British detectives are said to be
preparing to re-interview the McCanns and the seven holiday
friends who were dining with them in the Ocean Club's tapas
restaurant on the night Madeleine vanished.
The interviews will be conducted by Leicestershire police with
Portuguese detectives sitting in on the sessions, it is
reported.
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Interview:
(clockwise from top left) Fiona Payne, Jane Tanner,
Russell O' Brien, Rachael Oldfield |
Leicestershire police yesterday
refused to comment on the development and the McCanns' spokesman
Clarence Mitchell was unavailable for comment.
As well as the McCanns, the
so-called Tapas Nine include Dr Russell O'Brien, 36, and his
partner Jane Tanner, 37; Dr Matthew Oldfield, 37, and his wife
Rachel, 36, a recruitment consultant; Dr David Payne, 41, a
cardiovascular researcher, and his 34-year-old wife Fiona, and
Fiona's mother Dianne Webster.
According to the newspaper, the
Portuguese have "hundreds" of questions they want to ask. Among
them, these 14 will surely be of the utmost importance.
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Alipio Ribeiro:
Portugal's top
policeman |
Question 1
Why did Kate scream "They've
taken her?" when she discovered Madeleine had gone? Did she know
her daughter was being stalked? If so, how?
Question 2
How is it possible DNA traces
belonging to Madeleine were found in the McCanns' hired Renault
Scenic more than four weeks after she disappeared?
Question 3
Why did one of the sniffer dogs
specialising in the detection of bodies go directly to the hire
car?
Question 4
Why did another dog appear to
detect something suspicious about Madeleine's Cuddle Cat?
Question 5
Exactly who was in the tapas bar
and who went to visit the children who were asleep? At what
times?
Question 6
Why have there been differing
reports of the McCanns' movements on the evening Madeleine
disappeared?
Question 7
Why did Kate McCann, who is
Catholic, mark a passage in the Bible which talks about the
death of a child?
Question 8
What did the McCanns do in the
four hours before the alarm was raised?
Question 9
What did Kate do before sitting
down to dinner with the group of friends?
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Madeleine: Missing since
May 3 |
Question 10
How many times in the four hours
prior to the discovery that Madeleine was missing did the
McCanns go to see their children?
Question 11
Why did Matthew Oldfield not go
into the McCanns' apartment to check on their children, choosing
instead to simply listen at the door?
Question 12
Why did Russell O'Brien leave the
restaurant for half an hour, returning at the same time Kate was
screaming that Madeleine had been kidnapped?
Question 13
Why did Mr O'Brien's partner Jane
Tanner, who arrived late at the meal, not see Gerry standing at
the entrance to the holiday complex talking with a friend?
Question 14
Why do the McCanns feel persecuted by the authorities? |
