A documentary on the disappearance of missing Irish girl Amy Fitzpatrick has been updated and shown for a second time across Spain.
It was aired at prime time over the weekend by one of the country's top television networks, La Sexta, as a new appeal for information about her disappearance was made. The special investigation featured an interview with the lawyer of Amy's mother, Audrey and her then-partner but now husband Dave Mahon.
Mr Juan Jose de la Fuente was very critical of the couple and said he was astonished when they offered a one million euro reward for any information about Amy because he believed they didn't have the money. The lawyer said he ended up spending a lot of his own money on the tragic case. He said: "I paid for advertising and many things between €6,000 to €12,000. I also paid for a trip to Ireland. I also paid for a trip to the Canary Islands".
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The rescreening of the programme's first show five years ago comes as the Irish Government passed new information about the case onto the Spanish authorities. It is understood this relates to the life Amy was leading in the year up to her disappearance, how she regularly stayed away from home and slept in friends' houses, didn't go to school, and was working in a pub where she mixed with a lot of adults.
It is understood that Spanish social services became aware of her plight but did not intervene. Dave Mahon was subsequently convicted for stabbing her brother Dean to death in May 2013 after a row and served five years behind bars. He claimed it was an act of self-defence.
Amy's father Chris is publicly campaigning to have the case upgraded to a murder investigation. The Spanish probe is being handled by the Guardia Civil who say it is still a live investigation even though the child has never been found.
There is growing pressure in Spain, especially among the Irish and British expat community for the case to be treated as murder and for new financial resources and staff to be allocated to it.
Dave Mahon is back living with his wife Audrey since his release from prison in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim. Top level meetings have been held in recent weeks about the case between Irish diplomats and members of the Spanish Government in Madrid.
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