A former Portuguese detective has been ordered to pay 106,000 euros (£75,000) to the parents of missing Madeleine McCann as their long-running libel trial comes to an end.
Goncalo Amaral was accused of making defamatory statements about Kate and Gerry McCann in a book he wrote.The couple claimed his 2008 book The Truth Of The Lie damaged the search for their missing daughter and added to their anguish.
A civil court in Lisbon ruled against Mr Amaral, and ordered him to pay a total of 106,000 euros in damages to the McCanns.
The couple had been expected to receive around £1m.
Madeleine went missing from the couple's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, Portugal, on 3 May 2007, as Kate and Gerry dined at a nearby restaurant with friends.
Despite a worldwide hunt, the little girl has never been found.
Last year, British and Portuguese police examined patches of ground in the resort, but had no success.
In October 2013, Mr McCann's sister Trish Cameron told the libel trial the couple's pain was "multiplied 100 times" by the book.
The McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, said they launched the libel action to stop the suffering the theories in the book have caused them.
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