article_snippet.sent: A former Portuguese detective was today ordered to pay nearly £360,000 to Kate and Gerry McCann after a long-running libel trial.
article_snippet.sent: Kate and Gerry McCann Gerry McCann have reportedly been awarded £360,000 in damages from an ex-Portuguese detective who wrote a book claiming Kate and Gerry McCann daughter Madeleine had died in an accident instead of being abducted .
article_snippet.sent: the McCanns the McCanns told the court last summer Amaral's lawyers were left 'devastated and crushed' by his book, which sold around 120,000 copies before it was withdrawn when Amaral's lawyers won an injunction against the ex-police chief.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs McCann, 47, said Madeleine's twin siblings Sean and Amelie, now ten, knew Amaral had written a book but didn't know the detail.
article_snippet.sent: Madeleine (above) told the court last July after applying to make a statement: 'I believe that's what's in Amaral book and the documentary is very distressing to adults. '
article_snippet.sent: Asked by the judge how Madeleine (above) felt after reading a book, Madeleine (above) said: 'I was devastated. 'a book made me feel quite desperate because of the injustice I felt towards my daughter and our family as a whole. '
article_snippet.sent: It was very painful to read and I felt sad for Madeleine.
highlights_snippet.sent: McCanns told court court were left 'devastated and crushed' by allegations .
  