Outros Apensos VIII Vol I

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Fax

From: Vitor Manuel Tavares
Date: 8th May 2007
To: Paula Baptista @ BMW.PT

Subject: Identification of credit contract holder


As it is of fundamental importance for the development of the police investigation, I kindly ask you to provide the elements relating to the credit contract made for the financing of vehicle 14-22-VP.

Given the urgent nature of this request, I would ask you contact Inspector Vitor Matos by telephone on number *****

Signed

Chief Inspector

Tavares de Almeida

Outros Apensos VIII Vol I

Page 50

Fax

From: Paula Baptista BMW
Date: 8th May 2007
To. Vitor Manuel Taves de Alemeida


Subject: Identification of credit contract holder


As requested, I am immediately providing the information about the holder of the ALD contract:

C***** J*** S****** D* C*** C*****

We will send you a copy of the contract as soon as we have it.


Paula Baptista

BMW Group

Fax

Date 8th May 2007

To: Goncalo Amaral, Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation


From: BNP Crédito

Dear Sir,

In response to your fax, BNP Crédito can inform you that the vehicle make Mini, model Cooper S with number plate 75-95-VP was rented to M**** T***** D*** G****** address***** Parceiros, Leiria.

If you require further information please contact the department for external relations and clients

Processos Vol VIII
Pages 2132 -2133

4th Brigade
Inspector Joao Carlos

To the Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation

During inquiries carried out by this police force it was possible to gather information relating to a car used by a friend of Russel O’Brien, one of the elements of the group who travelled with the McCann family on holiday in the Algarve.

As regards the requests for searches of all the vehicles relevant to the process, pages 2002 to 2005, we do not know the identifying elements of this vehicle, however with the aim of continuing with this inquiry we can say that it is a vehicle of the make Opel, model Corsa, number plate 75-AG-62.

We do not have a search warrant for this vehicle and request the emission of this legal instrument in order to be able to complete this inquiry.

6th August 2007
Inspector
Joao Carlos

Processos Vol VIII
Page 2134

Search and Apprehension Report

Date: 2007/08/06

Presiding Officer: Tavares de Almeida

Executing Officer: Joao Carlos and Ricardo Paiva, Inspectors

Search Identity: vehicle belonging to SIXT rent a car.

Time: 14.00

The following result was obtained (detailed description of the number and quantity papers and objects detected and their exact location, search warrant and indication of examinations made).

Search carried out on Opel Corsa vehicle, number plate 75-AG-62, with forensic support, nothing having been found or indicated.

Signed

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Renault Scenic Rental Agreement

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M Wright additional driver

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Processos Volume 11

Pages 2726 to 2737


Letter 6 August 2007 regarding a diligence re: rental car of James Gorrod, along with copy of
vehicle rental contract


Today and under orders from higher authority, the signatory went to the premises of the SIXT rent-
a-car company in the Faro airport, in order to identify and locate the vehicle that will have been
rented on 28 April 2007 by an individual named James Gorrod.
At the counter of the said rent-a-car [company] it was confirmed that on the referred date, at
20h06, there was delivered to the referenced person [personal details given] an Opel Corsa, colour
grey, licence 75-AG-62.
Together with the vehicle the referenced person rented a car seat appropriate to transport a child
in the vehicle.
The vehicle was returned on 6 May 2007, at 08h00, with nothing irregular observed, it having been
determined that the reservation was made through the agency Holiday Autos European and that
the referenced person will have travelled on Easyjet airlines.
Relating to the location of the vehicle it was later subject to further rental and transferred to the
company premises in Lisboa where it was rented to a German citizen who was contacted by
company personnel and agreed to deliver the vehicle at 20h00 today at the SIXT premises at
Lisboa airport where it will be available to this police force for our convenience.
They furnished a copy of the contract and a report of the subsequent users given the vehicle which
[documents] are attached to this Service Information document.
No other contract in the name of the referenced person was recorded in the company database.
Having gone to the counter of the Easyjet (Portway) airline in Faro airport it was confirmed that the
referenced person arrived in Faro on 28 JULY ??? [April] 2007 at 20h00 on the flight from Bristol,
being accompanied by Charlotte G. and according to the reservations also by a child whose
identity is not known because it is not recorded on the reservation.
The referenced people returned on the flight of 6 May, destination Bristol, and left at 10h25.
The document/receipt relating to both flights were furnished and are attached to this document.

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Processos Vol XI
Pages 2955-2956


Transfer of Renault Scenic


23-09-2007

Observation: Blocked for return

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Pre_Rental Inspection (in English) signed by Cameron and Geraghty

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Cross referencing this one in here from External Inquiry reports:


Processos Vol XI
Pages 2897 – 2898

External Inquiry Report

Date: 2007-09-25

Place: Albufeira, Lagos and Praia da Luz

Inquiry requested by: Chief Inspector Tavares da Almeida

Executing Officers: Inspectors Ferreira and Gomes


Description and Result of Inquiry:


On the date referred to above and accompanied by my colleague mentioned above, I went to the offices of the car rental agency A.A. Castanheira – Budget, situated in Albufeira. In compliance with orders received from superiors I requested information about the vehicle previously used by the McCann couple, make Renault, model Scenic, number plate 59-DA-27. I was informed that the vehicle in question was returned to the company on the 23rd September at about 15.30, in the company’s Lagos installations. After the return of the vehicle, employee H****** S**** drove the vehicle to the Faro company installations, where it was parked until being taken to the Renault installations in Oeiras, where it was delivered on the 25th September. I was provided with copies of the rental car contract signed by Budget and the arguido Gerald McCann, which are enclosed and which show that the period for the return of the vehicle terminated on 24-09-2007 at 12.30.

In order to provide me with further clarification, my interlocutor put me in telephone contact with I***** P*****, from Budget administration, contactable on ***********. This lady explained to me that the company AA Castanheira-Buget used the vehicle by means of a contract they have with Renault Portugal. The contract they have giving them the right to use the car had already terminated and this is why they had already requested the return of the vehicle by the McCann couple in order to return the Renault. They informed the McCanns that they could exchange the vehicle for another if they wished to continue to use the company’s services. As they showed an interest in continuing to use the same vehicle in question, they were informed that they could continue to do so only if they were to purchase the vehicle, to which they responded negatively and that is why they had to return the car.

Subsequently, and also upon superior orders, we proceeded to inquiries with the aim to determine the identity of the owner of the house where the McCanns had stayed for the last weeks, situated at Rua das Flores, 27, Praia da Luz, Lagos.

We established that the residence is situated in a zone called Luz Parque in Praia da Luz. The owner of the property is A******* M****** of Dutch nationality, contactable on ******. However, this individual had delegated the administration of the property to the rental company Winkworth in Lagos.

In the installations of this company we contacted the person responsible for the administration of the property in question, P***** C*****.

She told us that two “agreements” were signed with the McCann couple for their occupation of the property, copies of which are joined.

She added that after the departure of the McCanns this property was occupied by its owner for a short period before being lent by him to a couple he was friends with, this couple currently occupies the property.

P**** C**** said that during the McCann’s stay in the property, Winkworth also offered a cleaning service, once a week, which was carried out by **** M****.


Signed