Kate and Gerry McCann returned to Portugal last night for a courtroom showdown with the detective who accused them of being involved in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.The couple face fresh heartache as they battle to ban a best-selling book by Goncalo Amaral about Madeleine, who went missing on May 3, 2007. The case, to be heard at Portugal’s top civil court, is also the first step in the McCanns’ £1million libel action against Amaral. He led the Portuguese police investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance and was instrumental in making her parents official suspects or arguidos. The McCanns, from Rothley, Leics, were later cleared of any wrong-doing. Amaral was taken off the case after he criticised British detectives and later resigned. He called the hearing to overturn an injunction banning the book. Amaral will argue that he has the right to publish it under Portuguese freedom-of-speech laws. (Daily Express)
Kate and Gerry McCann returned to 