NO TURNING BACK - MCCANNS

Someone on the Jill Havern forum asked if evidence given in open Court can be published without fear of libel.  Good question.  During the January 2010 book banning trial in Lisbon, the proceedings were reported live on the net - Sky News I believe and via twitter.  We were basically given live streaming of what was going on in the Court. Goncalo Amaral had many good witnesses, and previously unknown evidence was broadcast live to the UK.   

It was hugely damaging to TM (Team McCann) - there are a few short videos of a very angry Gerry outside the Court, shortly before he announced that he had to return to the UK due to work commitments - leaving Kate to face the gathering crowd alone!  Call me a cynical old feminist, but I was astonished at that.  Not being alone in times of trouble is one of the few things that marriage has got going for it.  The whole 'until death do us part' thing that is. Although, I can't for the life of me, imagine why anyone would stay with Gerry, unless of course they were shackled to him.  Had it been me, I would have done him in with a rusty rake years ago. 

But here we are, six years on, and an angry ex detective has been quietly building his case with ever growing public support, while the parents have been making enemies in very high places.  The press that had served them so well in the past, might hold grudges, so too, Home Secretaries.  Their need (or greed) for that £1.2m from the honourable gentleman has taken them past the point of no return.  

I faced my own David and Goliath battle in Court. In my book [i]Cry and You Cry Alone[/i], I have given an indepth account of my 3 day trial against the Catholic Church, and the trauma of one and half days in the witness box.  I wrote my book immediately after the trial, knowing that everything I had said had proved to be true, and my publishers knew it too as they had full access to all the Court documents.  I had no fear getting into that witness box, and I have a gut feeling Dr. Amaral is now feeling the same, because the truth destroys the lie every time. 

Yes indeed, in answer to the question, court proceedings are open to the public, and I have a feeling it will be standing room only. 






Ps.  Carter Ruck, I am bonkers and have a certificate to prove it :)