Nugs,,in the newspaper that Amaral used to nearly break his neck running to with tales/lies about the McCanns ( 24Horas ) they printed that in 2009 he owed 486 thousand euros,,and the judge ordered the siezure of his house and beloved car. His finances were already precarious before his last court appearance where the McCanns were suing him about the book he wrote,,which was full of libellous script.
Amaral had been hoping to make a quick buck to get him out of the mire,,but the McCanns blocked it from appearing on the shelves here in the UK.
Tax and debt hung over him for years. A fine example of the big" I am" in the police,who was only interested in himself and thought he could pin the blame on the McCanns and earn himself a few more euros for a job which he said was cut and dried. A disgrace to his force.