promised - though with the speed of Portuguese justice it is anyone’s guess when Amaral’s appeal will be set a date for hearing. As readers may be aware, the long-running civil case taken out by Madeleine’s parents centred on claims Amaral made in his book The Truth of the Lie in which he suggested the McCanns had faked their daughter’s abduction. The McCann’s said the book caused them “devastation, desperation, anxiety and pain”. Amaral’s supporters however claim they “will not let this case pass into obscurity” and “do not tolerate the leaving of unanswered questions”.

natasha.donn@algarveresident.com

A note of gratitude from Goncalo Amaral

http://pjga.blogspot.pt/2015/06/a-note-of-gratitude.html

What a great note it is. Gosh, he stands much higher than some, what a gentleman x

dogs don't lie wrote:What a great note it is. Gosh, he stands much higher than some, what a gentleman x

Yes indeed, here it is for those that haven't seen it.

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

cherry wrote:

WOW - Fantastic

Don't tell me it's £30,000?!?

OMG IT IS!!!! XxxxX

And will be considerably more when Kate finishes her bike ride for GA

There is a really good comment posted 17 minutes ago from Rosalind S.

Great stuff, now £31,000

£31,140 !!!

ETA: What is wrong with the "current time" showing on here?

It says it's 8.50pm. I hope not, as I make it 10.50am!! Hope I haven't lost the whole day somewhere!!

Is the site hosted from a different time zone to the UK?