http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/388686/McCanns-face-five-year-wait-in-libel-trial
McCanns face five-year wait in libel trial
KATE and Gerry McCann’s battle to sue a disgraced ex-police chief for £1million in libel damages could drag on for another five years, a pal revealed yesterday.
By Tracey Kandohla/Published 13th July 2014
News of the setback came after the parents of missing Madeleine gave evidence against Goncalo Amaral in a Lisbon court.
Kate told the trial how smears by their tormentor left her family “devastated, fearful and desperate”.
But Mr Amaral, who led the bungled hunt for Maddie, now claims he is broke.
A judge is set to call him back to court in September to order him and the publishers of his 2008 book The Truth Of The Lie to reveal how much was made from the best-seller and a 2009 TV documentary.
A source close to Kate and Gerry said: “They are exasperated by this. Civil proceedings against Mr Amaral have already been going on for five years and at this rate are likely to go on for another five years.
“He is pleading poverty and there will be further hearings held for him to disclose his bank statements.”
Even if Kate, 46, and Gerry, 45, of Rothley, Leics, win the case, they will probably not see any money until 2018 or 2019.
Their lawyer Isabel Duarte said: “It has been proved in the civil file that Mr Amaral earned around 380,000 euros in one year from the book.”
Then there's his hammy fillum, and all those TV appearances where he spewed yet more libel and invented smears....
Wonder how many lawyers he'll go through before he's finally made to face justice?
