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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Libel |
Sentence: |
"£395,000 damages" |
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Year Crime: |
2008 |
Year Convicted: |
2015 |
Year Cleared: |
2016 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Portugal |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Gonçalo Amaral was wrongly convicted of libel for alleging in a book that the British parents of Madeleine McCann were involved in their daughter’s disappearance in Portugal. McCann's disappearance was a cause celebre in England and Portugal. Amaral was ordered to pay Gerry McCann and Kate McCAnn €500,000 (£395,000) in compensation. In April 2016 an appeals court overturned Amaral's conviction." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In April 2016 an appeals court overturned Amaral's conviction. |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"Libel conviction of former Madeleine detective overturned, By Brendan de Beer, The Portugal News, April 21, 2016" |
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http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/libel-conviction-of-former-madeleine-detective-overturned/38009 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org