Processos Vol XVI

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NUIPC/201/07.0 GALGS
4ª Brigada
Inspector Joao Carlos

Information


With the aim of providing a technical clarification of the photographs referred to in the statement by Amy Tierney, Maria de Fátima Barbosa, Head of Area of the Scientific Police Laboratory (LPC) was contacted.

When asked about the possibility of carrying out a comparative examination of the photographs, with regard to their printing, using the printer described (in the statement), she judged that it would not be possible to determine whether the photographs had been printed on that machine.

From the technical point of view she says that they are domestic use printers, and that this model has already been referred to in a report compiled by the LPC, as being of possible use, they work using colour tapes (fitas) and in this way it wiould not be viable to compare the printing pigment of the photograph with the printer referred to (Kodak G600 Printer Dock). But she stated that this printing method, referred to as sublimation, makes comparative tests impossible, at least in as far as known technical tests are concerned.


Portimao 17th April 2008

Inspector
Joao Carlos

Processos Vol IV

Pages 856 – 858

Service Information

Date: 09-05-2007


To: The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation

From: Inspector Pontes


Subject: Informal Conversation


An informal and individual conversation was held with the following witnesses after having examined all involvement relevant to the current investigation, it was found that the following reports do not imply anything of significance:

- John Hill, MW Resort General Manager at the OC, born on 04/10/1976, resident in Espiche, who arrived in Portugal for the first time on 4th March, 2006.

- Nathan D***** S*****, Waterfront Manager (recreation company – boat trips, of which he is the manager) at the OC, resident in Luz, having arrived in Portugal on 15th March 2007, immediately entering into the functions described above. This is his first time in Portugal whether for leisure or work purposes.

- Lauren D****** – from West Sussex, Sailing instructor at the OC, arrived in Portugal on 21st March 2007 for the first time.

- Sebastian G*******, from Derbyshire, Sports Instructor at the OC, arrived in Portugal for the first time on 21st March 2007.

- Alice S*******, from Cambridge, Sailing Instructor at the OC, arrived in Portugal for the first time on 21st March 2007.

- Fraser N****, Water sports instructor at the OC, arrived in Portugal for the time on 21st April 2007.

- Benjamin W******, from Gloucester, employee of the OC in Luz (residence unknown, apartment hired by the resort).

- Christopher U******, from Leeds, employee of the OC in Luz, (residence unknown, apartment hired by the resort).

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- Stephen C****** from Bristol, employee of the OC in Luz, (residence unknown, apartment hired by the resort).
- Robert C***, from Doncaster, Maintenance Driver, arrived in Portugal for the first time on 18th May 2007.

Signed.

Outros Apensos IV; vol 2.

Pages 285 - 287


Guide

Complainant : PJ

Arguido: Robert Murat and others

NUIPC: 201/07.0 Galgs, Section: 4th Brigade. Inspector Joao Carlos

The undersigned officer remits the following articles to the PJ:

Portimao 14 December 2007

To be Deposited:

1. An envelope containing one elastic band made of synthetic material, used to tie hair.

2. An envelope containing one plastic bag from C.M in Lagos and one woven bag containing a stone.

3. An envelope containing a green children’s jacket with the label “Saccor”, size 4 and a child’s vest, with the label Palomino, size 98 with a floral pattern.

4. An envelope containing a pink and orangey brown blanket.

5. An envelope containing a pair of “Chico” children’s sports shoes.

6. A plastic bag from the “Alisuper” supermarket containing various items of clothing, namely a checked shirt, two pairs of trousers and three empty and torn bin bags.

7. An envelope containing one pair of blue and grey children’s socks.

8. A plastic bag containing baby toys.

9. An envelope containing six buccal swabs with samples, supposedly blood (Rua 25 de Abril nº 14, P da L).

10. An envelope containing one blue and red Clarkes sports shoe.

11. An envelope containing a pink child’s sock.

12. An envelope containing a cotton corset, edged with a floral border.

13. An envelope containing a red and white piece of child’s clothing.



Handwritten note referring to item 1

On 9th May 2007 at 06.00 a police officer from Aljezur found (at the back of Maddie’s parents bedroom) an elastic hair band abandoned/dropped on the floor.

(Can’t make out the sentence that follows).

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Processos Vol X

Page 2641

Service Information

To: The Coordinator of the Criminal Investigation Gon - lo Amaral

From: Ricardo Paiva, Inspector

Subject: Laboratory Examinations - Forensic Report

Date: 2007.09.14

In the course of the current investigation identified above, in which we are investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, examinations of DNA profile and samples, collected by this PJ, were carried out at the Birmingham Forensic Laboratory in the U.K.

The partial results of those forensic tests were communicated to this police force by Superintendent Stuart Prior, Police liaison from Leicestershire, via emails from that laboratory and from a partial Forensic Report dated August 07 of 2007.

However, it was verified that due to an oversight of that laboratory, in the aforementioned forensic report, there are inconsistencies with what was related previously in emails sent from a forensic specialist to Superintendent Stuart Prior. For this reason, the English authorities suggest that we await the final report from the laboratory to be sent to this police force, with the conclusion of the results of the laboratory forensic analyses that are still being carried out.

I hereby send you the forensic report referred to, in English with a respective translation for your perusal.

Signed,
Inspector Ricardo Paiva

(Note:The FSS report that follows this note is dated 6th September 2007)

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Pages 2533 - 2534

Service Information

Date: 2007/09/03

For : Goncalo Amaral

From Ricardo Paiva, Inspector


Subject: Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

During the course of the ongoing investigation, various personal contacts were made by the undersigned with Kate and Gerald McCann, within my task of serving as communication element between the police and the McCann couple.

Within this context, the undersigned was present during various “strange“ behaviours by the couple, who gradually began to react in a very negative manner to the increased investigative activity carried out by this police force, especially during the use of the English sniffer dogs for detecting cadaver odour, when more evidence arose in the investigation for the hypothesis of the death of Madeleine McCann.


Several times, the McCann couple said that the attention of the police should be maintained focussing on the abduction hypothesis, which, in the couple’s opinion, was the only scenario that occurred and that the police should not forget to continue to investigate the suspect Robert Murat.

Strangely, Kate also made several requests, three months after the disappearance of Madeleine, that the police should take blood, hair and nail tests of Madeleine’s twin siblings, because, as she said, she remembered that on the day of Madeleine’s disappearance, in spite of all the commotion and noise made by the authorities and other persons who were looking for Madeleine in apartment 5ª of the OC, the twins never woke up, having been transported to another apartment, they remained asleep, due to which she now presumes that they were under the effect of some sedative drug that a presumed abductor had administered to the three children in order to be able to abduct Madeleine, a situation which Kate refers to being possible according to what she read in a criminal investigation manual given to her by the British authorities, that would have been the procedure of the abductor in the real case involving abduction, rape and murder of the girl.

Today, when the undersigned went to the McCann’s temporary residence to notify them of the need to present themselves at the police station to make statements, being able to take their lawyer with them, Kate McCann immediately reacted in a negative manner, making comments such as “what are my parents going to think” and “what is the press going to say when they find out” and that “the Portuguese police is under pressure from the government to finish the investigation quickly”.

With regard to Gerald McCann, he constantly insisted in giving the undersigned letters and emails that he was receiving, mostly from psychics and mediums, whom he had selected and which mainly contained information without much credibility about the possible whereabouts of Madeleine and her presumed abductor.

More recently, and even before Kate’s interrogation, during a telephone call between Gerald McCann and the undersigned, he made a reference regarding the investigation, that he was certain that the police did not have any proof that could incriminate them with regard to the death of Madeleine McCann and he said that the police were wasting their time in directing the investigation around the parents.

I bring this to your knowledge.
Inspector
Ricardo Paiva

Outros Apensos Vol VIII

Page 549

NUIPC 201/07.0 GALGS


Visualisation and Analysis of Photographs


On this date, I state that the photographs contained on a CD delivered to this police force by Gerald McCann have been visualised and analysed, some of them are from the holiday period that the McCann family spent at the Ocean Club in PdL, beginning on the 28th April 2007.

The visualisation and analysis of these images that was carried out reveals that there are several photographs of interest to the investigation, in which it is possible to visualise Madeleine McCann.


Portimão, 09 May 2007


Signed by

Inspector Ricardo Paiva

Outros Apensos Vol VIII

Page 550

NUIPC 201/07.0 GALGS


Visualisation and Analysis of Photographs


On this date, I state that the photographs contained on a CD delivered to this police force by Michael Wright, a relation of the McCann couple, relating to the holiday period that the McCann family spent at the Ocean Club in PdL, beginning on the 28th April 2007.

The visualisation and analysis of these images that was carried out reveals that there are several photographs of interest to the investigation, in which it is possible to visualise Madeleine McCann, as well as different adults and children that made up the group of friends who were on holiday together with the McCann couple in PdL, which is why these photographs, joined to the report, were printed.


Portimão, 09 May 2007


Signed by

Inspector Ricardo Paiva

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With thanks to Albym

Processos Vol I

Pages 140 - 141


Service information dated 5 May 2007 by Inspector A.Silva about information recovered in response to a possible sighting at the REPSOL service station in Vale Paraiso, Albufeira on 4 May

--- Following a communication to this police force, giving an account that yesterday (4 May 2007), in the morning, a grey Renault vehicle, number plate AQ-23-81, entered the petrol pump area of the Repsol service station in Vale Paraiso, Albufeira, where it was filled with petrol, by a Caucasian individual, medium stature, appearing to to be 50/60 years old.
--- This individual was closely accompanied by a small female child, fair-skinned, blonde, appearing to be 3 or 4 years old.
--- This adult after having filled the car, went inside the shop, effecting payment for the fuel in cash, left, going again to the car. The child always followed him closely, but the adult did not appear to pay her ant attention, that fact being considered strange by the two service employees.
--- The car left the place and travelled towards the Albufeira roundabout (traffic circle).
--- One of the employees in the meantime identified as Rute (Ruth?), contactable through mobile phone number 967****32 (belonging to her husband Rui), communicated the situation to this police force, given that she had heard through the media about the disappearance of the minor Madeleine in Lagos.
--- In the visit to the Repsol petrol station, alluded to above, it was possible to obtain a CD ROM containing recorded images of the situation described above, which were immediately subjected to viewing.
--- In the same way, various inquiries were made, with a view to a better understanding and identification of those involved, from which was determined the following:
------ the car was a Renault 9, blue, four door (three-box design; [saloon]), with number plate AQ-23-81.
------ Not apprehended. Does not have current insurance. Last obligatory inspection 17 Aug 2006 in Guia, Albufeira.
------ The vehicle is registered in the name of J.dos R.Q., address in Almada.
------ It was determined that that individual had already died. No record of telephones installed at the address. No police records under that name nor of any person being his possible ascendant. He was never in any inquiry, he himself applying for the vehicle licence. Other official databases were consulted, nothing came up about him.
--- After editing and printing of the images recovered from the Repsol CD ROM, and they having been exhibited, it was determined that the minor shown there presented differences from the missing child, which gave rise to concluding that it was not the same person. The principal difference resides in the fact that the pictured child had hair half-way down her back, manifestly longer than that of the missing child, there having been no time/opportunity for the hair to have grown to that length, given that the average speed of hair growth is about 1cm/month (proven scientific data).
--- The results of the inquiries and the images of the episode in question are attached.

This is all, at the moment, that I have to bring to your attention.

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Page 142 shows a vehicle record inquiry made by the police officer

Pages 143-144 show four photographs from the Repsol station surveillance system.