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		</div><p>An appeals court in Portugal has overturned the libel conviction of a former Portuguese detective who published a book alleging the parents of Madeleine McCann were involved in their daughter&#8217;s disappearance, their lawyer said.</p>
<p>Lisbon lawyer Isabel Duarte said she was notified of the court&#8217;s decision to uphold Goncalo Amaral&#8217;s appeal against the order to pay Kate and Gerry McCann €500,000 in compensation.</p>
<p>That ruling was handed down by a lower court in Lisbon a year<br />
ago, prompting Mr Amaral to appeal.</p>
<p>Ms Duarte said she intended to fight the decision at the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Mr Amaral was part of the police investigation into Madeleine&#8217;s disappearance from a holiday home in Portugal&#8217;s Algarve region in May 2007, days before her fourth birthday.</p>
<p>In 2008 he published his book about the case called The Truth Of The Lie.</p>
<p>The McCanns sought €1.2m in damages from Mr Amaral, saying they were &#8220;totally destroyed&#8221; and &#8220;depressed&#8221; by his allegations and felt &#8220;ashamed&#8221; that they might appear to have been to blame for their daughter&#8217;s disappearance.</p>
<p>Mr Amaral had argued in his defence that his claims stemmed from the police investigation and that Portuguese media had already reported the possibility that the parents might have played a role in Madeleine&#8217;s disappearance.</p>
<p>The appeals court &#8220;decided that (Mr Amaral) had the right to do what he did. It said he can write what he wants&#8221;, Ms Duarte said. &#8220;It absolved him, said he didn&#8217;t have to pay anything.&#8221;</p>
<p>She said the McCanns took the reversal in their stride after a long time battling in Portuguese courts.</p>
<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re used to it,&#8221; Ms Duarte said.</p>
<p>Portuguese police closed the case in 2008 because authorities had detected no crime, but British police are still looking into it.</p>
<p>Madeleine would turn 13 next month.</p>
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