Cop who led search for Madeleine McCann made $455,000 from book in which he slandered her parents
The detective who led the search for Madeleine McCann has reportedly made £350,000 from a book that was published on the case in which the missing child's parents were slandered and now the couple is out to make him pay. Court documents have revealed that Goncalo Amaral, a retired police chief in Portugal, made more than $455,000 (£350,000) from his book on the case titled "Maddie: The Truth About The Lie". The money also reportedly came from a DVD spin-off based on the book.
According to The Sun, Amaral claimed that the girl died in an accident at the family's holiday apartment in Algarve in 2007 and that her parents covered up the crime. Kate and Gerry McCann are in the midst of a battle with Amaral at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to stop him from making money on the disappearance of their child.
