THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
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THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Tony Bennett 18.08.16 18:09
THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
An account has been given by a receptionist at the Ocean Club of how a tall, thin man, on the evening of Sunday 29 April 2007, accompanied by a young girl said to be Madeleine McCann, was able to insist, for urgent reasons, that the Tapas 9 - contrary to all normal procedures - be allocated a reserved table at the Tapas Restaurant for the rest of the week,
It appears to be a settled fact that the Tapas 9 (or rather, most of them) did indeed eat their evening meal at the Tapas restaurant from Monday to Thursday that week, the table being booked for 8.30pm each night.
Before analysing this unusual event, it is necessary first of all to present the main statements I can find which relate to it.
Here they are:
Statement of Luisa Coutinho (Ocean Club Receptionist), 8 May 2007
Date: 2007/05/08
Luisa Ana de Noronha de Azevedo Coutinho
Occupation: Receptionist
Place of work: Ocean Club
She has been a receptionist at the Garden for 1 year, but has worked there previously.
The OC Garden reception has less functions than the main reception and deals with subjects relating to activities (Pool, Tennis) etc and excursions.
She points out that the family in question came via Mark Warner and this company takes care of all relations with clients and there is practically no contact between the clients and reception.
She adds that this family (McCann), like all MW clients had half-board, that is breakfast and dinner. For dinner the guests could choose between two restaurants, the Tapas and the Millenium, the first being à la carte and the second a buffet service, clients make their choice not only because of the food but because of the proximity of the restaurant to their accommodation. She says that the guests told her that the Tapas was of better quality but that it was difficult to reserve there as a MW guest as the MW daily quota was of only 20.
In this concrete case the reasonable option was the Tapas as the distance was only 40 metres from the accommodation as opposed to 200 metres from the Millenium.
She remembers that on Sunday 29th April one of the elements of the group arrived with the child Madeleine McCann, she does not know his name and can only say that he was male and tall and thin and that he approached her to request a booking for the whole group, for the whole week and always at 20.30.
When questioned, she confirms that the man was not the father of the girl but one of the members of the group whom was often seen in his company.
The man justified his request by saying that the group had many small children whom they would leave alone when they went to dine. She said that at intervals some two parents would go to the apartments to see if everything was OK.
The deponent made some comments about the request, saying that the Tapas received many requests and that MW only had a quota of 20 per day, but upon the insistence of the guest she managed to make the bookings requested.
She confirms that it was possible to see the apartment from the restaurant, including the window of the sitting room.
She does not know in which bedroom the children were sleeping but upon being informed that it was on the opposite side of the apartment she confirmed that it would be completely out of sight from anyone at the restaurant.
That the most viable solution would be to leave the children with a baby sitter, which is the procedure normally adopted by clients.
Regarding the question as to the availability of the baby sitting service between 19.30 and 23.30, she confirms that the service exists and that it is free of charge. [the night crèche]
When questioned, she says that she does not understand, as the service is free, why the parents of Madeleine McCann did not use it.
When asked she says that the contact with this family was normal, like with other clients and describes them as "nice".
With regard to the date of the disappearance she says that she worked from 09.00 to 19.00 and only returned at 08.00 on 4th May.
It was on this day at 08.30 when she arrived that she was informed about the disappearance by colleagues.
She only knows what third parties have told her and from what she has seen in the press.
She never saw anything strange. During this interview she provided a book with the reservations for the Tapas restaurant.
No more was said, reads, ratifies and signs.
Luis Barros
on a date he cannot remember, the group, just the adults because the children were dining with the nannies, had been too late in making their dinner reservation at the Tapas, and an exception was made, authorised by his boss Steve [Steven Cova, see below], as the Tapas only provides for 20 dinners for half board clients as was the case.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/LUIS_BARROS.htm
Steven Cova
He said that he was absent from Portugal between Sunday 29th April and the 2nd May 2007.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEVEN_COVA.htm
Kate - In Kate McCann’s book, ‘madeleine’ - 1
(Taken from a media report by Martin Fricker, ‘Kate McCann fears restaurant reservation booking tipped off Madeleine McCann's abductor, 9 May 2011)
“Madeleine McCann may have been snatched after perverts spotted in a tapas reservation book she had been left alone at her holiday flat, mum Kate fears.
The distraught 43-year-old told how she had ordered a table close to the apartment so she and husband Gerry could pop over to check on their daughter and twins Sean and Amelie as they slept.
“But the book was left open and in full view of other diners at the Ocean Club resort restaurant.
“Kate said: ‘It was by definition accessible to staff and, albeit unintentionally, probably to guests and visitors, too. To my horror, I saw that, no doubt in all innocence, the receptionist had added we wanted to eat close to our flats as we were leaving our young children alone there, checking on them intermittently’.
“Kate revealed the blunder in her new book Madeleine. Her three-year-old daughter was kidnapped while she and Gerry, 43, ate with friends. The GP discovered the security lapse when she reviewed Portuguese police files after the investigation was axed”.
Kate - In Kate McCann’s book, ‘madeleine’ – 2
(from ‘madeleine’, Kate McCann)
Today [Sunday] we’d been able to make a dinner reservation for the adult contingent at the poolside Tapas restaurant. Apparently, this restaurant, a canopied outdoor addition to the bar, catered for only up to fifteen diners in the evenings, and reservations could not be made until the morning of the day in question.
In spite of what we’d been told about booking the Tapas restaurant, Rachael managed to get a table for nine at 8.30pm pencilled in for the rest of the week after having a word with the receptionist at the pool and Tapas area.
…to explain why she was bending the rules a bit, the receptionist had added the reason for our request: we wanted to eat close to our apartments as we were leaving our young children alone there and checking on them intermittently.
Rachael Oldfield’s first statement, 11 May 2007
On Monday they were told that there was no room for all of them in the restaurant, but they obtained a special favour from a waiter and all dined together. In order to obtain this favour they said that the children were asleep and that they could not move anywhere else. For this reason, from this day onwards they would reserve a space in the restaurant (for the adults) for the following day.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RACHAEL-OLDFIELD-11-MAY07.htm
Rachael Oldfield’s Rogatory interview, 15 May 2008
We'd booked to eat in the Tapas Bar that night because The Millennium had just been one kind of a bit of trek and a bit too stressful with all the kids and it was thought it would be quite nice to have dinner by ourselves, so, erm, I booked a table for eight thirty in the Tapas for us
Matthew Oldfield’sStatement, 2007
As far as he [MO] is concerned, he wishes at this time to add that, in conversation with…on a date he does not recall with certainty but likely to have been on 7 or 8 May, he […] confided in him that that, at that time, KH [Kate McCann] had been particularly reluctant about coming to Portugal because she had had a bad feeling [presentiment] about the children of the group and the non-existence of the 'baby sitting' service.
Nevertheless, he relates that, they had discussed this problem resolving to make the trip since the operator had assured them accommodation sufficiently close together that, collectively, they had managed to assure the checking and supervision of their respective progeny....he adds that on leaving England they did not know the exact apartments which they had been allotted.... they were only informed of their respective apartments on arrival in Portugal.
[This (below) is taken form a different translation of the same words]
Nevertheless, he relates that…had asked the operator that they be provided with lodgings in close proximity to each other because, as a group, they intended to perform that kind of checking collectively over the children of each family.
Consequently, David had taken charge of negotiations with the operator to have all lodgings as close to each other as possible. Nonetheless, and because he was asked, he adds that on leaving England they did not know the exact apartments which they had been allotted.
Prompted about the dinner reservations/bookings at Tapas, he relates that the first time they made a reservation was on Sunday, not knowing who had made it. Asked if it could have been ROB the deponent admitted that that was possible, reiterating to not know for sure who had made it.
Relating to the other days, he clarifies that on Monday morning his wife undertook such reservation, adding still that it would have been for all the remaining days except for Friday, 4 May, as there was to have been a Tennis Club dinner that night.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-10MAY.htm
Russell O’Brien’s Statement, 2007
thus they opted to have dinner, after that day, in the Tapas Restaurant. That restaurant is situated next to the pool, in the patio areas of the block of apartments where they found themselves lodged. The deponent furthers that the daughters of David and Fiona Payne are very agitated, and that they preferred to be the closest possible to the apartment. All the couples agreed, without objections.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUSSELL-OBRIEN.htm
Russell O’Brien’s Rogatory, 2008
We were booked into the Tapas bar, we ate there that night initially it was booked as a one off I think by Rachael as far as I am aware the table was booked for 20:30hours. I am aware that Rachael asked to eat there each night for the remainder of our stay. This I believe was booked on the Monday morning as a block booking - the time was agreed by the group… if anything else was ordered there may have been a need to have made an additional payment. I recall that orders may have been put onto a bar bill and paid at the end of the week...Generally of an evening we would drink beer or have a few glasses of wine
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUSSELL-OBRIEN_ROGATORY.htm
Statement of Dianne Webster, 2007
The question asked, regarding the fact that, possibly, on the first day it was RUSSELL who had made the reservation at the restaurant, she admits that as possible, although she cannot be sure which of the two (RACHEL or RUSSELL) would have done it.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DIANNE_WEBSTER_11-MAY07.htm
Tapas Restaurant supervisor, Tiago Rochas Barreiros
From the very beginning, a request was made to the restaurant workers to reserve a table for 20H30 until the end of the week.
They were clients of the Tapas restaurant which they began frequenting the 2nd day of their arrival to the OC.
[He goes daily to the family's apartment in order to bring them lunch…].
That every day around 13H00, he heads to No. 4-G (where the family of the missing child is staying) and to No. 4-1 (where 10 people are lodged) to deliver lunch. He repeats this routine at 20H00 to take them dinner.
That the payment for alcohol, not included in the vacation package, was paid by credit card. This payment was made by random members of the group of nine.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIAGO_BARREIROS.htm
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 1
"On the night of Madeleine McCann's disappearance we could not get a table at the Tapas bar and decided to get a takeaway from there and have it at the apartment"
Proc15 p3907 - 3908
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 2
"I tried to reserve a table at the Tapas Bar for that night but it was fully booked ... we decided to order a meal from the restaurant and we dined together in our apartment"
CR5 30-32
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 3
"I believe that there was some sort of agreement with the Tapas bar, as they appeared to have a reservation every night, and it was impossible for other guests to book a spot there."
CR5 25-29
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
An analysis of who said what about each issue:
When was the booking made?
Coutinho – Sunday
Luis Barros - No details given
Steven Cova - Was alleged to have 'authorised' this unusual meeting
Kate McCann – Sunday
Rachael Oldfield – Monday
Matthew Oldfield – Sunday, then Rachel booked it on Monday for the rest of the week
Russell O’Brien - Sunday, then Rachel booked it on Monday for the rest of the week
Dianne Webster – ‘On the first day’
Tiago Barreiros – ‘From the very beginning’ – but began ‘frequenting’ the restaurant on the ‘2nd day’
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
Who made the booking?
Coutinho -Tall thin man who was with Madeleine McCann when he made the booking and was often seen with him – but not Madeleine’s father
Luis Barros - Not stated, but he says he made the decision after contacting his boss Steven Cova
Steven Cova - Said to have authorised the Tapas restaurant booking, but says he was not in Portugal from Sunday 29th April to Wednesday 2nd May
Kate McCann – Me and Gerry
Rachael Oldfield – Me (Rachael)
Matthew Oldfield – I don’t know who made it on Sunday. Might have been Russell O’Brien, I really have no idea
Russell O’Brien - Rachael
Dianne Webster – Russell O’Brien, or possibly Rachael
Tiago Barreiros – Not stated
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
How long was the booking for?
Coutinho – The rest of the week
Luis Barros - No details given
Steven Cova - No details given
Kate McCann – The rest of the week
Rachael Oldfield – We had to re-book it every morning
Matthew Oldfield – Someone booked it for Sunday. Rachael booked it for the rest of the week
Russell O’Brien – Rachael booked it as a one-off for Sunday. Rachael booked it for the rest of the week
Dianne Webster – Not stated, but she seems to mean ‘all week’
Tiago Barreiros – Not stated, but implies that it means ‘all week’
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
What was the purpose of the booking?
Coutinho – McCanns said ‘So that we can check on the children’. She said why don’t you use the free night crèche?
Luis Barros - 'Because the children were having dinner with the nannies'
Steven Cova - No details given
Kate McCann – So we could check on our children
Rachael Oldfield – The Millennium restaurant was too far away and it was stressful to eat with the children
Matthew Oldfield – No reason given
Russell O’Brien – We didn’t want to go to the Millennium any more and wanted to be near the children
Dianne Webster – No reason given
Tiago Barreiros – No reason given
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
I think from this we can draw these probable facts
1 The statement of Luisa Coutinho is by far the most detailed and for a number of reasons has the ring of truth about it
2 Therefore a booking was made by ‘a tall thin man’ on the Sunday – no time is given
3 The identity of the ‘tall thin man’ is not known
4 Both Russell O’Brien and Matthew Oldfield say that the ‘tall, thin man’ was not them
5 The ostensible reason given by whoever made the booking was basically ‘We don’t want to go to the Millennium any more, and we must be near our children so that we can watch/check on them’
6 It is reasonable from the accounts to assume that the Tapas 9 all ate at the Tapas Restaurant, at least from Monday to Thursday, if not Sunday as well
7 Luisa Coutinho clearly made a strong challenge to the tall thin man’s suggestion that they leave their young children in their apartments all evening and was not convinced that they were justified in not taking up the free ‘night creche’ facility.
The problems and the mysteries
1 Who was the ‘tall thin man’?
2 Who was the child with the tall thin man?. Was it actually Madeleine McCann?
3 Based on Russell O’Brien’s daughter Ella being in the Lobsters group that week, could Luisa Coutinho have mistaken Ella for Madeleine?
4 What was the precise time that the booking was made?
5 Was there just one booking (on Sunday or Monday), or were there two (Sunday and Monday?)
6 Who actually made the booking? It seems we have six possible candidates: (a) Kate on her own (b) Kate and Gerry (c) as yet unidentified tall thin man (d) Russell O’Brien (e ) Matthew Oldfield (f) Rachael Oldfield
7 Why is Kate, so precise about so much else in her book, so very vague about this booking, just “Today we’d been able to make a dinner reservation for the adult contingent at the poolside Tapas restaurant”
8 Why was the tall thin man so insistent?
9 Was ‘finding the walk and taking the children to the Millennium restaurant the real reason for this Tapas restaurant booking, or was there a very different reason?
A few other observations:
A. The Millennium Restaurant is said to be 500-700 yards from Apartment G5A and the Tapas restaurant. Buggies were available at the Ocean Club. That should have been an easy walk of no more than 10 minutes, probably less.
B. What plans had they made about child care in the evenings (a) when they made their booking and (b) before they travelled to Praia da Luz? Did they really plan in advance to leave them on their own in the evenings? Personally, I very much doubt it.
C. (grabbed from another place) QUOTE: “What does Kate McCann have to say about the Tapas booking? No mention of a tall man, Rachael is the one who told the receptionist they were leaving the children alone. It never crossed Kate's mind that leaving the children alone was a bad idea? She claims she was committed to leaving the children alone right from the start. Was she? She says ‘we’ (who is ‘we’? made a booking, but not when it was decided nor when it was booked”.
D. (also grabbed from another place) QUOTE: “I am interested in this because the receptionist who took the booking seems to have mistaken a small dark haired woman for a tall thin man accompanied by a child. I would be very interested in knowing what other diners had to say, but there’s no interviews with them in the files”.
I will add a poll
An account has been given by a receptionist at the Ocean Club of how a tall, thin man, on the evening of Sunday 29 April 2007, accompanied by a young girl said to be Madeleine McCann, was able to insist, for urgent reasons, that the Tapas 9 - contrary to all normal procedures - be allocated a reserved table at the Tapas Restaurant for the rest of the week,
It appears to be a settled fact that the Tapas 9 (or rather, most of them) did indeed eat their evening meal at the Tapas restaurant from Monday to Thursday that week, the table being booked for 8.30pm each night.
Before analysing this unusual event, it is necessary first of all to present the main statements I can find which relate to it.
Here they are:
Statement of Luisa Coutinho (Ocean Club Receptionist), 8 May 2007
Date: 2007/05/08
Luisa Ana de Noronha de Azevedo Coutinho
Occupation: Receptionist
Place of work: Ocean Club
She has been a receptionist at the Garden for 1 year, but has worked there previously.
The OC Garden reception has less functions than the main reception and deals with subjects relating to activities (Pool, Tennis) etc and excursions.
She points out that the family in question came via Mark Warner and this company takes care of all relations with clients and there is practically no contact between the clients and reception.
She adds that this family (McCann), like all MW clients had half-board, that is breakfast and dinner. For dinner the guests could choose between two restaurants, the Tapas and the Millenium, the first being à la carte and the second a buffet service, clients make their choice not only because of the food but because of the proximity of the restaurant to their accommodation. She says that the guests told her that the Tapas was of better quality but that it was difficult to reserve there as a MW guest as the MW daily quota was of only 20.
In this concrete case the reasonable option was the Tapas as the distance was only 40 metres from the accommodation as opposed to 200 metres from the Millenium.
She remembers that on Sunday 29th April one of the elements of the group arrived with the child Madeleine McCann, she does not know his name and can only say that he was male and tall and thin and that he approached her to request a booking for the whole group, for the whole week and always at 20.30.
When questioned, she confirms that the man was not the father of the girl but one of the members of the group whom was often seen in his company.
The man justified his request by saying that the group had many small children whom they would leave alone when they went to dine. She said that at intervals some two parents would go to the apartments to see if everything was OK.
The deponent made some comments about the request, saying that the Tapas received many requests and that MW only had a quota of 20 per day, but upon the insistence of the guest she managed to make the bookings requested.
She confirms that it was possible to see the apartment from the restaurant, including the window of the sitting room.
She does not know in which bedroom the children were sleeping but upon being informed that it was on the opposite side of the apartment she confirmed that it would be completely out of sight from anyone at the restaurant.
That the most viable solution would be to leave the children with a baby sitter, which is the procedure normally adopted by clients.
Regarding the question as to the availability of the baby sitting service between 19.30 and 23.30, she confirms that the service exists and that it is free of charge. [the night crèche]
When questioned, she says that she does not understand, as the service is free, why the parents of Madeleine McCann did not use it.
When asked she says that the contact with this family was normal, like with other clients and describes them as "nice".
With regard to the date of the disappearance she says that she worked from 09.00 to 19.00 and only returned at 08.00 on 4th May.
It was on this day at 08.30 when she arrived that she was informed about the disappearance by colleagues.
She only knows what third parties have told her and from what she has seen in the press.
She never saw anything strange. During this interview she provided a book with the reservations for the Tapas restaurant.
No more was said, reads, ratifies and signs.
Luis Barros
on a date he cannot remember, the group, just the adults because the children were dining with the nannies, had been too late in making their dinner reservation at the Tapas, and an exception was made, authorised by his boss Steve [Steven Cova, see below], as the Tapas only provides for 20 dinners for half board clients as was the case.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/LUIS_BARROS.htm
Steven Cova
He said that he was absent from Portugal between Sunday 29th April and the 2nd May 2007.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEVEN_COVA.htm
Kate - In Kate McCann’s book, ‘madeleine’ - 1
(Taken from a media report by Martin Fricker, ‘Kate McCann fears restaurant reservation booking tipped off Madeleine McCann's abductor, 9 May 2011)
“Madeleine McCann may have been snatched after perverts spotted in a tapas reservation book she had been left alone at her holiday flat, mum Kate fears.
The distraught 43-year-old told how she had ordered a table close to the apartment so she and husband Gerry could pop over to check on their daughter and twins Sean and Amelie as they slept.
“But the book was left open and in full view of other diners at the Ocean Club resort restaurant.
“Kate said: ‘It was by definition accessible to staff and, albeit unintentionally, probably to guests and visitors, too. To my horror, I saw that, no doubt in all innocence, the receptionist had added we wanted to eat close to our flats as we were leaving our young children alone there, checking on them intermittently’.
“Kate revealed the blunder in her new book Madeleine. Her three-year-old daughter was kidnapped while she and Gerry, 43, ate with friends. The GP discovered the security lapse when she reviewed Portuguese police files after the investigation was axed”.
Kate - In Kate McCann’s book, ‘madeleine’ – 2
(from ‘madeleine’, Kate McCann)
Today [Sunday] we’d been able to make a dinner reservation for the adult contingent at the poolside Tapas restaurant. Apparently, this restaurant, a canopied outdoor addition to the bar, catered for only up to fifteen diners in the evenings, and reservations could not be made until the morning of the day in question.
In spite of what we’d been told about booking the Tapas restaurant, Rachael managed to get a table for nine at 8.30pm pencilled in for the rest of the week after having a word with the receptionist at the pool and Tapas area.
…to explain why she was bending the rules a bit, the receptionist had added the reason for our request: we wanted to eat close to our apartments as we were leaving our young children alone there and checking on them intermittently.
Rachael Oldfield’s first statement, 11 May 2007
On Monday they were told that there was no room for all of them in the restaurant, but they obtained a special favour from a waiter and all dined together. In order to obtain this favour they said that the children were asleep and that they could not move anywhere else. For this reason, from this day onwards they would reserve a space in the restaurant (for the adults) for the following day.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RACHAEL-OLDFIELD-11-MAY07.htm
Rachael Oldfield’s Rogatory interview, 15 May 2008
We'd booked to eat in the Tapas Bar that night because The Millennium had just been one kind of a bit of trek and a bit too stressful with all the kids and it was thought it would be quite nice to have dinner by ourselves, so, erm, I booked a table for eight thirty in the Tapas for us
Matthew Oldfield’sStatement, 2007
As far as he [MO] is concerned, he wishes at this time to add that, in conversation with…on a date he does not recall with certainty but likely to have been on 7 or 8 May, he […] confided in him that that, at that time, KH [Kate McCann] had been particularly reluctant about coming to Portugal because she had had a bad feeling [presentiment] about the children of the group and the non-existence of the 'baby sitting' service.
Nevertheless, he relates that, they had discussed this problem resolving to make the trip since the operator had assured them accommodation sufficiently close together that, collectively, they had managed to assure the checking and supervision of their respective progeny....he adds that on leaving England they did not know the exact apartments which they had been allotted.... they were only informed of their respective apartments on arrival in Portugal.
[This (below) is taken form a different translation of the same words]
Nevertheless, he relates that…had asked the operator that they be provided with lodgings in close proximity to each other because, as a group, they intended to perform that kind of checking collectively over the children of each family.
Consequently, David had taken charge of negotiations with the operator to have all lodgings as close to each other as possible. Nonetheless, and because he was asked, he adds that on leaving England they did not know the exact apartments which they had been allotted.
Prompted about the dinner reservations/bookings at Tapas, he relates that the first time they made a reservation was on Sunday, not knowing who had made it. Asked if it could have been ROB the deponent admitted that that was possible, reiterating to not know for sure who had made it.
Relating to the other days, he clarifies that on Monday morning his wife undertook such reservation, adding still that it would have been for all the remaining days except for Friday, 4 May, as there was to have been a Tennis Club dinner that night.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-10MAY.htm
Russell O’Brien’s Statement, 2007
thus they opted to have dinner, after that day, in the Tapas Restaurant. That restaurant is situated next to the pool, in the patio areas of the block of apartments where they found themselves lodged. The deponent furthers that the daughters of David and Fiona Payne are very agitated, and that they preferred to be the closest possible to the apartment. All the couples agreed, without objections.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUSSELL-OBRIEN.htm
Russell O’Brien’s Rogatory, 2008
We were booked into the Tapas bar, we ate there that night initially it was booked as a one off I think by Rachael as far as I am aware the table was booked for 20:30hours. I am aware that Rachael asked to eat there each night for the remainder of our stay. This I believe was booked on the Monday morning as a block booking - the time was agreed by the group… if anything else was ordered there may have been a need to have made an additional payment. I recall that orders may have been put onto a bar bill and paid at the end of the week...Generally of an evening we would drink beer or have a few glasses of wine
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/RUSSELL-OBRIEN_ROGATORY.htm
Statement of Dianne Webster, 2007
The question asked, regarding the fact that, possibly, on the first day it was RUSSELL who had made the reservation at the restaurant, she admits that as possible, although she cannot be sure which of the two (RACHEL or RUSSELL) would have done it.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DIANNE_WEBSTER_11-MAY07.htm
Tapas Restaurant supervisor, Tiago Rochas Barreiros
From the very beginning, a request was made to the restaurant workers to reserve a table for 20H30 until the end of the week.
They were clients of the Tapas restaurant which they began frequenting the 2nd day of their arrival to the OC.
[He goes daily to the family's apartment in order to bring them lunch…].
That every day around 13H00, he heads to No. 4-G (where the family of the missing child is staying) and to No. 4-1 (where 10 people are lodged) to deliver lunch. He repeats this routine at 20H00 to take them dinner.
That the payment for alcohol, not included in the vacation package, was paid by credit card. This payment was made by random members of the group of nine.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TIAGO_BARREIROS.htm
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 1
"On the night of Madeleine McCann's disappearance we could not get a table at the Tapas bar and decided to get a takeaway from there and have it at the apartment"
Proc15 p3907 - 3908
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 2
"I tried to reserve a table at the Tapas Bar for that night but it was fully booked ... we decided to order a meal from the restaurant and we dined together in our apartment"
CR5 30-32
Holidaymaker unable to use the Tapas Restaurant - 3
"I believe that there was some sort of agreement with the Tapas bar, as they appeared to have a reservation every night, and it was impossible for other guests to book a spot there."
CR5 25-29
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
An analysis of who said what about each issue:
When was the booking made?
Coutinho – Sunday
Luis Barros - No details given
Steven Cova - Was alleged to have 'authorised' this unusual meeting
Kate McCann – Sunday
Rachael Oldfield – Monday
Matthew Oldfield – Sunday, then Rachel booked it on Monday for the rest of the week
Russell O’Brien - Sunday, then Rachel booked it on Monday for the rest of the week
Dianne Webster – ‘On the first day’
Tiago Barreiros – ‘From the very beginning’ – but began ‘frequenting’ the restaurant on the ‘2nd day’
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
Who made the booking?
Coutinho -Tall thin man who was with Madeleine McCann when he made the booking and was often seen with him – but not Madeleine’s father
Luis Barros - Not stated, but he says he made the decision after contacting his boss Steven Cova
Steven Cova - Said to have authorised the Tapas restaurant booking, but says he was not in Portugal from Sunday 29th April to Wednesday 2nd May
Kate McCann – Me and Gerry
Rachael Oldfield – Me (Rachael)
Matthew Oldfield – I don’t know who made it on Sunday. Might have been Russell O’Brien, I really have no idea
Russell O’Brien - Rachael
Dianne Webster – Russell O’Brien, or possibly Rachael
Tiago Barreiros – Not stated
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
How long was the booking for?
Coutinho – The rest of the week
Luis Barros - No details given
Steven Cova - No details given
Kate McCann – The rest of the week
Rachael Oldfield – We had to re-book it every morning
Matthew Oldfield – Someone booked it for Sunday. Rachael booked it for the rest of the week
Russell O’Brien – Rachael booked it as a one-off for Sunday. Rachael booked it for the rest of the week
Dianne Webster – Not stated, but she seems to mean ‘all week’
Tiago Barreiros – Not stated, but implies that it means ‘all week’
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
What was the purpose of the booking?
Coutinho – McCanns said ‘So that we can check on the children’. She said why don’t you use the free night crèche?
Luis Barros - 'Because the children were having dinner with the nannies'
Steven Cova - No details given
Kate McCann – So we could check on our children
Rachael Oldfield – The Millennium restaurant was too far away and it was stressful to eat with the children
Matthew Oldfield – No reason given
Russell O’Brien – We didn’t want to go to the Millennium any more and wanted to be near the children
Dianne Webster – No reason given
Tiago Barreiros – No reason given
Holidaymaker 3 – Not stated
I think from this we can draw these probable facts
1 The statement of Luisa Coutinho is by far the most detailed and for a number of reasons has the ring of truth about it
2 Therefore a booking was made by ‘a tall thin man’ on the Sunday – no time is given
3 The identity of the ‘tall thin man’ is not known
4 Both Russell O’Brien and Matthew Oldfield say that the ‘tall, thin man’ was not them
5 The ostensible reason given by whoever made the booking was basically ‘We don’t want to go to the Millennium any more, and we must be near our children so that we can watch/check on them’
6 It is reasonable from the accounts to assume that the Tapas 9 all ate at the Tapas Restaurant, at least from Monday to Thursday, if not Sunday as well
7 Luisa Coutinho clearly made a strong challenge to the tall thin man’s suggestion that they leave their young children in their apartments all evening and was not convinced that they were justified in not taking up the free ‘night creche’ facility.
The problems and the mysteries
1 Who was the ‘tall thin man’?
2 Who was the child with the tall thin man?. Was it actually Madeleine McCann?
3 Based on Russell O’Brien’s daughter Ella being in the Lobsters group that week, could Luisa Coutinho have mistaken Ella for Madeleine?
4 What was the precise time that the booking was made?
5 Was there just one booking (on Sunday or Monday), or were there two (Sunday and Monday?)
6 Who actually made the booking? It seems we have six possible candidates: (a) Kate on her own (b) Kate and Gerry (c) as yet unidentified tall thin man (d) Russell O’Brien (e ) Matthew Oldfield (f) Rachael Oldfield
7 Why is Kate, so precise about so much else in her book, so very vague about this booking, just “Today we’d been able to make a dinner reservation for the adult contingent at the poolside Tapas restaurant”
8 Why was the tall thin man so insistent?
9 Was ‘finding the walk and taking the children to the Millennium restaurant the real reason for this Tapas restaurant booking, or was there a very different reason?
A few other observations:
A. The Millennium Restaurant is said to be 500-700 yards from Apartment G5A and the Tapas restaurant. Buggies were available at the Ocean Club. That should have been an easy walk of no more than 10 minutes, probably less.
B. What plans had they made about child care in the evenings (a) when they made their booking and (b) before they travelled to Praia da Luz? Did they really plan in advance to leave them on their own in the evenings? Personally, I very much doubt it.
C. (grabbed from another place) QUOTE: “What does Kate McCann have to say about the Tapas booking? No mention of a tall man, Rachael is the one who told the receptionist they were leaving the children alone. It never crossed Kate's mind that leaving the children alone was a bad idea? She claims she was committed to leaving the children alone right from the start. Was she? She says ‘we’ (who is ‘we’? made a booking, but not when it was decided nor when it was booked”.
D. (also grabbed from another place) QUOTE: “I am interested in this because the receptionist who took the booking seems to have mistaken a small dark haired woman for a tall thin man accompanied by a child. I would be very interested in knowing what other diners had to say, but there’s no interviews with them in the files”.
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Doug D 18.08.16 21:36
TB, Probable facts - Point 6. Should Millenium read Tapas?
Reply from TB: Not for the first time, thank you again for a speedy correction to my post, I have gone back and made the correction,
Never did make sense for only 20 covers each night for a potentially heaving restaurant, unless it was on the basis that being early season it was not yet properly staffed.
And in spite of the allegedly high demand we have this from MO as well:
Rogatory 5th April 2008
......and so I decided that I'd go back and short of chivvy them along, because I felt a bit bad that, you know, there's just us in this restaurant, as there had been most of the week, there weren't often, erm, on one night they had a quiz and there were a few sort of more tables, erm, around that were occupied, but most of the time it was just us and I felt a bit bad that we said we'd be there at half eight and, you know, it was getting later and later and it was now coming to nine……….'
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-ROGATORY.htm
Reply from TB: I'm afraid my analysis and selection of extracts of witness statements was not comprehensive and I doubtless have omitted some relevant material. Like the very relevant extract you published above from Oldfield.
I have for some time mused as to whether the Tapas booking was indeed in order to give them somewhere, well, 'on their own', so that they could discuss something of very great importance to the whole group
Reply from TB: Not for the first time, thank you again for a speedy correction to my post, I have gone back and made the correction,
Never did make sense for only 20 covers each night for a potentially heaving restaurant, unless it was on the basis that being early season it was not yet properly staffed.
And in spite of the allegedly high demand we have this from MO as well:
Rogatory 5th April 2008
......and so I decided that I'd go back and short of chivvy them along, because I felt a bit bad that, you know, there's just us in this restaurant, as there had been most of the week, there weren't often, erm, on one night they had a quiz and there were a few sort of more tables, erm, around that were occupied, but most of the time it was just us and I felt a bit bad that we said we'd be there at half eight and, you know, it was getting later and later and it was now coming to nine……….'
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-ROGATORY.htm
Reply from TB: I'm afraid my analysis and selection of extracts of witness statements was not comprehensive and I doubtless have omitted some relevant material. Like the very relevant extract you published above from Oldfield.
I have for some time mused as to whether the Tapas booking was indeed in order to give them somewhere, well, 'on their own', so that they could discuss something of very great importance to the whole group
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Doug D 18.08.16 22:21
Other than Saturday (changeover day?) the Tapas is staffed until midnight.
How did non-MW people book? To have separate booking sheets for them would have been very confusing.
Other than the Sperrey booking at 21.00 on Thursday, there are no bookings after the T9 at 20.30.
Did it just become a bar after that?
What else went on?
Was there really a quiz there on the Tuesday night? If so would they not need extra staff?
MW Covers from booking lists (supposedly max 20?)
Tue 28
Wed 26
Thur 32
Fri Would have been 19, but tennis 12 cancelled. Includes 4 (Berry) takeaways
Staffing
Mondays 3 staff rota’d on till midnight
Tues 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Wed 3 staff till midnight
Thur 3 staff till midnight
Fri 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Sat 4 staff only till 19.00
Sun 4 staff till midnight
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TAPAS_BOOKING.htm
How did non-MW people book? To have separate booking sheets for them would have been very confusing.
Other than the Sperrey booking at 21.00 on Thursday, there are no bookings after the T9 at 20.30.
Did it just become a bar after that?
What else went on?
Was there really a quiz there on the Tuesday night? If so would they not need extra staff?
MW Covers from booking lists (supposedly max 20?)
Tue 28
Wed 26
Thur 32
Fri Would have been 19, but tennis 12 cancelled. Includes 4 (Berry) takeaways
Staffing
Mondays 3 staff rota’d on till midnight
Tues 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Wed 3 staff till midnight
Thur 3 staff till midnight
Fri 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Sat 4 staff only till 19.00
Sun 4 staff till midnight
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TAPAS_BOOKING.htm
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Nina 18.08.16 22:32
I always understood the 20 covers was for the MW guests and the rest of the restaurant was for casual trade.Doug D wrote:Other than Saturday (changeover day?) the Tapas is staffed until midnight.
How did non-MW people book? To have separate booking sheets for them would have been very confusing.
Other than the Sperrey booking at 21.00 on Thursday, there are no bookings after the T9 at 20.30.
Did it just become a bar after that?
What else went on?
Was there really a quiz there on the Tuesday night? If so would they not need extra staff?
MW Covers from booking lists (supposedly max 20?)
Tue 28
Wed 26
Thur 32
Fri Would have been 19, but tennis 12 cancelled. Includes 4 (Berry) takeaways
Staffing
Mondays 3 staff rota’d on till midnight
Tues 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Wed 3 staff till midnight
Thur 3 staff till midnight
Fri 3 (includes Tiago from day rota) till midnight
Sat 4 staff only till 19.00
Sun 4 staff till midnight
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TAPAS_BOOKING.htm
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by G-Unit 19.08.16 14:26
Tony said;
B. What plans had they made about child care in the evenings (a) when they made their booking and (b) before they travelled to Praia da Luz? Did they really plan in advance to leave them on their own in the evenings? Personally, I very much doubt it.
they had discussed this problem [the lack of a listening service] resolving to make the trip since the operator had assured them accommodation sufficiently close together that, collectively, they had managed to assure the checking and supervision of their respective progeny. ......he relates that DP had asked the operator that they be provided with lodgings in close proximity to each other because, as a group, they intended to perform that kind of checking collectively over the children of each family.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-10MAY.htm
So they made the decision before leaving the UK, according to Matthew Oldfield.
The question then arises if having lodgings in close proximity to each other is enough to decide in advance that they can and will perform their own listening service? The answer is no. They also needed to be near to one of the restaurants. Were they assured that not only would their lodgings be close to each other, they would also be near a suitable dining area? If they were, that explains the tall man's insistence; he is asking for what they had asked for, expected and planned for. From his point of view he is not requesting a favour.
B. What plans had they made about child care in the evenings (a) when they made their booking and (b) before they travelled to Praia da Luz? Did they really plan in advance to leave them on their own in the evenings? Personally, I very much doubt it.
they had discussed this problem [the lack of a listening service] resolving to make the trip since the operator had assured them accommodation sufficiently close together that, collectively, they had managed to assure the checking and supervision of their respective progeny. ......he relates that DP had asked the operator that they be provided with lodgings in close proximity to each other because, as a group, they intended to perform that kind of checking collectively over the children of each family.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MATTHEW-OLDFIELD-10MAY.htm
So they made the decision before leaving the UK, according to Matthew Oldfield.
The question then arises if having lodgings in close proximity to each other is enough to decide in advance that they can and will perform their own listening service? The answer is no. They also needed to be near to one of the restaurants. Were they assured that not only would their lodgings be close to each other, they would also be near a suitable dining area? If they were, that explains the tall man's insistence; he is asking for what they had asked for, expected and planned for. From his point of view he is not requesting a favour.
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Verdi 19.08.16 20:23
Nejoua Chekaya witness statement - 9th May 2007
Occupation: Aerobic Instructor
As she does not speak Portuguese, she is assisted by the interpreter, Robert Murat.
She was recruited to give aerobic classes, however she was also asked to carry out a Quiz (game) twice a week (Tuesdays and Sundays) in the Ocean Club Tapas restaurant.
It occurred to me strange that not one of the Tapas group mentioned the quiz night on the Sunday night, particularly as Gerry McCann seemed so keen on the Tuesday to invite the voluptuous young woman to join them at their table on the Tuesday. Could be that on their first night Gerry hadn't quite got his feet under the table (both literally and hypothetically).
Occupation: Aerobic Instructor
As she does not speak Portuguese, she is assisted by the interpreter, Robert Murat.
She was recruited to give aerobic classes, however she was also asked to carry out a Quiz (game) twice a week (Tuesdays and Sundays) in the Ocean Club Tapas restaurant.
It occurred to me strange that not one of the Tapas group mentioned the quiz night on the Sunday night, particularly as Gerry McCann seemed so keen on the Tuesday to invite the voluptuous young woman to join them at their table on the Tuesday. Could be that on their first night Gerry hadn't quite got his feet under the table (both literally and hypothetically).
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Verdi 19.08.16 20:37
David Payne Rogatory Interview - 11th April 2008
1485 "Right. You've touched on, about the listening service that you say that Mark Warner supply. What did you understand about their listening service' What did it actually do''
David Payne: "Err I mean traditionally the, the other resorts they'll have a listening service and what that involves is that, you know, if you're staying on a Mark Warner err resort they will, you know if you ask for this listening service, the parents can go and have their evening meal and you will supply the details of which you know is your accommodation and they will go and listen outside the room of each of the err you know the rooms, just to check whether the baby's crying or there's, you know there seems to be any problem and you know that was obviously what we were hoping for err there as well.
You know we realised that that wasn't err what they offered err in Portugal and we knew that they did have err a drop-in err creche for the evenings, you know I cannot, you know I cannot tell you what the times were err that you can leave them but you know we all felt you know that we were going there in, with the mindset that you know we, we you know we could do the if you like the listening outside the door but you know we actually went into rooms or the other couples did and you know do it more frequently and that we were offering exactly the same as what Mark Warner did and the rest of their resort but we were just applying it to Portugal where they didn't offer that service. Err you know the, the, yeah, so that was really''
1485 "Yeah, and over what frequency did you understand that they would have done the listening service''
David Payne: "I mean in, at the other resorts that we've been to err I believe they do it every thirty minutes err you know as I say we actually haven't used that service when we've been but you know the friends who have they've, they've said it's around thirty minutes.'
1485 "Yeah, and did the group, were the group aware that that was the listening service's, well that's what was available within the listening service' Was''
David Payne: "I, I would be pretty sure that most people before they went away knew, its the kind of thing that I'd be a bit anal about, that oh crikey or they don't offer this and oh you know they said that they 'd got this and its not available and I would, you know I'd have seen it as my responsibility again, I haven't actually checked through the emails, you know obviously some of it may have been on phone calls, to actually validate that but I'd be pretty sure that everyone was aware that we would be going knowing exactly what the circumstances were, and I think, I suppose for my mindset, the main thing for me was that we were all, everyone was together as a group you know the locality of the, sort of the vicinity of the rooms was, was close enough to make everything as easy as possible, you know from, from all perspectives, whether it be during the day or, or during the evening.'
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DAVID-PAYNE-ROGATORY.htm
It was the mind set you know
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1485 "Right. You've touched on, about the listening service that you say that Mark Warner supply. What did you understand about their listening service' What did it actually do''
David Payne: "Err I mean traditionally the, the other resorts they'll have a listening service and what that involves is that, you know, if you're staying on a Mark Warner err resort they will, you know if you ask for this listening service, the parents can go and have their evening meal and you will supply the details of which you know is your accommodation and they will go and listen outside the room of each of the err you know the rooms, just to check whether the baby's crying or there's, you know there seems to be any problem and you know that was obviously what we were hoping for err there as well.
You know we realised that that wasn't err what they offered err in Portugal and we knew that they did have err a drop-in err creche for the evenings, you know I cannot, you know I cannot tell you what the times were err that you can leave them but you know we all felt you know that we were going there in, with the mindset that you know we, we you know we could do the if you like the listening outside the door but you know we actually went into rooms or the other couples did and you know do it more frequently and that we were offering exactly the same as what Mark Warner did and the rest of their resort but we were just applying it to Portugal where they didn't offer that service. Err you know the, the, yeah, so that was really''
1485 "Yeah, and over what frequency did you understand that they would have done the listening service''
David Payne: "I mean in, at the other resorts that we've been to err I believe they do it every thirty minutes err you know as I say we actually haven't used that service when we've been but you know the friends who have they've, they've said it's around thirty minutes.'
1485 "Yeah, and did the group, were the group aware that that was the listening service's, well that's what was available within the listening service' Was''
David Payne: "I, I would be pretty sure that most people before they went away knew, its the kind of thing that I'd be a bit anal about, that oh crikey or they don't offer this and oh you know they said that they 'd got this and its not available and I would, you know I'd have seen it as my responsibility again, I haven't actually checked through the emails, you know obviously some of it may have been on phone calls, to actually validate that but I'd be pretty sure that everyone was aware that we would be going knowing exactly what the circumstances were, and I think, I suppose for my mindset, the main thing for me was that we were all, everyone was together as a group you know the locality of the, sort of the vicinity of the rooms was, was close enough to make everything as easy as possible, you know from, from all perspectives, whether it be during the day or, or during the evening.'
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/DAVID-PAYNE-ROGATORY.htm
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Verdi 19.08.16 20:53
I find it difficult to believe the group pre-planned their nocturnal childcare arrangements without knowledge of their accommodation or the location of the restaurants available for their half-board bookings.(Mark
They may have had an idea about leaving the children in a creche or with a baby sitting service (Mark Warner being well known for it's child care facilities) but without knowing the topography of the Ocean Club complex how could they possibly decide before leaving the UK that a self arranged listening service would be a viable option?
That begs the question - why did they decide on this option in preference to the services offered by Mark Warner? Could it be because Madeleine was not there to be counted?
They may have had an idea about leaving the children in a creche or with a baby sitting service (Mark Warner being well known for it's child care facilities) but without knowing the topography of the Ocean Club complex how could they possibly decide before leaving the UK that a self arranged listening service would be a viable option?
That begs the question - why did they decide on this option in preference to the services offered by Mark Warner? Could it be because Madeleine was not there to be counted?
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by G-Unit 19.08.16 21:59
Nevertheless they did, according to Matthew. That suggests they did have sufficient information to make the decision.Verdi wrote:I find it difficult to believe the group pre-planned their nocturnal childcare arrangements without knowledge of their accommodation or the location of the restaurants available for their half-board bookings.(Mark
They may have had an idea about leaving the children in a creche or with a baby sitting service (Mark Warner being well known for it's child care facilities) but without knowing the topography of the Ocean Club complex how could they possibly decide before leaving the UK that a self arranged listening service would be a viable option?
That begs the question - why did they decide on this option in preference to the services offered by Mark Warner? Could it be because Madeleine was not there to be counted?
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Re: THE COMPLETE MYSTERY OF THE BOOKING OF THE TAPAS RESTAURANT ON SUNDAY 29 APRIL
by Nina 19.08.16 22:01
Sorry deleted as misread the post.Verdi wrote:Nejoua Chekaya witness statement - 9th May 2007
Occupation: Aerobic Instructor
As she does not speak Portuguese, she is assisted by the interpreter, Robert Murat.
She was recruited to give aerobic classes, however she was also asked to carry out a Quiz (game) twice a week (Tuesdays and Sundays) in the Ocean Club Tapas restaurant.
It occurred to me strange that not one of the Tapas group mentioned the quiz night on the Sunday night, particularly as Gerry McCann seemed so keen on the Tuesday to invite the voluptuous young woman to join them at their table on the Tuesday. Could be that on their first night Gerry hadn't quite got his feet under the table (both literally and hypotheti
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RE Sunday 29 April Tapas booking?
by willowthewisp 20.08.16 14:50
The "Tall Man and child,Madeleine?"managed to pre-book from Monday onward's for the Tapas option,which doesn't state that they ate there this night Sunday 29th April 2007?
I cannot see an enthusiastic"Gezza" wishing to miss a Quiz night from,Quiz hostess Nejoua Chekaya on the Sunday,but managed to have the appetite to divulge himself with the Hostess on Tuesday,which upset Kate and Kate slept in the children's room,It definitely wasn't Sunday 29 April 2007 though!?
Worth a thought/thesis,as it would fit with other events,with regard to the"change of Pattern" and sworn statements,date of last photograph!
But then again,it would conflict with the sworn statements giving 3 May 2007 as to the disappearance.
Nejoua Chekaya cannot have got her Quiz days mixed up can she,Sunday 29th April 2007,Tuesday 1st May 2007?
International Rescue,(RM) Monday,30th April Exeter,UK.
Tuesday 1st May,Quiz Night.(RM) arrives in Portugal?
Wednesday 2nd May?
Thursday 3rd May 2007,Madeleine is reported as missing from the Holiday Apartment 5a Ocean Club,ticking forward clock 21.05 -22.00 hrs?
Sky News,Midnight,Daily Telegraph have time and date in their News Paper of the disappearance?
I cannot see an enthusiastic"Gezza" wishing to miss a Quiz night from,Quiz hostess Nejoua Chekaya on the Sunday,but managed to have the appetite to divulge himself with the Hostess on Tuesday,which upset Kate and Kate slept in the children's room,It definitely wasn't Sunday 29 April 2007 though!?
Worth a thought/thesis,as it would fit with other events,with regard to the"change of Pattern" and sworn statements,date of last photograph!
But then again,it would conflict with the sworn statements giving 3 May 2007 as to the disappearance.
Nejoua Chekaya cannot have got her Quiz days mixed up can she,Sunday 29th April 2007,Tuesday 1st May 2007?
International Rescue,(RM) Monday,30th April Exeter,UK.
Tuesday 1st May,Quiz Night.(RM) arrives in Portugal?
Wednesday 2nd May?
Thursday 3rd May 2007,Madeleine is reported as missing from the Holiday Apartment 5a Ocean Club,ticking forward clock 21.05 -22.00 hrs?
Sky News,Midnight,Daily Telegraph have time and date in their News Paper of the disappearance?
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