Table of Contents : APENSOS V, Volume 12, Supposed Sightings and Locations (FILE 12)....(PDF Pages 135-136 )....Pages 2685 to 2686—"Emails re reported sighting in Brussels, Belgium, (on Sunday 12th August 2007)"
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Apensos V, Vol 12, Pages 2685 and 2686
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Ana Filipa Conduto Luz
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From : Dic.Portimao
Sent : 16th August 2007 9:51
To : Ana Filipa Conduto Luz
Subject : FW : Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann. Poss sighting Brussels priority 2
___________Original Message_________
From : Newton Martin (
Martin.Newton@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk)
Sent : 15th August 2007 11:39
To : Dic.Portimao
Subject : FW : Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann. Poss sighting Brussels priority 2
___________Original Message_________
From : Sharn Taylor (
Sharn.Taylor@essex.pnn.police.uk)
Sent : 15th August 2007 11:26
To :
task@leicestershire.pnn.police.ukSubject : FW : Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann. Poss sighting Brussels priority 2
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From : Sharn Taylor
Sent : Monday 13th August 2007 22:53
To :
operationtask@leicestershire.pnn.police.ukSubject : Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann
Approximately 1730 hours today a male by the name of Sxxxx Mxxxxxx AXXXX (born 10/08/1980) attending Clacton Police Station in Essex to report that at the weekend, whilst he was in Brussels, he saw the missing child, Madeleine McCann.
He states the circumstances are as follows : - he and his brother, Pxxx AXXXX, went to Belgium on Friday 10th August. They got a flight from London Docklands Airport around 15:30 to Brussels, arriving in the early evening. They had a couple of days of sightseeing and on Sunday 12th (August), between 1600-1700 whilst walking around Brussels he saw a child he believes to be Madeleine.
He claims that a white Ford car on an English Registration, although the only part he remembers is it had a 'H' prefix, pulled up at a service station. The car contained a black male, in his 20's, tall, wearing a blue cap, black tracksuit bottoms, white trainers, sunglasses and of a general smart appearance. A white, tanned, female also in her 20's with blonde hair, white T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. Thay got out of the car and the male grabbed a small female child by the arm and dragged her out of the car, shouting at her to "get out". This was with an English accent. He stated the child was crying. They all went into the service station for a couple of minutes then got back in the car and drove away. He describes the child as about 4 years old, shoulder length fair hair, wearing a pink flowery top, pink shorts and sandals, possibly blue in colour. He said she had very red lips.
When questioned a little further, he stated he was on the other side of the road to the service station, approx 30 feet away. He claims to kinow it was Madeleine as he could see her eyes and the mark which is unique to Madeleine.
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When it was pointed out how far he was away and how it would be impossible to see that small detail in her eye, he insisted he could.
Having conducted checks on the male it would appear that he has previous Mental Health issues. I would hold very little, if any, weight to what he has said although I obviously have to pass any information on that I receive. I have asked to see his passport to back up his story that he went abroad but he said his brother has it in London. When asked if I could contact his brother he stated he didn't know where he lived and has no contact numbers. All very strange considering he may have just gone away with him. When asked for more specific details about where he was he was unable to give them.
He gave his contact details as 'xx'. Axxxx Exxx, Clacton-On-Sea, '012554xxxxx'. He stated he lived with his Mum and that he didn't want us contacting her. As soon as he left the station I called the number in an attempt to validate the fact he had been abroad but got no reply and there was no facility to leave a message.
Finally, when he first arrived he felt the Front Office Staff did not take him seriously so he called 'The Sun' newspaper. Thay have in turn called us and I have given no detail other than not to hold too much credibility to his story until such time we can back it up, but I did say any information received would be passed to the relevant investigating agency.
Please can you confirm receipt of this e-mail so I can ensure the information has been passed on.
Kind regards,
Ps 2696 Sharn Taylor
Clacton Community
8 Beatrice Road
Clacton-On-Sea
012552xxxxx
