Gerry and Kate McCann leave a court in Lisbon July 8, 2014. Gerry and Kate, the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, appeared at a Lisbon court after they launched libel action against a Portuguese former police chief, who said in a book that Madeleine's parents covered up the death of their daughter. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese court ruled on Tuesday that a former investigator of the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann pay 500,000 euros (358,080 pounds)damages to her parents for alleging in a book that the girl had died in an accident and the McCanns had covered it up.
The Civil Court of Lisbon also banned all sales and reprints of the 2008 book by ex-police inspector Goncalo Amaral, "Maddie - The Truth about Lies", and a video based on it, a court official said. It had earlier ruled that Amaral had caused damage to the McCanns with his book.
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