Cross examination of Mr.Paiva...

4:31 jondipaolo: Paiva: if she was being held somewhere publicity would be more likely to hasten her death.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:31 jondipaolo
4:29 jondipaolo: Paiva: we found the 'merchandising' operation with wristbands and so on very strange.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:29 jondipaolo
4:16 jondipaolo: Mr amaral looks like he's dozing off.
Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:16 jondipaolo

4:13 jondipaolo: Paiva: mccanns never pointed me towards any evidence that maddie was still alive.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:13 jondipaolo
4:12 jondipaolo: Paiva: amaral's thesis has prevented other theories from being investigated.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:12 jondipaolo
4:09 jondipaolo: Paiva: amaral's theories are based on the facts of the investigation.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:09 jondipaolo
4:09 jondipaolo: Paiva: it was scotland yard who first thought it could be a murder case.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:09 jondipaolo
4:04 jondipaolo: Paiva: there was total collaboration between british and portuguese police on the case.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:04 jondipaolo
4:03 jondipaolo: Paiva also says the mccanns were made suspects after the british sniffer dogs were brought in.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 4:03 jondipaolo
3:52 jondipaolo: Gerry has put his arm round kate as they listen to paiva's testimony.
Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:52 jondipaolo
3:47 jondipaolo: Kate whispers something in gerry's ear and gives him a little smile. He stays looking straight in front.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:47 jondipaolo
3:45 jondipaolo: Paiva is asked whether he ever got the impression from the mccanns they thought maddie could be dead. He says yes.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:45 jondipaolo
3:34 jondipaolo: Insp paiva says he was the family liaison officer for the case but was taken off at the mcanns' request.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:34 jondipaolo
3:33 jondipaolo: Inspector ricardo paiva, of the portuguese police, has taken the stand.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:33 jondipaolo
3:29 jondipaolo: Mr amaral has just walked in and we're under way.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:29 jondipaolo
3:28 jondipaolo: We're back in court. The mcanns are here but mr amaral is missing.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 3:28 jondipaolo
2:10 jondipaolo: The court is adjourning for lunch. Back at 3pm.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 2:10 jondipaolo
2:09 jondipaolo: The mcanns' lawyer is rebuked for saying de almeida was accused of torturing suspects - he was never charged.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 2:09 jondipaolo
2:05 jondipaolo: The mcanns' lawyer is getting quite worked up in her cross examination of de almeida.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 2:05 jondipaolo
1:54 jondipaolo: De almeida: when we asked uk for info on mccanns we got a single side of a4.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:54 jondipaolo
1:53 jondipaolo: De almeida: british authorities other than police hindered investigation by withholding information.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:53 jondipaolo
1:39 jondipaolo: De almeida: Forensic lab technicians from birmingham came to portugal so it is strange concerns were raised about contamination.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:39 jondipaolo
1:36 jondipaolo: De almeida: british police kept information about the mcanns to themselves.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:36 jondipaolo
1:35 jondipaolo: De almeida: we were controlled by the british police.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:35 jondipaolo
1:34 jondipaolo: British police would have found it very difficult to charge the mccanns.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:34 jondipaolo
1:11 jondipaolo: A report by the British police stated that one of the sniffer dogs was in a nervous, excitable state, and wanted to get into the room.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:11 jondipaolo
1:02 jondipaolo: The animals also found a scent on a piece of cloth in a flat rented by the McCanns after they left the apartment where Madeleine vanished.

Tuesday January 12, 2010 1:02 jondipaolo
12:58 jondipaolo: The dogs detected the traces inside the dining room of the holiday flat and in the car the McCanns were using.