Volume I, pages 34 - 41

Witness statement of Gerald Patrick McCann, on the 4th of May 2007, at 11.15 a.m.
Location: CID Portimão

The witness is heard as a victim, being the father of the minor. Of British nationality, he has no command of the Portuguese language, spoken or written. Thus, the interview is
done in the presence of an interpreter, Natália Carvalho Ferreira de Almeida.

When asked, he said that he had already been to Portugal in 1994. He stayed in an apartment on the outskirts of Albufeira. He has only returned to Portugal on this occasion.

The desire to get to know Portugal in 1994 was due to the fact that he plays golf and the country is known for its excellent facilities that practise. The present journey was made at the suggestion of a friend that accompanied him, DAVID PAYNE, who made a reservation at the Ocean Club, following an internet search, for the deponent, his wife and the rest of the group, in a total of nine adults and eight children, including the missing minor, Madeleine. The group was made up of people the deponent has known for five or six years.

They travelled in two separate groups, one composed of the deponent, his wife KATE and their three children, and the other one by his friend DAVID and his wife, their two children and his mother-in-law. The deponent travelled from the local airport (Leicestershire) and the other group, comprised of four adults and three children, departed from London.

The meeting point was the Ocean Club in Portugal. The deponent's group arrived there at 2.30 pm on April 28th from Faro airport on an airport mini bus. The other group arrived the same day at around 1 pm, also using a mini bus.

After checking in, the deponent and his wife, KATE HEALY, their daughter, MADELEINE, and their two year-old twins SEAN and AMELIE, were placed in apartment G5A. The apartment consisted of two beds in one bedroom, and two others in another room, in which were two cots on loan from the resort, in addition to the bathroom a kitchen.

The deponent and his wife slept in one of the bedrooms and in the other, their three children: the twins in cots and MADELEINE in a bed. The other bed remained empty.

Between April 28th, the day of arrival, and the time when MADELEINE disappeared, the deponent reports having noticed nothing unusual, except that on the morning of May 3rd, MADELEINE asked her father, GERALD, why he had not come into her bedroom when the twins were crying. The deponent had heard nothing and therefore had not gone into the room, yet he thought his daughter’s comment was strange, even because it was the first time that she made it.

Concerning routines, he mentions that on Sunday, they had breakfast, between 7.30 and 8.30am at the Ocean Club, namely in the resort’s bar a few metres away from the apartment. On the following days, because the war was rather distant, they started buying food at the supermarket, located on the same road as the apartment, whose name he cannot recall. After breakfast, the children were left at one of the Club's crèches, called the "Kid Club," where they participated in various activities such as painting, collage etc., until around 12.30, always supervised by several employees, in a ratio of one to three children. At 12.30 pm, the parents went to collect the children and had lunch in the apartment, given the fact that it had a kitchen. After lunch, at around 1.30 pm, the children spent time near the club's swimming pool, supervised by their parents, for around 45 minutes, where they played, applied sun cream etc. After that time, the children returned to the "Kid Club" until around 5 pm, when they had dinner at the bar, under the parents' supervision. After the 5 pm meal, the parents bathed them, got them ready for the night, and played for a little while in the play area next to the tennis courts, still under the parents' supervision. Towards 7.30/8 pm, the children were put to bed until the next morning, when the described routine described would start all over again.

While the children were at the "Kid Club," the deponent played tennis with his wife, went for walks, read and practised "jogging."

Yesterday, after the daily routine, MADELEINE and the twins were put to bed in their respective beds, and he stresses put to bed, at 7.30 pm. The deponent and his wife remained in the apartment to relax and drink a glass of wine until 8.30 pm. After checking the children, the deponent and his wife and the adults went to the "Tapas" restaurant, around 50 metres away, where they had dinner together. As usual, every half hour and considering that the restaurant was close to the apartment, the deponent or his wife went to check if the children were ok. Thus, at 9.05 pm, the deponent entered the club, using his key, the door being locked, and went to the children's bedroom and noted that the twins and Madeleine were in perfect condition. He then went to the toilet, where he remained for a few instants, left the apartment, and then crossed ways with someone with whom he had played tennis, who had a baby buggy, also a British citizen, with whom he had a brief conversation. He then returned to the restaurant. At around 9.30 pm, his friend MATT (a member of the group) went to his apartment where his own children were, and on his way he went into the deponent's apartment, going in through a sliding glass door at the side of the building, which was always unlocked. He went into the room, saw the twins and didn’t even notice if Madeleine was there, as everything was quiet, the shutters closed and the bedroom door half-open as usual. Then MATT went back to the restaurant.

At 10pm, his wife Kate went to check on the children. She went into the apartment through the door using her key and saw right away that the children’s bedroom door was completely open, the window was also open, the shutters raised and the curtains drawn open. The side door that opens into the living room, which as said earlier, was never locked, was closed.

Faced with this altered scenario, KATE checked that the twins were in their respective beds, unlike MADELEINE, who had disappeared. After thoroughly searching the apartment, his wife, quite scared and upset, went to the restaurant to alert the deponent and the others about the disappearance. Immediately, the group headed for the club and searched across all the facilities, swimming pool, tennis etc., as well as in the apartment, with the help of Ocean Club employees, while at the same time they contacted the authorities, that would later appear.

It is stressed that when one of the members of the group, JANE, went to her apartment to see her children, at around 9.10/9.15 pm, from behind and at a distance of about 50 metres, on the road next to the club, she saw a person carrying a child in pyjamas. JANE will be better able to clarify this situation.

Concerning Madeleine, she is described as being Caucasian, with rather white skin, aged 4 (12/05/2003) and around 90 cm tall. Slender, with shoulder length, straight, dark blond hair. Left eye blue and green and the right eye also green with a brown spot on the pupil. She had a brown mark on her left leg. She had no scars. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing pyjamas with white floral-patterned trousers and a short-sleeved top, which was mainly pink in colour, with a blue and grey donkey figure on the front, with the inscription "EEYORE".

Concerning the child's personality, she was extrovert, very active, talkative, smart and relates to other children with great ease. Still, the deponent said that she would never go with a stranger.

The deponent has no suspects to mention, and finds no reason for this act. Neither he nor his wife have any enemies.

His daughter does not suffer from any illness and is not on any medication.

When questioned, the deponent authorises a reading of the data on his mobile phone, with the number 00447786986188.

Apart from the Kid Club, and the apartment, they only went to the beach once with Madeleine and other children and for a short time, given the fact that the weather was unstable. On the beach, they only ate an ice cream and went back to the apartment. Apart from what has been described, Madeleine and the other children went sailing on the beach, a five minute walk from the club, for an hour. This outing was organised by the resort itself and is part of an available chart. The supervision and organisation was done by the resort, therefore the deponent was not present, nor was his wife.

He never noticed any strange behaviour during these days or anything which might have led to such an outcome.

After having been shown the list of the club’s guests, he said he only knows the names of the members of the group.

He did not detect that any item has disappeared.

He has nothing else to add, and wishes the due criminal proceedings and to be indemnified over the action that he was a victim of.

Reads, confirms, ratifies and signs, as does the interpreter.

Volume I, pages 58 - 65

Witness statement of Kate Marie Healy, on the 4th of May 2007, at 2.20 p.m.
Location: CID Portimão

The witness is heard as a victim, being the mother of the minor. Of British nationality, she has no command of the Portuguese language, spoken or written. Thus, the interview is done in the presence of an interpreter, Natália Carvalho Ferreira de Almeida.

The witness says she has been married to Gerald since December 1998. She had never been to Portugal before.

This trip came at the suggestion of friends, who convinced them, at the end of last year, to spend their holiday in Portugal. The witness thinks that this trip was organised by David Payne, who made the Praia da Luz Ocean Club reservation on the Internet for the witness and her husband, as well as for the rest of the group, a total of nine adults and eight children, including her daughter Madeleine. She has known some members of the group since the year 2000 and others for a year. She was a colleague of David's wife.

They travelled in two separate groups. One of the groups was composed of the witness, her husband Gerard and their three children, and the other one was composed of their friend David and his wife, the mother-in-law and their two children. The departure points, by plane, were Leicestershire and London.

After the trip, the meeting point was in Portugal, at the Ocean Club, where the witness's group arrived on Saturday April 28th at around 3pm from Faro airport in an airport mini bus. The other group arrived on the same day, late morning.

After checking in, the witness and her family were placed in apartment G5A. The nuclear family comprises the witness, her husband Gerard, her daughter Madeleine and twins Sean and Amelie, aged two. The apartment has two beds in one bedroom, and two in another one, plus two cots on loan from the Ocean Club, as well as a bathroom and a kitchen.

The witness and her husband slept in one bedroom and the three children in the other. The twins slept in cots, Madeleine in a normal bed, the other bed remained empty.

Between the day of the arrival, April 28th, and the time at which the disappearance was discovered, the witness says that she noticed nothing unusual. She reports only one episode where, on the morning of Thursday the 3rd, Madeleine asked the witness why she had not come to look in the bedroom when the twins were crying. The witness states that she had heard nothing and had therefore not gone into the bedroom, nevertheless she found her daughter’s comment strange because it was the first time she had made it.

As far as the routines are concerned, the witness refers that on Sunday they went for breakfast at around 7.30/8.30 at the Ocean Club, namely at the resort’s bar which is located at some metres’ distance from the apartment. On the following days, and because the bar was quite far away, they started buying food at the “BATISTA” supermarket, which is located on the same road as the apartment, and they had their first meal of the day at the apartment.

After breakfast, at around 9/9.30am, the children stayed at the resort’s childcare centre, called the "Kid Club", where they did various activities such as painting, collage etc. They stayed there until around 12.30, constantly supervised by several Ocean Club employees in a ratio of one for each three children. The witness stresses that within the crèche, due to the difference in ages, the twins were in one group and Madeleine in another, with separate activities.

At 12.30pm, they collected their children and had lunch in their apartment, as it had a kitchen. After lunch, at around 1.30pm, the children spent time near the club's swimming pool, supervised by the parents, for about 45 minutes, where they played, applied sun cream etc. After this time, they placed the children back at the "Kids Club" until around 5/5.30pm, the time when the children ate at a bar under the watchful eyes of the parents. After the 5pm dinner, they bathed the children, prepared them for the night and let them play for a while at a playground next to the tennis courts, still and always under parental supervision. At around 8pm, the children were put to bed until the following morning, when the described routine started all over again.

While the children are at the "Kid Club," the witness played tennis with her husband, went for walks, read and practised “Jogging”.

Yesterday, after the daily routine, Madeleine and the twins went into the bedroom and were put in their beds at around 7.30. The witness and her husband stayed in the apartment, relaxing, until 8.30pm. She took a bath, did her make-up and drank a glass of New Zealand wine with her husband. Just after 8.30pm, the witness and her husband, after checking on their children, joined the other adults of the group at the "Tapas" restaurant, about 50 metres away, where they had dinner. As usual, every half hour, and given the fact that the restaurant was close, the witness and her husband came to make sure the children were ok. Thus, at around 9pm, her husband went to the apartment to make sure the twins, as well as Madeleine, were in perfect condition, then he went back to the restaurant. Her husband told her that the children were well and that he had bumped into the person with whom he had played tennis, who also had two children.

The witness notes that at the same time, one of their friends, called Russell, went to see his children, too, nevertheless he did not go to the room where the witness was staying.

At around 9.30pm, at the time when the witness should have gone to see her children, her friend Matt (a member of the group), who was coming to check, as well, went to the apartment where his children were staying and on his way went to the witness’s apartment. He entered the apartment through a glass sliding door at the side that was always unlocked and once inside, he had not gone into the children's bedroom. He remained at the bedroom door, listening for noise and observing the beds. He went back to the restaurant and said that everything was fine.

At around 10pm, the witness came to check on the children. She went into the apartment by the side door, which was closed, but unlocked, as already said, and immediately noticed that the door to her children's bedroom was completely open, the window was also open, the shutters raised and the curtains open, while she was certain of having closed them all as she always did.

Faced with this altered situation, she verified that the twins were in their beds, unlike Madeleine, who had disappeared. The cover was neatly pulled back and the toys were on the pillow as usual. After searching the whole apartment thoroughly, and already quite scared and unnerved, she returned to the restaurant, and alerted her husband and the rest of the group to the disappearance. The group immediately headed to the club, and set about searching in all the buildings, swimming pool, tennis courts etc... as well as in the apartment with the help of employees. At the same time, they contacted the authorities, which would later arrive.

Later, the witness would learn that a member of the group, Russell's partner Jane, at around 9.15pm, when she went to her own apartment to check on her children, saw from behind and at a distance of about 50 metres, on the road along the club, a long-haired person, she thinks wearing jeans, with a child in his arms, walking very quickly. But she is better able to tell about that herself.

Concerning Madeleine, she is Caucasian, with quite white skin, aged four (12/05/2003) about 90cm tall. Of slim build, dark blond hair, straight and of shoulder length. Left eye blue-green, right eye also green with a brown spot on the pupil. She had a small brown spot on the skin of her left leg, as well as a small sunburn on her right forearm. She had no scars. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing pyjamas, with white bottoms with a floral pattern and a frill at the end. The short-sleeved top, mainly pink with a blue-grey donkey figure on the front, bearing the inscription "EEYORE", an inscription which was also on one of the trouser legs.

The pyjamas are of the "Marks and Spencer" brand.

Concerning the child's personality, she was extrovert, very active, talkative, smart and related to other children with great ease. But she would never go with a stranger.

She has no suspects to indicate, nor does she find a motive for such action, as she has no enemies, and knows none for her husband.

She states that her daughter has no illnesses and is not on any medication.

Upon request, she authorises a reading of the data on her mobile phone, nr. 00447903108397.

Apart from the Kids Club and the apartment, they only went to the beach with Madeleine and the other children once, and only for a very short period of time, because the weather was unstable, which happened between 1.30 and 3 p.m., when they returned to the club. At the beach, they only ate an ice cream and returned to the apartment. Apart from that, on Wednesday or Thursday, Madeleine and the other children went sailing at the beach, five minutes away from the club, for an hour, in an event that was organised by the resort. The surveillance of this activity and the organisation were done by the club, and the deponent was not present, nor was her husband.

She never noticed any strange behaviour during these days or anything which might lead to such an outcome.

After having been shown the list of the club’s guests, she said she only knows the names of the members of the group.

Other than the daughter, nothing else has disappeared, including the child’s clothes or accessories.

When asked, the witness said she did not have an intercom, unlike David and Fiona
who had one to listen to their children’s cries or other noises.

She has nothing else to add, and wishes the due criminal proceedings and to be indemnified over the action that she was a victim of.

Reads, confirms, ratifies and signs, as does the interpreter.

(Revised translation)

Processos Volume I
Pages 42 - 54

Policia Judiciaria


Witness Statement

Date: 2007-05-04
Time: 11.30
Place: This Police Department
Responsible Officer: Inspector João Carvalho

Name: Jane Michelle Tanner
Place of Origin: UK
Nationality: British
Residence: Exeter
Marital Status: Common Law Partnership
Profession: Marketing Manager


As she is a British citizen and does not speak or write Portuguese she is assisted by a translator, Filipa Maria da Conceição Silva.

She has been in Portugal since last Saturday, April 28th 2007, on holiday at the Ocean Club tourist resort, with her partner (Russell O'Brien), two children and three couples of friends (Gerald McCann, Kate Healy, Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Manpilly, David and Fiona Payne as well as Fiona Payne's mother, Diane Webster).

She was accompanied by her two children, **** O'Brien, aged 3 years and **** O'Brien, aged one year.

The other couples were also accompanied by their children, ***** Oldfield, aged one year (daughter of Matthew Oldfield and Rachael Manpilly), **** Payne, aged two years and ******* Payne, aged eleven months (children of David and Fiona Payne), the twins, Sean and Amelie McCann, aged two years and Madeleine Beth McCann who will celebrate her fourth birthday in two weeks’ time (children of Gerald McCann and Kate Healy)

They are on holiday, having jointly organised (the couples) the trip from England, where they are friends. They travelled with the Mark Warner agency.

All the couples stayed in individual apartments in the same complex, with their respective children.

Since Saturday, the routine has been that almost all of them get up around 7.30/8 am and then have breakfast in a restaurant near the apartment, called the Millennium (6) towards 9 am they would take the children to the Kids Club (2)(4)(5) in accordance with the children’s ages.

Only Gerry and Kate would have breakfast in their apartment due to the fact that they have three children and it is complicated walking with the three at the same time. After breakfast, they would also take their children to the Kids Club.

As regards the Kid's Club she clarifies the following:

**** O'Brien and Madeleine McCann would stay in a room near the reception (4) the person responsible being an English woman named Cat Baker. Apart from her, there are three or four people to look after the children (she only remembers the name of one: Emma Wilding). They would do several activities like going to the indoor swimming pool in the complex, going to the tennis court which is outside near the Tapas restaurant (3), going to Praia da Luz beach (outside), painting and playing (inside the complex).

**** Payne was also near the reception but in a different room (5) from *** O’Brien and Madeleine McCann. She does not know who was responsible nor who worked in this room. She does not know about the activities but thinks that for most of the time they took place inside the room.

***** Oldfield, ****O'Brien, **** Payne, Amelie and Sean McCann all stayed in a room (2) near the Tapas restaurant. The person responsible for ***** and **** was an English citizen named Leanne Wagstaff. As for **** Payne, Amelie and Sean, without being certain, she thinks the person responsible was Stacey Portz. The activities were identical to those of the other rooms, outside and inside the complex.

Towards 12.30, they would go to fetch their children from the respective rooms at the Kids Club as these close for lunch.

They would sometimes lunch together in the apartment of one of the couples. At about 2.30, the Kids Club rooms would re-open and the only children to return to the rooms were Madeleine, **** O’Brien, Amelie and Sean.

The others would stay with their respective parents.

At about 16.45 all the children would meet up for tea, in a room next to the Tapas Restaurant (3). It was Cat Baker who would bring Madeleine McCann and **** O’Brien.

During this time when they were having tea the children’s parents would go to pick them up.

Until yesterday, May 3rd, the witness has no knowledge of anything strange or suspicious having happened to the group of friends or the children.

Yesterday, the witness did not go for breakfast because she had a tennis lesson scheduled for 9 am. It was her partner who took the children for breakfast, having subsequently taken **** O’Brien to the Kids Club. Due to **** O’Brien being unwell she did not go to the Kids Club that day and went with her father to look for the witness. They arrived at about 9.30 having waited for about 30 minutes at the tennis courts (8) for the tennis lesson to finish

The witness played tennis (8) with Kate Healy (mother of Madeleine McCann) and with Diane Webster. She does not know where Kate Healy’s children had breakfast but knows that the three of them went to their respective rooms at the Kids Club. She supposes that it was their father (Gerald McCann) who took them there.

During the tennis lesson (8), Kate Healy behaved normally.

After the lesson, the witness went with her partner and daughter **** to the beach (7) where they remained until about 12.20. Then they had been to fetch **** from the Kids Club.

She does not know what Kate did after leaving the tennis court (8) at around 10 am, but she knows that Gerald McCann had a tennis lesson (8) between 10.10 and 11.10 am.

The witness did not notice if Madeleine was still at the Kids Club when she went to fetch her daughter ****.

They both went to their apartment (1) taking their two daughters with them. Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Manpilly and their daughter ***** also turned up to have lunch with them

They had lunch from 12.45 to 13.45 then, at around 14.00, the witness went to play tennis (8) again with Rachael Manpilly.

Her daughters and Rachael’s daughter remained in her apartment (1) with their fathers.

She remembers that while she was playing tennis, (8) she saw Kate Healy and Gerald McCann with their three children in the play area next to the court. Kate waved to her. They stayed in that play area until 14.40 when they went to take their children to the Kids Club.

After finishing playing tennis (8) at around 14.45, the witness went back to her apartment (1) where she stayed with her daughter ****, her husband having gone sailing with Matthew Oldfield.

At about 15.45, the witness went to the Praia beach (7) with her daughter, ****, Rachael Manpilly, Diane Webster, Fiona Payne, *** Payne and ***** Payne.

In the meantime her partner Russell O'Brien had arrived from his sailing trip and immediately went to fetch **** from the Kids Club. They went to the beach (7) with the witness where they all stayed until 18.10-18.15.

On the way to the beach, she saw Gerald McCann and Kate Healy having an individual tennis lesson. The children were not with them.

At around 17.15, she saw Kate Healy jogging along the beach (7), having waved.

Russell O'Brien, Matthew Oldfield and David Payne left the beach (7) a little earlier to go to the tennis court for men's tennis night. When the witness together with her friends and children returned from the beach (7) at around 18.20, they went past the tennis court and they saw all the men, including Gerald McCann, on the court. (8) They stayed to talk to them for around 20 to 30 minutes. Gerald McCann behaved normally.

The witness supposes that Kate was in the apartment (1) putting the children to bed.

At about 19.00 they each went to their own apartments (1) with the children. The witness bathed her two daughters, read them a story to send them to sleep. As **** was unwell and had difficulty going to sleep, she stayed with her father who, meantime, had returned. The witness went to dinner at the Tapas restaurant at around 20.30.

When she arrived at the restaurant, several adult members of the group were already there, without children, who were supposedly asleep.

At about 21.00, her husband arrived at the restaurant (3) having managed to get **** to sleep.

For this reason and because David Payne, Fiona Payne and Diane Webster only arrived at about 21.00, the dinner booked for 20.30 did not start until 21.00.

Usually, every 15 minutes one person from each apartment went to the bedrooms (1) of their respective children to make sure everything was OK.

During dinner, everything went well. Everybody was in a good mood.

She remembers that, around 21.10 Gerald McCann left the restaurant (3) to go to the apartment to see the children. Five minutes later the witness left, to go to her own apartment to check on her children. At this moment she saw Gerald McCann talking to a British citizen named Jez, whom they had got to know during this holiday He would play tennis with them.

She passed them knowing that Gerald McCann had already been in the apartment (1) to check on his children.

Meanwhile, she noticed a man (*) pass in a hurry with a child in his arms, it being this detail together with the fact that the child was dressed in pyjamas without being “wrapped up” in a blanket, which drew her attention. She only managed to see him from the side with the child in his arms. She noticed this person exactly at the moment when she had just walked past Gerald and Jez, who were talking, having seen this person coming out of the passage way at the end of the apartment block (1) where they are staying. The man quickly crossed the intersection.

The entrance to the building where the apartments are (1) is the exact place (street) from where the individual in question appeared.

After checking on her children, she returned to the restaurant On her way back, Gerald McCann was no longer talking in the road where she had seen him.

Upon her arrival at the restaurant (3) Gerald McCann was already there with his wife Kate Healy.

Between 15 to 20 minutes later, Matthew Oldfield and her husband, Russell O'Brien, left to go and see the children. As their daughter **** wasn't well, and she was crying, Russell stayed in the room.

Meanwhile Matthew went to check his children and those of Gerald and Kate. According to him, he saw the twins but he did not manage to see Madeleine. But as he did not hear any noise, he assumed everything was OK and went back to the restaurant. Matthew informed the witness that Russell had stayed in the room (1).

After quickly eating the main course, the witness went to take her husband's place in the apartment (1) so that the latter could eat.

While she was in the room, around 22/22.15, she heard Kate Healy and Fiona Payne shouting and saying that Madeleine had disappeared.

When asked, she thinks that it was Kate Healy who discovered the disappearance, not being certain because she was no longer at the restaurant (3).

Every evening it was normal for these kind of procedures to be done, this and getting up from the table and going to see if all was well with the children.

Madeleine Beth McCann was a sensible child, very loving, very active and fun. She liked to play. She was intelligent and the witness does not believe that if a stranger approached her that she would not shout.

During their conversations she did not recall Kate having reported at any time that Madeleine slept badly or that she caused any problems.

Description of the tourist complex.

The Ocean Club tourist complex comprises a wide area, the map is attached to this statement. On this map the most important places for the investigation are marked numerically, such as:

1 - The apartments where all the couples stayed. This block has 3 or 4 levels with around 6 apartments at each level for a total of between 20 and 30 apartments.
2 - Kids Club used by ****** Oldfield, **** O’Brien. *** Payne, Amelie and Sean.
3 - Tapas restaurant.
4 - Kids Club room used by **** O’Brien and Madeleine.
5 - Kids Club room used by ***** Payne
6 - Millennium restaurant.
7 - Praia beach.
8 - Tennis courts.
9 Sketch of the area drawn up by the witness

Personal description

(*) Dark skinned male between 35 and 40, slim, around 1.70m. Very dark hair, thick, long at the neck (she only managed to see him from behind). He was wearing golden beige cloth trousers (linen type) with a “Duffy” type coat (but not very thick). He was wearing black shoes, of a conventional style and was walking quickly. He was carrying a sleeping child lying over his arms in front of his chest. By the way in which he was dressed she had the impression that individual was not a tourist because he was very “warmly wrapped up”..

(**) Concerning the child, who seemed to be asleep, she only saw the legs. The child seemed to be older than a baby. The child was barefoot, dressed in cotton light-coloured pyjamas (possibly pink or white) She is not sure, but has the feeling that she saw a design on the pyjamas like flowers, but is not certain about it.

Concerning these details, the witness states that she did not know what Madeleine was wearing when she disappeared, as she has not spoken to anyone about this. Concerning the man she saw, she has only mentioned it to Gerald, but without going into details and with the police.

When asked, she drew a sketch, which we attach to this document.

When questioned, she stated that she could probably identify the person, being able to identify him from the side and from the way he walked.

She has no more to say. Reads, ratifies and signs.

Attachments of maps and photos:
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David Payne

That the interviewee made this statement voluntarily. That he has been on holiday in Portugal since April 28th 2007, staying at the Ocean Club, Praia da Luz. That he plans to return to England on May 5th 2007 (Saturday). That he has known Madeleine's parents for around 5 years. That he was on holiday with Madeleine and her parents. That he came with a group. That the group is composed of nine adults and eight children. The adults are: Diane, the interviewee and his wife (children: ***** and ***), Russell and Jane (children: **** and ****), Matthew and Rachael (child: ******), Gerry and Kate (children: Amelie, Sean and Madeleine).
That they decided to come to Portugal on a suggestion from the tour operator. That it was the interviewee who booked the trip.

Concerning the days spent in Portugal, the interviewee describes them as being all very much the same. He states that his family, composed of his mother-in-law Diane, his wife Fiona and their two children, spent their days more independently than other members of the group. They were most often with the couple Russell and Jane.

Concerning the remaining members of the group, normally they met them in the morning and went for breakfast together at the "Millennium" restaurant, after which they left their children at the Kids Club and the adults went to do sports inside the tourist complex or they went to the beach. The couple Gerry and Kate usually had breakfast in the apartment.

It was also usual to have dinner together every night.

With the exception of Saturday, when they all dined at the "Millennium" restaurant, every evening the group met at the "Tapas" restaurant at around 8.45 for dinner.

While the adults were dining, the children were sleeping in their respective apartments.

In answer to our question, the interviewee states that during all the meals, he never went to his apartment or to any of the group's apartments, because he has an "intercom" and the signal carries from the apartment to the restaurant. The other members of the group went, randomly, every 20 minutes, to their apartments to make sure their respective children were asleep.

Concerning yesterday evening, he states that he, his wife and his mother-in-law arrived at the restaurant at around 8.55pm. According to what he remembers, when they arrived, all the members of the group were present, apart from the children, who were in bed in their respective rooms.

During the evening, Gerry, Jane and Matthew went, alternately, to their children's bedrooms to check if they were sleeping. He thinks they physically went into the apartments. He no longer remembers in what order they went see their children.

Towards 10pm, Kate went to her apartment, and less than 5 minutes later, she came back to the restaurant, breaking down, reporting that Madeleine was not in the bedroom.

Then everybody went to the apartment occupied by Madeleine's family. He remembers comments concerning the fact that the window and the shutters to Madeleine's bedroom were open, while they had remained closed throughout the week.

That the apartment occupied by Madeleine's family comprises two bedrooms, a small kitchen, a lounge and a bathroom. That the lounge has a door which gives outside access in the direction of the restaurant. He does not recall any more details of the apartment but he remembers that the bedroom occupied by the children has a window that looks onto the car park that accesses the main road. That he never went into the said bedroom but he could see that there were two beds and two cots. The cots were placed in the middle of the bedroom. One of the beds was placed against the window and the other, the one occupied by Madeleine, was against the wall facing the one which has a window.

In answer to our question, the interviewee doesn't know how many times Madeleine left the tourist complex, but he knows she went, at least once, to the beach.

That during the holiday, he saw nothing abnormal concerning the couple Gerry and Kate, neither with their children nor, notably, with Madeleine.

In the context of the group, nothing out of the ordinary happened, either.

That during the whole holiday, and particularly during the day and the night yesterday, nothing unusual happened in the tourist complex, which attracted his attention, or which could be correlated with Madeleine's disappearance.

He describes Madeleine as being a communicative girl, happy, obedient and very well behaved.

Madeleine's parents are very sociable people, known by lots of people, kind and affectionate.

Madeleine is the daughter of both elements of the couple.

She was very wanted and is the result of "In Vitro" fertilisation. There was no difference in treatment between Madeleine and the twins.

He doesn't know if Madeleine suffers from any illness, nor if she is on medication. He has nothing more to say that could help the progress of the investigation.

Revised Translation

Processos Vol I Pages 69-72



Witness Statement


Date: 2007.05.04

Time: 19H20

Place: Portimao DIC

Executing Officer: Inspector Joao Carlos


Fiona Elaine Payne


Nationality: British

Profession: Doctor

Place of Work: Lecistershire Royal Infirmary




She comes to the process as a witness, and as part of the group that travelled to Portugal with the parents of Madeleine. She is married to David, who also travelled to Portugal.

She has known the girl's parents, Gerard (sic) and Kate, for about seven years. She got to know them through Kate when they worked together. It was also at this time that she got to know her [Kate's] husband in social settings.

She knows that the couple has three children, twins who are two years of age and Madeleine, who was almost four years old.

The witness has two children, of the female sex, who are two and one years old respectively. The idea of travelling to Portugal came from her husband David who had already been to Portugal about 11 years ago, before she got to know him.

She arrived in Portugal on the 28th April, at around 12H00, leaving from Leicestershire, and arriving at Faro and then on to Praia da Luz. From Faro, she arrived at the Ocean Club via mini bus taken from the airport. After check-in she was lodged in apartment G5H with her family (husband, mother and two daughters).

As regards the next days, she says that in the morning, after breakfast, which the family would eat in the club bar around 08H15/08H30 they would then put their children in the club creche, in different areas. During this time, the witness and her husband would go swimming and practice other sports on the beach, which was around 8 minutes distance on foot. Around 12H30/13H00 they would go to get the children from the crêche and would have lunch in the apartment, at times with other children. Immediately afterwards her children would take a nap, whilst the witness and her husband stayed in the apartment. Around 15H30/16H00 the children would wake up from their nap and all of them would head towards the pool zone or the tennis court where they would stay until around 18H00/19H00. They would then return to the apartment, would bathe the children, put them to sleep and would go and meet with the rest of the group, to have dinner. All the adults would meet in the Tapas restaurant located close to the club.


During dinner, as they were in a possession of a 'baby monitor', they did not go to the apartment to check on their children and would only do so if they heard any strange noises or crying.

Yesterday they slightly altered their routine, they went to the beach with the children and her mother Dianne. They arrived there around 15H45 and left at 18H15, and headed towards the tennis court until about 19H00. Immediately afterwards, the witness headed towards the apartment with her children, and her mother. Ten minutes later her husband David appeared. In the apartment her mother, helped by her husband David, bathed the children whilst the witness went jogging on the beach until around 20H00. Afterwards, she returned to the apartment and got ready. She left around 20H45, accompanied by David and her mother, in order to meet the rest of the group in the Tapas restaurant.

During dinner, amongst other friends present was the McCann couple - Madeleine's parents.
When questioned she says that she did not go to the club, neither did her husband, to check on the children as she possessed a baby monitor, as previously mentioned. However, she states that Gerald and Kate went with regularity, as did the other couples to ensure that their children were well. On one of these occasions, upon returning, Kate, very scared and nervous, in a panic, told them in the restaurant that Madeleine had gone missing, screaming and frightened.

Immediately, they organised search groups, either in the apartment thinking that she could be hidden, or outside, which resulted in nothing, even with the help of the employees.
Due to Kate's highly anxious state, she decided to stay with her, giving her all support she needed.

She was never in Madeleine's family apartment.

She knew Madeleine well and describes her as very intelligent and she would not go with stranger without screaming or protesting unless she was very tired or sleeping.

As regards the episode with Jane - she [Jane] only told her that she had seen an individual with a child in his arms, not knowing if it was Madeleine
During this holiday period she never noticed anything strange or relevant to the facts in question.

She has no other elements to offer the investigation.
No more was said.

Reads, ratifies and signs.

Volume I, pages 52 - 57

Matthew Oldfield

On the subject, the interviewee says:

It is of his own free will and of his own accord that he adds his statements in the context of the present proceedings. That he has been on holiday in Portugal since April 28th 2007 and that he is staying at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz. That he expects to return to England on Saturday May 5th 2007. That he has known Madeleine's parents for around five years. That the little girl will be 4 years old next Saturday. That he was spending his holiday with Madeleine and her parents. That they had come as a group and that this group is composed of 9 adults and eight children. The adults are Diane, David and Fiona (children: ***** and ***) Russell and Jane (children **** and ****) Rachael (daughter ******) respectively the wife and the daughter of the interviewee, Gerry and Kate (children: Amelie, Sean - twins aged two - and Madeleine)

That the idea of spending the holiday in Portugal came from the couple David and Fiona and that it is they who reserved the accommodation. That this reservation was made 4 or 5 months ago. That since they arrived in Portugal, until last night, the days were all the same. In the morning, the group woke between 6.30 and 8am and that they all went on foot to the, "Millennium," around 10 minutes from the complex. That only Madeleine's parents, Madeleine and the twins had breakfast in their apartment due to the fact that they have three very small children.

That after breakfast, the children were left at the "Kids Club" of the complex. Madeleine and **** go to the mini-club for their age and the other children go to another club for younger children. At lunchtime, the habit was to meet up in one of the apartments occupied by the group to have lunch there with the children. In the afternoon, the children have a sleep in their respective apartments under the supervision of an adult. The other adults do sporting activities within the complex. After their afternoon sleep, the children return to the "Kids Club."

That around 4.45pm, the children eat at the "Tapas," restaurant inside the tourist complex. After eating, the children went to play in a playground in the complex, supervised by adults. At around 8pm, the children went to sleep and at around 8.30pm, the adults went to dinner at the "Tapas" restaurant. While they were eating, the children were sleeping in their respective apartments without the constant supervision of an adult. The interviewee adds that, as the restaurant is around 1 minute from the apartments, randomly, an adult would be going frequently to check on the children in the apartments.






How the evening progressed.

The interviewee says that the day yesterday was identical to the previous ones and that, as on all other nights, at around 8.45pm, he and his wife left their daughter asleep in the apartment and went to the "Tapas" restaurant.

That the couple Kate and Gerry, Madeleine's parents were already at the restaurant. That they had arrived at the restaurant five minutes before them. The rest of the adults arrived at the restaurant around five minutes after the interviewee and his wife. That the last to arrive at the restaurant was the couple David and Fiona. That the latter arrived at the restaurant at around 9pm.

That around 9.05pm, the interviewee went to the area of the apartments. Notably to the area near the windows of all the children's bedrooms. That he did not hear any noise. That he considered that all the children were sleeping. That all the children's bedroom windows were closed, notably the windows that gave access to the fourth apartment, that occupied by Madeleine. That after this check, he returned to the restaurant, saying that all the children were asleep. However, Gerry, Madeleine's father, went to the area of the apartments to check for himself if the children were asleep. That Gerry allegedly went into his apartment and that he checked to make sure that Madeleine and the twins were sleeping in their bedroom, where it was quite dark. The bedroom door was half-open. That five minutes later, Gerry came back to the group in the restaurant.

In answer to a question from the inspector, the interviewee does not know if Gerry met anyone while he was checking the children. He did not mention it.

That during the meal, it was usual that every 15 minutes (as on all nights) one of the adults went to the apartments to check if the children were sleeping. That normally this checking was done inside the apartments (Visual checking), but that, to be honest, sometimes this checking was only done from the outside, near the bedroom windows (Auditory checking)

As normal, dinner began at 9.30pm.

At around 9.25pm, the interviewee went into his apartment and Madeleine's apartment to check on the children. He states that the door of the fourth apartment (room?), that was occupied by Madeleine and the twins, was half-open and that there was enough light in the bedroom for him to see the twins in their cots. That he couldn't see the bed occupied by Madeleine, but as it was all quiet, he deduced that she was sleeping. That the light in question was from an artificial source but not inside the bedroom, rather from outside through the bedroom window. That it seemed to him that the shutters of the bedroom window were open without knowing if the window was also open.

The apartment has two bedrooms, a lounge, a small kitchen and a bathroom. The couple's bedroom has a window which is visible from the restaurant. The children's bedroom windows look out on the road outside the tourist complex. Then the interviewee went back to the restaurant.

He states that the bedroom has two windows. The twins occupy two cots placed in the middle of the room and Madeleine occupies a bed pushed against the wall, facing the wall which has the two windows that look out onto the outside of the complex. That the door through which he entered the apartment was closed but not locked. That he doesn't know if it is usual for Madeleine's parents to leave the door closed but not locked because that door is visible from the restaurant.

At around 10pm, Kate, Madeleine's mother, went to her apartment to check on her children. She came back totally shocked, shouting, saying that Madeleine was no longer in her bedroom. At that time all the adults were in the restaurant. Then, the whole group went to Madeleine's bedroom and checked that the twins were sleeping OK. That there was no sign of a burglary in the apartment. Only, one window in the children's bedroom was open. The window and the shutters were open.

That during the holiday, and notably during the day yesterday and during dinner, nothing appeared unusual to the interviewee. That there wasn't the slightest change in the behaviour of any of the group, notably in that of Kate or Gerry and their respective children.

Question: And outside the group?

No, there was nothing unusual and he knows of nothing special happening. That the tourist complex was quiet and that nothing unusual happened there. That during the day the children were under the supervision of the Kids Club's staff. That he doesn't know if Madeleine was suffering from any illness or if she was taking medication. That Madeleine is very lively, obedient, communicative and extrovert. Madeleine's parents are both very friendly, communicative, happy and sensible. That the couple have an excellent relationship with their children, not making any difference in the treatment of each. That the three children were very much wanted by the couple, all three being the result of, "In Vitro," fertilisation.

The interviewee thinks that it is a kidnapping with the intention to demand a ransom from the parents, because these are people who are very comfortable financially.

Volume I pages 80 - 82

Russell O'Brien

The interview begins at 9.45pm on May 4th 2007. Being a British citizen and not understanding Portuguese, in written or spoken form, the informant is accompanied during his statements by a sworn translator: Filipa M.

The informant completely corroborates the statements by his partner Jane Tanner and Rachael Mampilly. Interview taken by the signatory to the present deed, J.C., police inspector. Concerning the journey, the make-up of the group and the usual routines of the adults and children of the group, of which the informant is part, at the Ocean Cub, he states that:

Apart from his partner, he is on holiday with their children **** O'Brien, aged three years and **** O'Brien aged one year. He works as a doctor. He is a colleague of (Gerry) McCann, having worked together for six months. His partner became pregnant around the same time as Gerry's wife. The informant's daughter, ****, and Madeleine Beth McCann are more or less a month apart in ages. **** and Madeleine go to the same room at the Kids Cub, near the reception. The staff are Cat and another person named Emma.

Until yesterday, May 3rd 2007, he has no knowledge of anything suspicious or strange happening around the group of friends or their children. Everybody seemed normal to him from the cleaning staff, to the gardeners, to the rest of the employees of the complex. In Praia, he never noticed anything strange or people who could have been thought of as strange enough to attract his suspicions.

Yesterday, as his daughter **** was feeling ill, the informant dropped **** (his other daughter!) at the Kids Club at around 10am after breakfast. He completely corroborates his partner Jane Tanner's statements for the rest of the day.

Comment: Why on earth was a witness to such a serious incident allowed to get away with the above? He corroborates his partner's statements!!! Surely, he should have been obliged to give his own account in his own words!!

At around 7.15/7.30pm, the informant went back to his apartment. He read stories to his daughters, including **** who was feeling better. His partner, Jane, went to have dinner at the "TAPAS" restaurant at around 8.30pm and he went there at around 8.45pm. When he arrived at the restaurant, nearly all the adults were present, without children, with the exception of David, Fiona and Diane. They arrived more or less 5 minutes later.

At around 9pm, they had all ordered their meals. While they were eating, it was normal that every 15 minutes, one person from each apartment went to make sure the children were ok. Yesterday, as **** was not well, the interval between checks was reduced. He recalls that Matthew Oldfield left the restaurant at shortly after 9pm to check the children. He is no longer sure who went out first, but five minutes later, Gerry McCann and his own partner, Jane, went out, almost at the same time, to check the children. He thinks that Gerry must have gone out first because Jane saw him chatting with a person on holiday at the complex, a certain Jez. He thinks that Jane only checked their apartment, being worried about ****. Then Gerry came back at around 9.25/9.30 and they started to eat the main course.

At around 9.35/9.40, taking advantage of the lull between two courses, the informant left the restaurant with Matthew to check the children. When he got there, his daughter **** was crying. He stayed in her bedroom with her. He supposes that Matthew checked his apartment. Matthew returned to the restaurant five minutes after leaving it. His partner came to take his place in ****'s bedroom around 15 minutes later after finishing dinner.

At around 9.55, he went back to the restaurant where his food had been waiting for 5 or 10 minutes. All the other adults had finished.

At a round 10pm, Kate Healy went out to check her children in her apartment. When she came back, she came towards our table, shouting that Madeleine had disappeared. We all went out, running, and with the help of a few people we decided to search in the area around the apartment blocks. The search proved fruitless.

After reading with the translator, who explains to him, he goes on and signs.

Revised translation.

Processos Volume I

Pages 73 - 76


Witness Statement

Date: 2007-05-04

Time: 19.20

Interviewing Officer: Inspector Joao Carvalho

Name: Rachael Mariamma Jean Mampilly Oldfield.

Nationality: British

Marital Status: Married

Profession: Recruitment Consultant


Being a British citizen and not understanding the Portuguese language, in spoken or written form, the undersigned witness was accompanied by a translator: Filipa M.C.S.


Since last Saturday, April 28th 2007, she has been on holiday in Portugal at the Ocean Club tourist complex in Praia da Luz, accompanied by her husband Matthew Oldfield. They travelled from London to Faro airport with their daughter ******, aged 19 months.

This trip was organised for a group of nine adults and eight children. In addition to her husband and her daughter the group consisted of:

The couple, Russell O'Brien and Jane Michelle Tanner, with their daughters, **** aged three and a half and **** aged 19 months.
David and Fiona Payne with their daughters *** aged three years and ***** aged 12 months.
Gerald (Gerry) McCann and Kate MCann with their twins, Sean and Amelie, aged 26 months and daughter Madeleine aged 4 years.

Also in their group is Diane Webster, Fiona Payne's mother.

They organised a joint holiday together because the men in the group are all doctors as well as Fiona Payne and Kate McCann, who worked together for a long time. It was normal for them to go on holiday as a group, however on the last holiday, last September, Gerry McCann and Kate McCann did not go to Greece.

The witness has known the couple, Gerry and Kate, since 2003, although her husband, Matthew, knew them from before.

On arrival at the airport, they were transported in a, "Mark Warner," company bus. There were other people on the bus apart from the group. They were all accommodated at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz.

The couples had their own, individual apartments, at the same complex, with their respective children. Since their arrival until yesterday evening, when Madeleine disappeared, the days were all based upon the same routine.

After breakfast, taken between 8 and 9 am in the Millennium restaurant, she would take her daughter to the Kids Club, about 10 minutes walk from the apartment. The other couples did exactly the same thing, with the exception of Gerry and Kate McCann who would have breakfast with their children in their apartment.

The witness's daughter was in a room at the Kids Club which is close to the "TAPAS" restaurant. Madeleine was in another room, situated near the club's reception, because she is older.

After dropping her daughter off, the witness normally had a tennis lesson between 11 and 12 o'clock. Then she went back to the Kids Club to pick up her daughter, ****** between 12.15 and 12.30 and take her back to the apartment for lunch. She made ******'s lunch and then they went to Russell O'Brien or David Payne's apartment, where they all ate together. Gerry and Kate McCann had lunch in their apartment with their children. The witness has the impression that the McCann family lunched at the beach one day.

All members of the group did their shopping at the only supermarket near the complex, the "Batista", although this supermarket was not part of the resort. There were various check outs, more of less five of them. Both times she went to do shopping she was always attended by women at the check outs.

She never saw any suspicious attitude, or ever had suspicions about anybody she came across, either in her independent activities or as a group or with the children.

Her relationship with the couple, Gerry and Kate, is one of good friendship and they meet up occasionally at celebrations, weddings and birthdays.

Concerning Madeleine, she is a happy child, good natured and full of energy.

She considers it impossible that a stranger could take her without her shouting or crying. She is a smart child who knows right from wrong.


They had the habit of dining every evening at the "TAPAS," restaurant which is about 50 metres from the apartments as the crow flies but 60 or 70 metres round the building to the back entrance.

Yesterday, at around 20.45 pm, like every evening, they joined the rest of the group to eat at the "Tapas" restaurant. Her husband Matthew, went to look for David Payne and Fiona Payne. At around 9 pm, the couple arrived followed two or three minutes later by Matthew. He had been to check the children's bedrooms, his own apartment where his daughter was sleeping, having approached and listened at the two closed shutters of the ground floor apartment where the twins Amelie and Sean and Madeleine were. He says that he did not hear any noise. He also checked to see if there was any noise in Russell O'Brien and Jane Tanner's apartment. He said that he hadn't heard any noise there either.

After placing their orders, at around 21.15 pm, Gerry McCann left to check only his own apartment. He took about 10 minutes because, he said, he had been chatting with Jes about tennis. Today there was a tournament in which they had both competed.

During Gerry's absence, without being certain of the exact time, their food began to be served.

Before Gerry arrived Jane Tanner also left to go to her apartment. Shortly afterwards Jane returned.

Between the starters and the main course, at around 21.30 pm, her husband Matthew Oldfield and Russell O'Brien both went to check all the rooms. Kate also offered to go, but was told that it was not worthwhile. Kate ended up staying at the restaurant.

Four or five minutes later the witness's husband came back after having checked his apartment. He also passed by the apartment where Madeleine was, having entered through the sliding patio door (the couple Gerry and Kate McCann would leave this door unlocked during dinner) The patio door leads to the apartment's lounge where two doors open into the respective bedrooms.

Her husband went into the main room and peered into one of the bedrooms where the couple’s three children were sleeping. He didn't switch any lights on and only saw the two sleeping twins.

He remembers that the bedroom door was half-open, finding this strange as he said later. At the time, he gave no importance to the fact.

The witness's husband returned to the restaurant and said that everything was fine, as he hadn't heard any noise. He also said that Russell O'Brien was staying with his daughter, ****, because he had found her crying.

They began the main course and Jane went off to replace Russell so that he could come and finish dinner.

When Russell arrived, she does not know at exactly what time, Kate at about 10.00 went alone to check the apartment. She returned to the restaurant crying, saying that Madeleine had disappeared. At that moment everyone rose from the table and went with her.

They all went outside, some having gone to the apartment to check that Madeleine really was missing, and confirmed that.

The twins continued to sleep in the same site where they had been placed.

The witness has nothing else to add. She reads the statement and agrees with it, ratifies and will sign.

The witness remembers that Kate said that one of the windows at the front of the apartment was open, the shutters raised. The couple had never opened the shutters during their stay.

After this they began to search and called the police.

Signed

RM
Inspector Carvalho and F.M da C.S.

Volume I, pages 77 - 79

Diane Webster

The interview begins at 8.50pm on May 4th 2007.

On the matter in hand, we note that:

The deponent is interviewed as a witness, as she is part of the group that traveled to Portugal with the parents of the minor, Madeleine. She is FIONA's mother, and she traveled in the company of her [Fiona's] husband and the two granddaughters.

She has known the parents of the missing child, Kate and Gerald, for three or four years, through her daughter, as they are friends.

She knows that the [McCann] couple have three children, twins aged two and Madeleine, aged three nearly four.

She thinks the idea of coming to Portugal came from her daughter, she presumes that she already knew Portugal.

The deponent arrived in Portugal on April 28th at around 12.20/12.30 from Leicestershire to Faro and then to Praia da Luz. From Faro to the Ocean Club they used the airport's shuttle service. After checking in, she was placed in apartment G5H with her family (her daughter, her son-in-law and their two small children).

Concerning the usual routines, the deponent states that she only spent the afternoons with her family, and that not always, because she read, she went shopping or did other things. In the morning, she only had breakfast with her family on one day, the Wednesday, because it was raining. On the other days, she spent the mornings playing tennis.

Concerning the day yesterday, she went to the beach with her granddaughters, her son-in-law and her daughter. They arrived there at around 3.45pm and left at around 6.15pm to go to the tennis courts where she stayed until 7pm. The deponent then went to the apartment with the granddaughters and ten minutes later, her son-in-law, David, joined them. With her son-in-law's help, they bathed the children.

They left the apartment at around 8.45 and accompanied by her son-in-law and her daughter, they went to join the rest of the group at the "TAPAS" restaurant.

The McCann couple were amongst the other friends at dinner.

To our question, the deponent told us she never went to the club to check on the grandchildren because her daughter possessed an intercom on which the children's cries would be heard.

However, she reported that both Gerard and Kate went several times, regularly, just like other couples, to the club to check on their children's wellbeing. During one of those checks, Kate came back to the restaurant, frightened and nervous, even panicked, saying that Madeleine had disappeared, crying out in terror.

They immediately organised search parties, both in the apartment, thinking that she could be hiding in there, and on the outside. In spite of help from the Ocean Club's employees, the searches were fruitless.

The informant does not know Madeleine well, because she lives a long way from the McCanns, and she cannot say very much about Madeleine's personality. Nevertheless, she reports that Madeleine was calm but active and energetic and good mannered. She was a beautiful and attractive child.

During this holiday, she has noticed nothing unusual or which could be linked to the investigation.

She has no other details to add. Reads, ratifies and signs, as does the interpreter.

Chronological Order of PJ Interviews on 4th May 2007

Gerald McCann : 11.15

Jane Tanner :11.30

Matthew Oldfield:11.30

Kate McCann: 14.20

David Payne :14.45

Rachael Mampilly: 19.20

Fiona Payne:19.20

Dianne Webster: 20.50

Russell O’Brian : 21.45