Duck?
Goncalo Amaral....Madeleine Cop Sacked
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1286675,00.html
The Portuguese detective heading the search for Madeleine McCann has reportedly been sacked after accusing her parents of manipulating the British police.
Sky News sources said Gonçalo Amaral had been relieved of his duties as head of the regional Policia Judiciaria (PJ) in Portimao.
He also ceases to head the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.
He was one of five men charged over an alleged attack on Leonor Cipriano, whose nine-year-old daughter Joana vanished in September 2004.
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Thank god!!! :clap:
I don't understand how this man could have been in charge of the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance, especially after he was charged with a crime against the mother of another missing child. :doh: :crazy:
In the UK a cop charged with a crime would have been suspended while his case was ongoing.
The question now is.
Will the search resume for Madeleine, and will the case finally be handled in a professional way...I hope so but time will tell.
:blowkiss: Duck was the only part of the question I understood. :bang::crazy: Thoughtfox, I laughed so hard I nearly wet my pants. Duck? :blowkiss:
...he was defended today by some fellow officers who believe he was sacked due to unfair pressure from the British media.
One police source told Correio da Manha: "He was the first victim, and he served as a scapegoat for the English."
Carlos Anjos, president of the Judicial Police Inspectors Union, said: "He was the victim of personal attacks by the British media which not only questioned his honour as a policeman, but also attacked him as a human being."
If you think that just because Amaral is gone, the other officers will cease investigating the Mc Canns or seeing them as the responsible for Madeleine's death you are keeping your hopes way too high in my opinion. It is not only Amaral who thinks the parents are involved.
The chief investgative officer is taken off the case and you simply dissmiss it ? Does it not raise any concerns with you that all might not be well within the PLE -
Maybe a new man might actualy start to try and follow up on some leads to try and find Madeline instead of their one and only line is that the Mcaans did it .
does the fact that Amari is reported to have been working 4 hours a day and havin long boozy lunches not concern you ? It would me .
Where did I dismiss it? I am just stating that the evidence will speak by itself, whoever is in charge is irrelevant to me.
Oh, you want them to follow one lead alone that does not hurt the couple? I thought you may want them to do BOTH...find Madeleine and investigate the Mc Canns since they are the official suspects in the case.
Do we know that for a fact? Was that the reason for his dismissal? I am not defending Amaral at all but simply stating that those who think that because he is gone, the investigation is going to take another turn are putting their hopes high. PJ is convinced the Mc Canns did it.
My point is that the PJ do not follow up on any other lead apart from Mccans - by all means follow on the Mcaans - but maybe they should just have a look at some of the others maybe they should send some officers to Morrocco , .
Anyway I thought that the file had been given to the judge weeks ago and we are waiting on a decision on wither they should charge or not
Also Murat is still an official suspect in the same way as the mccaans are
Agreed Sleuthmom!Personally even though I think the parents are involved, I would like ALL CREDIBLE leads to be followed, nothing would please me more than to be proved wrong on this case. Having said that, I say credible because we are speaking about police time and resources that are obviously limited.
I thought they had followed lots of leads - Murat and all the sightings in other countries.
If the other "leads" don't lead anywhere except back to the parents, then what is a police force to do?
I thought they had followed lots of leads - Murat and all the sightings in other countries.
If the other "leads" don't lead anywhere except back to the parents, then what is a police force to do?
That's my point! It's not like the Mc Canns were the first suspects! Everything else led to them based on evidence. IF the police has some evidence that leads to the parents then they need to work on that lead, why waste police resources if things point out to the parents?