Madeleine McCann parents

2022 - 9 - 21

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European court rules against parents of missing Madeleine McCann (Reuters)

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday against the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, saying that Portugal had given them a ...

The parents were questioned by police as formal suspects that autumn. "The focus is now rightly on the search for Madeleine and her abductor(s). In 2015, a Portuguese court ruled in their favour, ordering Amaral to pay them damages.

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Madeleine McCann's parents lose challenge over Portuguese libel ... (The Guardian)

Couple sought redress from European court of human rights after libel case against detective was overturned. Gerry and Kate McCann at inquiry into press ...

It was the first time Portuguese authorities had [officially identified a suspect](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/21/madeleine-mccann-man-named-as-formal-suspect-by-portuguese-authorities) in the case since Madeleine’s parents were declared as such in 2007. But an appeal court [overturned the decision](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/20/libel-conviction-ex-detective-goncalo-amaral-madeleine-mccann-overturned) the next year and, in 2017, the supreme court also [found against the McCanns](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/01/madeleine-mccanns-parents-lose-libel-case-appeal-in-portugal). The focus is now rightly on the search for Madeleine and her abductor(s).” He later took part in a documentary for Portuguese television. In a statement, they said they were “naturally disappointed” by the decision but much had changed since they started legal proceedings 13 years ago. It followed that the national authorities had not failed in their positive obligation to protect the applicants’ right to respect for their private life.”

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Madeleine McCann's parents lose court challenge over detective's ... (BBC News)

The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of a battle over legal judgements made about claims from a Portuguese police detective.

It also said that, in its ruling, Portugal's Supreme Court had not "made comments implying any guilt... In a judgement on Tuesday, however, the court said that the couple were already public figures before Mr Amaral's book was published and that any damage to their reputation had been caused by the fact they had been declared suspects, not Mr Amaral's claims. In their case at the European Court, the couple said the Portuguese courts had failed to uphold their right to a private life and their presumption of innocence.

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Madeleine McCann's parents lose libel case over claims they were ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Goncalo Amaral, who worked on the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, suggested in his book Truth Of The ...

“The focus is now rightly on the search for Madeleine and her abductor(s). The lawyer said they would not appeal. Kate and Gerry McCann sued Amaral for libel.

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Madeleine McCann's parents lose legal fight over Portuguese ... (9News)

The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann have lost an appeal during their ongoing legal batt...

The McCanns appealed to the human rights court that they didn't receive a fair hearing by Portuguese authorities over the allegations levelled against them by Amaral. There has been a bitter years-long legal feud over the allegations in the book. A judge today ruled against Kate and Gerry McCann, who had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights over how Portugal handled their libel case against a police officer who investigated their daughter's disappearance.

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Madeleine McCann's Parents Lose Libel Case Against Portuguese ... (NDTV)

The parents of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl whose disappearance sparked horror 15 years ago, have lost their privacy case at Europe's top ...

He is serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American tourist in Praia da Luz -- the same seaside resort from where Maddie vanished. It added that with regards to Amaral's acquittal, "it did not appear that... They said that Amaral's accusations had damaged their reputation and violated their right to private and family life, and that the supreme court's acquittal had violated their right to presumption of innocence.

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Madeleine McCann's parents dealt another devastating blow (Starts at 60)

A court has ruled against the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann in a long-running libel case against a former detective who accused the ...

Even though the possibility may be slim, we have not given up hope that Madeleine is still alive and we will be reunited with her.” We are kept informed of developments by the Metropolitan police,” the statement said. “We welcome the news that the Portuguese authorities have declared a German man an “arguido” in relation to the disappearance of our beloved daughter Madeleine.

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Madeleine McCann's parents lose European Court of Human Rights ... (Independent.ie)

Kate and Gerry McCann sued Mr Amaral for libel. In 2015, a Portuguese court ruled in their favour, ordering Mr Amaral to pay them damages. Two years later the ...

“The focus is now rightly on the search for Madeleine and her abductor(s). The parents were questioned by police as formal suspects that autumn. In 2015, a Portuguese court ruled in their favour, ordering Mr Amaral to pay them damages.

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