Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral, who accused the parents of Madeleine McCann of lying about the kidnapping of their daughter, has won his appeal against his court libel defeat to Kate and Jerry McCann. The former police chief had been ordered to pay Madeleine’s parents €500,000 in April last year after they successfully sued him for libel after he claimed they had faked their daughter’s abduction. However, a new 16-page judgement has overturned the original decision, saying that his claims that they faked their daughters abduction is not a lie. Dailymail.co.uk reports: The McCanns’s Portuguese lawyer, Isabel Duarte, confirmed she had learned of the appeal decision this afternoon, adding that she was ‘disappointed’ but not surprised. She said Madeleine’s parents had instructed her to launch an appeal of their own which will be decided by Portugal’s Supreme Court. She said: ‘I have just learnt that the three appeal court judges have decided to overturn the original decision in favour of my clients. ‘It was a unanimous decision. The original decision has been revoked. ‘I and the McCanns are obviously disappointed but I am not surprised because one of the judges ruled in favour of a previous appeal overturning a ban on the book. [...]