Judge bans sales of book claiming Madeleine is dead

A PORTUGUESE judge has banned further sales or publications of a former policeman’s book which claimed Madeleine McCann is dead, a spokesman for the missing girl’s parents said.

Clarence Mitchell said McCanns were “absolutely delighted” that a judge at Lisbon’s main Civil Court had banned any further publication of The Truth Of The Lie, by Goncalo Amaral.

Mr Amaral worked on the investigation into three-year-old Madeleine’s disappearance from an apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007 during a family holiday.