Despite Portugal’s strict judicial secrecy laws there has been a constant trickle of information from inside the police investigation. It is thought that Mr Amaral believed he was talking to Diário de Notícias on an off-the-record basis when he made the comments that led to his downfall.
Mr Amaral was particularly critical of reports that British police were taking seriously an e-mail sent to the official website of the Prince of Wales last week. The tip-off claimed that Madeleine had been abducted by a maid in revenge for being sacked from the Ocean Club complex, where the McCanns were staying.
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