The McCanns consider the attitude and actions of Gonçalo Amaral in sacking his lawyer as a further delaying tactic.
The trial has been postponed for 10 days and today’s hearing cancelled.
Speaking to journalists, the McCanns said that this is the fourth time that the trial has been postponed, adding that these deliberate delays complicate their lives as they have to travel to Portugal each time and make arrangements for their twins to be looked after in their absence.
The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are claiming compensation of €1.2 million from the former police inspector for defamation in his book about the case which suggests that the McCanns had something to do with Madeleine’s disappearance.
Amaral went to the Civil Court in Lisbon to announce that he had sacked his lawyer, resulting in a delay to the restart of the trial.
The McCann’s lawyer, Isabel Duarte, said there should be a way that the trial can proceed as the parents of the British child had travelled from England for today’s hearing.
