Le Procès des McCann contre Amaral

par **jean-luc** Mar 12 Jan - 18:42

Voici le résumé de l'audience transmis par JondiPaolo sur Twitter

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Ok, that's all we have time for. Back tomorrow morning.

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Some confusion here- that wasn't the end of proceedings, just a break before today's final witness.

28 minutes ago

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Proceedings have ended for today.

32 minutes ago

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The mcanns' lawyer is taking an aggressive tone as she cross-examines mr paiva.

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Paiva: if she was being held somewhere publicity would be more likely to hasten her death.

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Paiva: we found the 'merchandising' operation with wristbands and so on very strange.

about 1 hour ago

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Mr amaral looks like he's dozing off.

about 1 hour ago

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Paiva: mccanns never pointed me towards any evidence that maddie was still alive.

about 1 hour ago

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Paiva: amaral's thesis has prevented other theories from being investigated.

about 1 hour ago

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Paiva: amaral's theories are based on the facts of the investigation.

about 2 hours ago

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Paiva: it was scotland yard who first thought it could be a murder case.

about 2 hours ago

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Paiva: there was total collaboration between british and portuguese police on the case.

about 2 hours ago

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Paiva also says the mccanns were made suspects after the british sniffer dogs were brought in.

about 2 hours ago

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Gerry has put his arm round kate as they listen to paiva's testimony.

about 2 hours ago

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Kate whispers something in gerry's ear and gives him a little smile. He stays looking straight in front.

about 2 hours ago

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Paiva is asked whether he ever got the impression from the mccanns they thought maddie could be dead. He says yes.

about 2 hours ago

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Insp paiva says he was the family liaison officer for the case but was taken off at the mcanns' request.

about 2 hours ago

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Inspector ricardo paiva, of the portuguese police, has taken the stand.

about 2 hours ago

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Mr amaral has just walked in and we're under way.

about 2 hours ago

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We're back in court. The mcanns are here but mr amaral is missing.

about 2 hours ago

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The court is adjourning for lunch. Back at 3pm.

about 3 hours ago

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The mcanns' lawyer is rebuked for saying de almeida was accused of torturing suspects - he was never charged.

about 4 hours ago

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The mcanns' lawyer is getting quite worked up in her cross examination of de almeida.

about 4 hours ago

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De almeida: when we asked uk for info on mccanns we got a single side of a4.

about 4 hours ago

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De almeida: british authorities other than police hindered investigation by withholding information.

about 4 hours ago

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De almeida: Forensic lab technicians from birmingham came to portugal so it is strange concerns were raised about contamination.

about 4 hours ago

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De almeida: british police kept information about the mcanns to themselves.

about 4 hours ago

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De almeida: we were controlled by the british police.

about 4 hours ago

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British police would have found it very difficult to charge the mccanns.

about 4 hours ago

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A
report by the British police stated that one of the sniffer dogs was in
a nervous, excitable state, and wanted to get into the room.

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The
animals also found a scent on a piece of cloth in a flat rented by the
McCanns after they left the apartment where Madeleine vanished.

about 5 hours ago

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The dogs detected the traces inside the dining room of the holiday flat and in the car the McCanns were using.

about 5 hours ago

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One of the dogs used to search the apartment in Praia da Luz identified blood and another identified the smell of a human body.

about 5 hours ago

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The British police told the Portuguese officers what the capabilities of the sniffer dogs being used in the investigation were.

about 5 hours ago

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He said the Portuguese detectives found the co-operation given by their British counterparts useful.

about 5 hours ago

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He tells the court that British police took an active part in the investigation.

about 5 hours ago

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Mr de Almeida tells the court that he is still working as member of the Portuguese police.

about 5 hours ago

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He was involved in the case from the beginning, but taken off it in September 2007.

about 5 hours ago

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Tavares de Almeida, chief inspector of police at the time of Madeleine's disapperance, has taken the stand to give evidence.

about 5 hours ago

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The senior lawyer for the McCanns has approached them on the front bench of the public gallery for a quick huddled conversation.

about 5 hours ago

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The text messages were never considered as part of the investigation because the judge did not allow it, the court hears.

about 5 hours ago

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Who suggested the checking of the McCanns' text messages, Mr Menezes is asked. The police, he replies.

about 5 hours ago

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The
McCanns' lawyer asks the witness whether he understands the title of Mr
Amaral's book to imply some sort of dishonesty by the McCanns.

about 5 hours ago

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She
says that the McCanns were always totally prepared to come back to
Portugal to take part in a reconstruction of the disappearance.

about 5 hours ago

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Another
of the McCanns' lawyers moves to quiz the witness - literally. She gets
out of her seat and walks right up to the video screen.

about 5 hours ago

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He says that the McCanns are not responsible for generating any of this 'evidence' that their daughter is not dead.

about 5 hours ago

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The McCanns' lawyer makes the point that 'evidence' usually sightings - has suggested Madeleine is still alive.

about 5 hours ago

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Now it's the turn of the McCanns' legal team to cross-question the witness.

about 5 hours ago

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A report signed by Chief Inspector Tavares De Almeida said that Madeleine died in the flat in Praia da Luz, the witness adds.

about 5 hours ago

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Mr Menezes said he has not read the book written by Mr Amaral that triggered this case, Maddie: The Truth Of The Lie.

about 6 hours ago

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The text messages sent by Kate and Gerry were never admitted as evidence gathered as part of the investigation.

about 6 hours ago

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Police
intercepted text messages sent by the McCanns because they were
suspicious of the parents' role in Madeleine's disappearance.

about 6 hours ago

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He claimed that although the parents had been checking on Madeleine, it was not as often as every 30 minutes.

about 6 hours ago

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The witness said that Kate and Gerry's report that they had been checking on their daughter every half an hour was inaccurate.

about 6 hours ago

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Mr Menezes said that a claim made by the McCanns on the first day after Madeleine's disappearance was not true.

about 6 hours ago

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The witness was asked what the probability was of Madeleine still being alive. He replied that he thought it was 50/50.

about 6 hours ago

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There
were several possible charges that could have been brought against the
McCanns: kidnapping and selling a child were among them.

about 6 hours ago

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The decision to designate Kate and Gerry as 'arguidos' was taken after the sniffer dogs carried out their searches.

about 6 hours ago

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He
says that the decision to make the McCanns 'arguidos' - suspects - was
taken by the police and then confirmed by the public attorney.

about 6 hours ago

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Mr Menezes is saying that English police sniffer dogs were brought to Portugal to help in the search for Madeleine.

about 6 hours ago

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Mr Amaral's lawyer is cross-examining the witness.

about 6 hours ago

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The McCanns can't see the person giving evidence. Mr Amaral can, but doesn't seem to be looking at him.

about 6 hours ago

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His
testimony is marred by a high-pitched whine of feedback from the
microphone - and the fact the screen can't be seen by the public.

about 6 hours ago

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It is the attorney who was in charge of the original inqury into Madeleine's disappearance, Jose Magalhaes e Menezes.

about 6 hours ago

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The first witness is being called by videoconference.

about 6 hours ago

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The McCanns' lawyer is arguing against allowing the police CD to be submitted to the court.

about 6 hours ago

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Mr
Amaral's lawyers want a CD containing police case files to be submitted
as evidence because it would corroborate the claims in his book.

about 7 hours ago

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The
mention of 'a date to be scheduled on the 14th' indicates proceedings
are set to last longer than the three days set for them.

about 7 hours ago

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A new witness, Luis Frois, is being called by the McCanns' legal team on a date to be scheduled on the 14th.

about 7 hours ago

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The McCanns are having proceedings translated by interpreters seated either side of them.

about 7 hours ago

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The McCanns' lawyer replies that the couple are prepared to give evidence but only after Mr Amaral has done so.

about 7 hours ago

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Mr Amaral's lawyer has said that the McCanns should take the stand in order to answer questions.

about 7 hours ago

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He is declaring the 'principle of contradiction' - the legal basis for Mr Amaral's argument to be made.

about 7 hours ago

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Mr Amaral's lawyer addresses the court, speaking very slowly and deliberately.

about 7 hours ago

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One of the policemen set to give evidence will do so by video link tomorrow, we are told.

about 7 hours ago

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The judge has arrived - a young woman! Proceedings should now be able to get under way.

about 7 hours ago

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A clerk carrying a large bundle of files has just come in, but we're still waiting for the judge.

about 7 hours ago

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On
the wall above the judge's chair is a large 3D frieze depicting the
judgement of Solomon - complete with baby being held up by swordsman.

about 7 hours ago

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The
legal teams have arrived. Goncalo Amaral is sitting on one of the
benches at the side of the court, around 15ft away from the McCanns.

about 7 hours ago

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We're
sitting two rows behind the McCanns. The benches at the back of the
courtroom are full of journalists from the UK and Portugal.

about 7 hours ago

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We're in court awaiting the arrival of the judge and legal teams. The McCanns are sitting in the front row at the centre.

Il y a environ 7 heures

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The McCanns have arrived at court. Word so far is that Goncalo Amaral is still yet to get here.

Il y a environ 8 heures

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The police have put barriers up outside the court entrance - they're obviously expecting large crowds.

Il y a environ 9 heures

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Camera crews and photographers are gathering outside the court.

Il y a environ 9 heures

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Good morning, i'm outside the palacio da justica in lisbon where the mcann libel trial will take place."