Things The Sunday Express Didn't Tell Us (For Some Reason Better Known To Themselves)

Open letter to Mrs Healy, Kate.
-- Dear Madam,

Excuse my audacity, but after learning about your comment in your interview with the newspaper, Expresso, on the subject of Gonçalo Amaral, my husband and father of my daughters, I have to send you these words of thanks. For many years I have been trying to make myself understood with this feeling that unites you and I "....and his behaviour is a disgrace professionally and as a person"...

Consider this:
a) Professionally

-- As coordinator of criminal investigation for the PJ, my husband has always refused to sit comfortably behind his desk, from 9 to 5, which is usual for his rank.


Instead of that, he spent the day (and sometimes the night) on the ground with the investigators, coordinating "on the spot" searches, surveillance, seizures and other duties. What a disgrace! But if this was just about being exposed to the elements, things wouldn't be serious, because as madam Kate knows, the weather here is not bad. The problem is his commitment to the cause which has cost him promotion in his career. I will explain, because this case is contemporary to the search for your daughter. My husband was involved as senior coordinator, and between seizures of drugs, kidnappings and murders, he succeeded in producing a theory about drug trafficking by sea, which he defended before a jury in Lisbon, who congratulated him.

Full of hope, Gonçalo Amaral returned to the Algarve to await the result. It was with astonishment that he learned that he had been passed over by other colleagues (coordinators as it happens, to tell the truth), because he had not managed to get himself into "professonal training" settings. And yes, madam Kate, my husband spent his life working, in the midst of complex investigations. He was the man in Portugal who seized most drugs, but as he didn't have the time to parade himself in the corridors of the PJ's institution, he was not promoted. A disgrace, madam, a disgrace!

As you must know, because you seem very well informed to me, my husband's salary was barely 1.5 times the minimum wage of your country. However, as a wife, mother and Portuguese, I cannot complain, given that Gonçalo Amaral's salary was the equivalent of 4.5 times the minimum wage in Portugal. Pay attention to this, which serves as an example of what I am going to explain: at one time, an individual shot an officer of the PSP and fled into neighbouring Spain. Between the comings and goings of a PJ team, of which my husband was a part, they were there for more than 15 days.


At that time, international expenses were 100€. As madam Kate can imagine, it is not possible on that amount to eat and to lodge in Spain, still less when it is Christmas Eve, and this amount would only be available (with a bit of luck) by Easter. Even with that, Gonçalo Amaral never refused, not even for a day, to search for the evasive murderer, thus increasing our family budget. And this is only one example amongst many. I once suggested to him the creation of a fund, or something else for dealing with these extraordinary expenses, but he never listened to me. While we too had our mortgage to pay...A disgrace, Madam Kate, a disgrace!
b) Also as an individual, his behaviour is a disgrace, because it was never possible to distinguish or to have a private life with the way of working he chose. However, and if my dear friend Madam Kate will allow me, I can give some examples: Five years ago, a child called Joana "disappeared." The mother, just like Madam Kate, tried to project the case into the media, but this was as far as she got...After 8 days, came the confessions and the evidence: During an incestuous act between the mother and the uncle, the child was beaten, later cut into pieces and her body disposed of, no one knows where. The mother and the uncle were imprisoned, with the trial coordinated by Gonçalo Amaral, and bringing each of them nearly 20 years in prison. But going back a bit.

The child died on September 12th. On Christmas Eve, our family were together to begin our prayers, when my husband asked me to prepare a bag with food and warm clothes, because he had not yet carried out his Christmas act of contrition and penitence. Try to imagine, Madam Kate, where Gonçalo Amaral took himself that Christmas night when there was torrential rain and roaring thunder? To the Olhao prison establishment, where João Cipriano, Joana's uncle, was a prisoner; confessed murderer and clinically declared a psychopath. For my husband, giving alms to a beggar did not represent any sacrifice.
On the other hand, joining and sharing his Christmas meal with João Cipriano was the sacrifice he offered to God in memory of Joana. And isn't that a disgrace? Know this, Madam Kate, every year, on September 12th, my husband requests a mass for Joana Isabel Cipriano Guerreiro. He says that no one else will remember the poor child. But people remember to accuse him unjustly of acts and crimes which he has never committed. Isn't that a disgrace, Madam Kate?

I will relate one last story, which still costs me to talk about. This year, in May, we started the process of moving our family to Portimao. My husband's holiday was supposed to start the day after your daughter disappeared. "For obvious reasons," that didn't happen. I started a new job, I looked at houses, I made the move and I tried to settle our daughters into new schools with new routines.
All that alone, without any support from my husband, who, for obvious reasons, was looking for your daughter, Madam Kate. In October, on the day of his birthday, a week after our daughters had started the new school year, Gonçalo Amaral was dismissed and returned to Faro. It was supposed to be a time of the family getting together, but in fact it was even more of a separation. Isn't that a disgrace? Our daughters have never understood, and we have never succeeded in explaining to them what the obvious reasons were that justified a father leaving his daughters to look for a child he didn't know and whom the parents neglected. A disgrace that my dear friend Kate was not there at that time. Perhaps you could have helped us explain the "obvious reasons" to our children for their father's being sent back.

To finish, on the intimate subject of Gonçalo Amaral, I can only tell you that he is exactly as the Latinos have a reputation for: a wild one, and my modesty does not allow me to say any more.

I ask my dear friend to forgive these thoughts of a wife and mother, but I am sure you will understand. I will finish this missive by asking you to pass on to your mother my sincere compliments. She seemed very sincere to me when, during an interview, she said she had the urge to slap those who had left her grandchildren alone. She spoke as openly as a true Portuguese grandmother would have done.

My dear friend Madam Kate, without wishing to bother you any further, I would like you to do me a last favour: now that you are starting to let the truth come out, don't stop, go on, and tell the truth the world is waiting to hear.


With my best regards,

Sofia Leal

(Wife and mother of Gonçalo Amaral's children.)

“There are satellites which probably have close-up pictures of what was happening on the ground that day. He tried to get the images but he couldn’t. The US said the satellites were trained on Morocco at the time and that was it. That is what annoys him because he says the inquiry was not completed to his satisfaction.

What a load of tosh, Goncalo Amaral's wife, tells so many lies she couldn't even lay straight in bed, even if she tried!

clairesy wrote:

What a load of tosh, Goncalo Amaral's wife, tells so many lies she couldn't even lay straight in bed, even if she tried!

No but she does lie in bed thought rosie......to her hubbie!!! lmao and he lies to her to


I cant understand this little sentence that his wife says,im having trouble with it because of contradicts things a lot imo.....''“I tell people all the time that they are having to endure the hardest pain in the world, which is losing a child.As a mother I cannot imagine what kind of pain that is. It is so hard.''

That baffles me because gonc is adamant that the mccanns have done something to Madeleine.....so imo if he feels that way then why is his wife saying this??Does she not support gonc with his theory that the mccanns are involved in a cover up??? bizarre!
If i were a psychologist i would imagine that she isn't talking from her heart here,but rather from her well thought out statement..imo shes reeling of what she thinks poeple want to hear.I bet ya behind closed doors the mccanns are all the @rssholes under the sun.And to the media...she is sympathizing with a family's pain...a family who is (according to her hubbie) involved in the disappearance of their little girl.

Goncalo Amaral lead the investigation into the disappearance of Joana Cipriano, whose body has *NEVER* been found. This case made legal history in Portugal, because a conviction was gained largely on hearsay evidence (which should never have been allowed in court) and a conviction for murder was obtained, even though there was no body, the conviction was obtained on one fact and one fact only, and that was because Leonor Cipriano confessed to the murder of her daughter, without this confession, a confession we now know was gained by torture, Leonor Cipriano could not have even been charged let alone convicted.

“There are satellites which probably have close-up pictures of what was happening on the ground that day. He tried to get the images but he couldn’t. The US said the satellites were trained on Morocco at the time and that was it. That is what annoys him because he says the inquiry was not completed to his satisfaction.

christabel wrote:Keep it up Soapy, you are doing wonders for the PIG.

The wife of the former Polícia Judiciária inspector speaks about the family problems, the difficulties in their marriage and the suffering of her daughters.

Gonçalo Amaral, a former Polícia Judiciária inspector, has become known to the public after investigating controversial cases: that of Joana Cipriano first, then that of Madeleine McCann. The balance of this valorous work was devastating for both the inspector’s career and personal life. Now, after retiring early, with several ongoing lawsuits, the former inspector celebrated his 50th birthday. His wife, Sofia Leal, tells our magazine about the last two years.

What changed since Gonçalo Amaral was removed from the Madeleine case?

(The world saw Goncalo Amaral for the LIAR he is!)


He is a more present father, unfortunately perhaps, because his career ended prematurely.

Did the outcome of this case, for your husband, catch you by surprise?

(No I knew my husband was a liar)


At a certain point in time, I suspected that the outcome would be this one.

Did you fear that moment?

(No I always knew he would get found out one day)


We never fear, because we have great faith in God and in our daughters’ future.

Was it a complicated time for the family?

(Complicated is the wrong word, perhaps it was a moment of realism for the family)

Problems are overcome, just like in any family.

How did your daughters go through this situation?

(It must have upset the daughters to realise thattheir father drink drive a police car and threatened their mother with death!)


It was very violent. They lived without their father since May, because he worked in Portimão and we still lived in Faro. Then, on the day that Madeleine disappeared, I started to work in Portimão. They remained with their grandparents, and when they finally came to live in our new home, their father ceased functions in Portimão and had to return to Faro. The girls’ feeling was a bit of abandonment.

Didn’t they understand this change?

(Well they had better get used to seeing their father in court, there are many more times and days, he has another torture trial to defend!)
Our daughters suffered emotional damages that are latent to this day. Their father’s court attendances were also very violent, because they were used to watching their father sending other people to court. And suddenly, it was their father on the defendant’s bench. Inês is five years old and Rita is 11, it’s very complicated.

Was there a time when the marriage was hurt?

(Yes I had to report Goncalo to the police for not handing our youngest daughter over, for drunk driving his police car and for threatening me with death, this harmed out marriage)


Obviously, any marriage would hurt.

Did you feel you were receiving less attention from him?

(Yes especially when I discovered he was having affairs with other women!)


Gonçalo’s commitment was always the same, it would never even cross my mind to complain about that. The difficulties in our marriage were basically related to the emotional part.

Do you fear that Gonçalo may be forced to pay the compensation that is being demanded by the McCanns?

I don’t think that is possible, we will appeal until the last instances.

(Ooops better get used to your bank account being approximately £1.2 million lighter, there is no way he can win this case!, so appeal all you like)

Don’t you fear experiencing financial difficulties?

(No not really, Madeleine McCann, the little girl my husband failed, regularly tops our bank account up with huge payments. We have lots of lovely money, loads of cash given to us by a cash cow Madeleine McCann, so much so that we can afford to waste money on a big birthday party, with thousands of euros going up in smoke in fireworks. And don't forget we have the £50.000 top of the range Jaguar car also provided for us by little Madeleine McCann!)


On the day that my husband left the Polícia Judiciária, he came home with a third of his salary. That was a decision that we made as a family. We were aware of the difficulties that we would experience in the future, and I have always supported him, because principles are more important. That is how we raise our daughters.

How do you seek to explain the ongoing events to your daughters?

(We do what we usually do, lie!)


The four of us gather when they have doubts and we clarify everything, according to their ages.

Are they approached by colleagues at school?

Yes, they are approached at school, but always in a positive manner and they react very well.

(Glad to hear it, would never want your children to suffer because their father is a convicted criminal lying pig)

A message for Kate McCann

Sofia Leal has already come forward to defend her husband from Kate McCann’s words.

“I don’t understand, I don’t accept and I don’t even admit that a mother whose daughter has disappeared, treats my husband in that manner, saying that he is a disgrace as a man and as a professional. I do not admit that exactly that person says it, after my husband gave up so much of his family time to search for her daughter.”

(Believe it, because your husband failed Madeleine and then tried to unsuccessfully frame her parents, his only regret is that he could not get away with it!)
I have a feeling of fulfilled duty”

(Yep good old Goncalo just loves brawling in the street, very classy)

The former Polícia Judiciária inspector reunited his closest friends to celebrate his 50th birthday.

(Yes some very interesting guests you had at your party, however, I notice that Dr Barra da Costa was NOT there, why was that?)
“I’m happy, there are many friends here, others could not come, (Did not want to come) others are not among us anymore.” On the balance of such a special anniversary, the former policeman says that he has many reasons to celebrate. “I feel accomplished (Is that why he had his ear pieced at 50 years? pathetic). It is the feeling of fulfilled duty, but there is something more, that I cannot speak about, of justice being carried out and the truth being discovered. These are not wishes, they are principles, I’m not speaking about any specific case”, he adds ironically. We recall that Gonçalo Amaral was forbidden by the Civil Court of Lisbon of making any comments about the book “The Truth about the Lie”.

(Oh boy there is something more, something much more to come out here, but can't say that good old Gonc will like it very much!)


source: Maria magazine, paper edition only, 10.10.2009

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Yes, but what about the brawl at the party? And the earring? What's that all about?

Nicked from Bonny's site.

Tinkerbell43 wrote:“I don’t understand, I don’t accept and I don’t even admit that a mother whose daughter has disappeared, treats my husband in that manner, saying that he is a disgrace as a man and as a professional. I do not admit that exactly that person says it, after my husband gave up so much of his family time to search for her daughter.”

Yes Sofia, he also gave up his family time to have an extramarital affair too!

He is a more present father, unfortunately perhaps, because his career ended prematurely.

He wasn't so present for 6 months of this year was he Sofia ?

maria wrote:He (also) is a former PJ chief inspector but was never involved in scandalous inquiries. He is currently is a professor in several police organisms and an university, a commentator. He wrote a book titled 'Joana, Maddie The criminal investigation The hidden truth'. As the title says, it about THE INVESTIGATION and he is not soft about it. He was appointed as accusation witness in Leonor vs Amaral trial, but the judge did NOT allow him to speak. Just in case...