Apensos V, Vol XIII
Pages 2752 to 275

(From Spanish)

DIC Portimao

From: The Central Brigade

Date: 25th September 2007

To: NCB Lisbon Portugal

C.C. NCB Rabat, Morocco

Subject: FRG McCann

Importance: High

From Interpol Spain

To: Interpol Lisbon
IP Rabat

“VERY URGENT”

Date 25-09-2007

Text:

As a continuation from our message dated 21-09-07 about the disappearance in Portugal of the young girl Madeleine McCann, N/12-05-03, we inform you about the following:

Clara Torres Garcia has informed our Albacete offices that she has some photos that she took last August in Morocco and that in one of them a blonde girl can be observed, who could be the missing girl. She handed over a CD containing these photos and has told us the following:

Last August she was making a tourist trip in Morocco, accompanied by her husband. They were driving south of the city of Tangier, specifically between the cities of Chefchaouen and Ceuta and when they were driving along a road between Zinat and Tetouan, they observed a group of persons, a woman carrying a girl on her back who strongly resembled Madeleine.

Best regards,

Interpol Spain



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Apensos V, Vol XIII

Pages 2776 to 2779

(In English)

Forwarded fax sent to DIC

Via Stuart Prior

25th September 2007

From: Michael Caplan, QC

Dear Gerry,

I have spoken to the lawyer in Spain, Mr N*****. His client who does not wish to give her name, does not speak English but he obtained some information for me at my request.

I understand the position was that she was travelling in Morocco by car, sitting in the front passenger seat and taking some photographs randomly. It was August 31st at about 9.40 local time (11.40 in Spain).

She was between Chef-Chaouen and Pepouan close to Zinat in Morocco.

She took this photograph, did not see any other Europeans walking and looked back at the child because it was strange.

Yesterday (24 Sept) she read in a newspaper about a possible sighting in Morocco and remembered what she had seen. She then downloaded her photographs and found this one.

This morning, with her lawyer, she went to the British Consulate and i think the lawyer gave some information to him.

He tells me that somehow the media have got hold of this and she is now shaken. They do not know how. The media are running the story in Spain, but with no photograph but he is clearly worried that this will somehow come out.

I got on extremely well with the lawyer who clearly would like to help to relay information. I have his contact numbers.

I would be grateful if we could speak when convenient.

Regards,

Michael.

Apensos V, Vol XIII
Page 2780



Fax forwarded to DIC Portimao by Stuart Prior

From Michael Caplan

Date: 25 September 2007

Subject: forward Madeleine McCann’s photo

Dear Mr Caplan,

I am a solicitor in Spain representing the person who took the picture with, presumably, Madeleine McCann in it.

I have been this morning in the British Consulate in Madrid talking to Mr A*** G***** and I have passed to him a copy of the relevant picture, together with several more.

Although my clients have avoided the media, it seems that some of them in Spain are starting to give some news about this matter.

By the moment, I have received two phone calls asking for an interview, but I have not replied yet. I attach copy of the picture. Please enlarge the old woman dressed in white carrying the blonde girl.

Please do not hesitate to contact me. Probably the mobile number***** should be more useful as I will try to be out of the office for a while.

Yours faithfully,




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Apensos 12
Page 2592

(In English)

From TASK LP
To: Task Portugal

Date: 5th August 2007

Subject: Information ref Madeleine

I have today taken a call from a R**** P** in Oxford.

Mr P** stated that through the Headington Moroccan community he had been informed that Madeleine was being held in the outskirts of Marrakech.

Mr P** also stated that he had been led to believe that the Foreign Office were aware of this information but that they were doing nothing about it because the Moroccan special services were involved in the kidnap and that the Moroccan royal family are involved as well.

He kept going off on different tangents but stated it was proof that the information was true and accurate. He stated that he was a retired general in the army and that information had also been obtained by GCHQ Cheltenham.

Apensos V Vol V
Page 1054


Date 2007/05/25

Service Information

To: CIC, Ana Paula Rito

From: Inspector dos Santos


Subject: Information

I inform you that today this police station was contacted by number 0033******* by a male individual who said his name was Barthorotto, speaking from Toulouse, who said that he had seen Madeleine Beth in this city last Saturday being transported on her way to Ville Tantan (in the south of Morocco).

For additional information he can be contacted on the number above.

Signed

Apensos V Vol VIII

Pages 1860 - 1861

(From Spanish)

From the Ministry of the Interior
Melilla

Informative Note

Subject: Information given by Isabel González about a girl she saw in Zaio and who could be Madeleine McCann, who recently disappeared from the Algarve (Portugal).


The undersigned inspector who is writing to the PJ belongs to the Interior Ministry of Melilla.

That he has received the notes attached, signed by the Service Coordinator last night, where reference is made to the witness account made by Isabel González, who states that yesterday at about 12.30 in the main square of Zaio, Morocco, she saw a girl who appeared to be Madeleine, the small girl who disappeared on 3rd May from the Algarve.

The undersigned officer has been in contact by phone with Mrs González, who, with total sureness has reaffirmed her first statements, broadening the information relating to the circumstances of the encounter, the physical characteristics of the girl as well as those of the woman who accompanied her, as follows:

- The encounter with the small girl took place in the main square of Zaio, at the precise moment when she was travelling slowly in the vehicle driven by her husband, when she saw a woman crossing at a distance of three or four metres, the woman was middle aged, dark skinned, wearing a chitaba and headscarf and was leading a young girl by the hand, which drew her attention due to the contrast with the woman, given that the little girl had very white legs, white skin, was slim and with an unmistakably European appearance, which led her to look more carefully and also observe that she had very blond long hair, tied back in a pony tail, covered by a beige coloured cloth.

- At a given moment the girl lifted her head and she could see her face clearly and to her surprise she thought she recognised her as the English girl – Madeleine – whose disappearance in Portugal had been announced and whose image had been spread by the media.

- The physical description of the girl, according to information from the witness, is the following: Aged about 5 years, between 100 and 110 cm tall, very slim, very white skin, blond hair with a pony tail at the back, wearing a green dress that came to her knees, a beige headscarf and wearing sandals.

The witness alerted her husband to what she had seen and made him park the car and they returned to the square to confirm her suspicions but upon doing this, neither the woman nor the girl were there.

The husband of Isabel González with whom the undersigned inspector has spoken, ratifies the version given by his wife, with the only safeguard that he did not see the child’s face, but that he has no doubt that judging from her external appearance she was of European origin and for that reason stood out from the other inhabitants of the area.

Melilla 16th June 2007

Signed.

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Apensos V, Vol III
Page 507


(Handwritten note in Portuguese from Anne Mari Olli)



23-05-2007 (12.13)

From Anne Mari Olli


Anne asks if the police want her to come and make a statement. She lives in Fuengirola, only 4 hours away by car.

Anne says she was sure it was the girl.

She would be grateful for a reply.

At the service station close to the Hotel Ibis Palmeraie in Marrakesh, on 9th May at about 10.00 in the morning, Anne saw a girl inside the shop. She was wearing light blue pyjamas. She was with a man who was about a metre away from her. The man did not appear to be her father. The girl appeared sad and asked: Can we see Mummy soon?

At this time Anne did not yet know about the missing girl, when she found out, on the following day she phoned the Spanish and English police. The Spanish police did not want to speak to her, but she spoke to the English police, making a statement to Scotland Yard, to Katy Peters. They said they would phone her, but up until now there has been nothing.



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Apensos V, Vol III
Pages 561 – 563


Policia Judiciaria

4th Brigade
Inspector Joao Carlos



INFORMATION


According to information provided by a Norwegian citizen, Anne Marie Olli, which the attached electronic file refers to, on 9th May 2007, at about 10.00, she saw Madeleine at a petrol service station, close to the Hotel Ibis Palmeraie, in the city of Marrakech. She states that the girl was wearing blue pyjamas, with a pattern on the top half and pyjama bottoms that were slightly darker and plain. (The girl) was accompanied by a male individual who remained at a distance of 1 metre from the girl and who did not appear to be her father. At a given moment, not being sure if these were the words said, she think that the girl, addressing the individual, said “can we see mommy soon?”, to which he did not reply.


After having paid, the citizen (AMO) left the shop and went to her car, not having turned to observe the girl and her supposed companion.

On the following day, 10th May, in the evening, upon seeing the news and as she had not previously been aware of the situation regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, she was sure that it was her.

In spite of the fact that the information in the email, in our opinion, is coherent and credible, we made phone contact with Anne Olli, who corroborated the email’s contents. She was asked if she was certain that this was the missing girl and she replied affirmatively. She said the girl had very pale skin, blond hair and green eyes, she did not notice any detail in the retina of the right eye. She would have been almost four years old and about a metre tall. As regards her clothing, she says it was of blue cloth and could have been pyjamas or long summer clothing.

She adds that the petrol station was almost next to a hotel, in a street called Abdel Krim Qhattabi.

Given this information, we contacted the French embassy, speaking to Jorge Barbosa, as this entity has a liaison officer in Paris. This contact was made by phone and email, which is attached.

In reply we were informed, that as indicated by the Director of the DCCB, personnel from the British Embassy were carrying out inquiries related to this information, aiming to establish whether images existed.

We later found out that the images were not available on VHS recording, as they are of a short duration, done by recording over, however there could be images from other shops in the area that could be recorded on a hard disk system, however, up until now these have not been collected due to technical difficulties.

We also emphasise that we contacted the Director of the Moroccan PJ, Mr Mouzouni, one of his advisers having confirmed that the request for images had been made by the British authorities, who were making efforts to obtain them.

We also contacted the director of the Afriquia Petrol company which manages the petrol station, identified as Mr Ouassi, who confirmed that the images of the petrol station were not available, as they are only kept for a few days.


With no more to report.


Portimao 6th June 2007


Signed

Inspector Joao Carlos



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Apensos V, Vol III
Page 565

Email


From: DIC Portimao

Sent: 21 May 2007 17.50

To: odl_sctip_portugal

Subject: Missing girl


Regarding our telephone conversation, I am sending the following requested information:

We were sent the following information:

A person of Norwegian nationality said that on 9th May 2007 at about 10.00 she saw the missing girl (Madeleine) inside a shop at a petrol service station, whose name she does not remember. This petrol station is located next to the Hotel Ibis Palmeraie in Marrakech, Morocco, on the road that goes from Marrakech to Casablanca and could be called Avenida Abdel Krim Qhattabi. The girl was wearing blue pyjamas, the top was patterned the bottoms were darker. The girl was accompanied by a man who did not appear to be her father who was at a distance of 1 metre from her. According to the informant, the girl said “can we see mommy soon?” addressing the man accompanying her.

But she says that she did not see any vehicle.

Any additional information will be sent to you.


With compliments


Inspector Joao Carlos


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