Algarve Resident: Kate McCann to release book on Madeleine's disappearance

by christabel Tue May 10, 2011 10:52 pm

Algarve Resident:

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Kate McCann to release book on Madeleine's disappearance

Updated: 06-May-2011

Kate McCann. PHOTO: The Resident Group

By DAISY SAMPSON daisy.sampson@theresidentgroup.com

Readers will now be able to hear two sides of the story surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann as her mother, Kate McCann, is due to release a book detailing the case from the McCann family’s point of view on May 12 while the former police inspector in the case Gonçalo Amaral, has been granted permission to resell his controversial book Maddie – A Verdade da Mentira (Maddie - The Truth of the Lie).

Madeleine, the book, has been written by Kate McCann to help boost funds for the search to find her daughter Madeleine.

It is due to be released in the UK on May 12 to coincide with Madeleine’s eighth birthday.

A spokesman for the McCann family has confirmed to the Algarve Resident that a version will be translated into Portuguese and launched here shortly after the UK release.

The spokesman said: “The book was written to give Kate and Gerry’s account about what happened on May 3. Kate and Gerry felt that it would help people to have their point of view as there have been several opinions and alleged facts everywhere, but the least of them being from Madeleine’s parents.

“They hope that the book could help people to remember something or for people who might know something to be prompted to step forward and share information that will help the investigation.”

Money raised from the sale of the book will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund to help continue the work of investigators who are searching for Madeleine.

Appeal rejected

Meanwhile, former police inspector Gonçalo Amaral is now able to place his controversial book back on sale after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Kate and Gerry McCann to ban the book.

The decision of the Supreme Court came on March 18, just weeks before the planned release date of the book by Kate McCann.

Gonçalo Amaral told the Algarve Resident that the decision to be able to sell his book again was a “victory for democracy” and added that the public should be free to read all versions of the case including his and that of Kate McCann.

Gonçalo Amaral said: “I have not read the book by Kate McCann but believe that they have the right to freedom of expression to be able to write what they like about the case.”

While the former police inspector did not criticise the plans of the McCanns to release their own version of the case, he said that he was unsure if it would be able to help in the search for their daughter who disappeared from their holiday apartment in May 2007.

“Could the book help to find Madeleine? It depends on what it says so we will have to wait and see if it can contribute in any way to an investigation, and if it can, it would then become something that could be used as evidence in a case,” said Gonçalo Amaral.

He also spoke of his rights to publish in the UK: “I have the right to publish any book in the UK and the British people also have the right to be able to read and know about all the versions about what may have happened during the night of May 3, 2007.”

by Tinkerbell43 Wed May 11, 2011 8:27 am

Of course Kate and Gerry have the right to write their book, they have the BIGGEST right of all, it is their daughter, they were there, unlike the CONVICTED Perjurer who couldn't even be bothered to attend the scene on that fateful evening.

I dare him to publish his book here!

by clairesy Wed May 11, 2011 10:42 am

He also spoke of his rights to publish in the UK: “I have the right to publish any book in the UK and the British people also have the right to be able to read and know about all the versions about what may have happened during the night of May 3, 2007.

but we dont want to read about all the the different versions of what 'MAY' of happened that night ......we want to know the facts...and fact has it that the investigation was a complete shambles from the start.Leads and other important things were ignored,evidence was fabricated and exaggerated!!!!.... those are the things that were REAL...they are the things that should be investigated,not fantasy versions of what 'may of happened' from goncs fairy tale book...things that have been made up in the twisted heads of those who disregarded the facts that were put forward to them and instead decided to go down some crazy road were the mccanns were to be branded child abusers or having been involved in their own childs disappearance.This isn't a child's fantasy book where you get to choose your own ending according to your level of intelligence or frame of mind.This book is based on the lives of two parents and a little girl the same age as my child who's lives have been turned upside down by some crazed person/s who took it upon themselves to snatch a little girl from her bed at night! for whatever reason Madeleine was taken ..it should of,and needs to be investigated properly and professionally ...but gonc has failed on all aspects of the investigation

Hes chose the ending of his book,hes chosen the version he likes best... ...and it involved dragging two parents into the depths of even more despair...Hes a loonie, he enjoys that type of drama it excites him.No happy endings in goncs life is there??thats why his marriage cant work,its why his job went all to pots...and its why his book will be a complete shambles too...because we dont all live on the same twisted wave length as folk like gonc.Some of us choose to see further than the end of our noses.Some of us actually have brains!! He aint no copper!!...hes a tosser!!

by dianeh Wed May 11, 2011 3:38 pm

While the former police inspector did not criticise the plans of the McCanns to release their own version of the case, he said that he was unsure if it would be able to help in the search for their daughter who disappeared from their holiday apartment in May 2007.

Well it will certainly help more than accusing innocent people of harming their daughter and letting the abductor get away without even looking for either the abductor or Madeleine.

by dianeh Wed May 11, 2011 3:39 pm

Which leads me to say

You cannot find an abducted child if you assume the child was not abducted but murdered by her parents.

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