British police asked the PJ to ask the main suspects if they killed Maddie


The eleven persons that are considered to be of interest in the British investigation into the Madeleine McCann case will be heard as witnesses. The questioning will take place next week, but as Correio da Manha was able to establish, any one of the persons that are questioned may be made an arguido during the interrogation. British police has suggested a list of 253 questions to be put by the PJ to the eleven persons, including Robert Murat, the first arguido in the investigation that was developed by Portuguese authorities.

The questions that have been suggested by Scotland Yard include direct questions about who is the author of the death of the English child that disappeared in Praia da Luz, in Lagos, on the 3rd of May of 2007, and where the body was hidden. The most incriminating questions will only be asked from the persons that the British believe to have intervened in the disappearance of Maddie.

As Correio da Manha reported, the questioning was scheduled for the last week of November. Nevertheless, a juridical indefinition over making witnesses into arguidos forced the cancellation of the questionings that had been requested through the fifth letter rogatory from British authorities.

Seven persons were going to be heard as arguidos and four as witnesses. The problem is that arguidos are not forced to answer all of the questions and may be accompanied by a lawyer. The question was put to the new prosecutor at the Public Ministry in Portimao, Ines Sequeira, who decided that all will be heard as witnesses. If incriminating aspects are found, the witness questioning is suspended and any one of the persons may immediately be made an arguido, after learning about their new rights. The diligences will take place at the Policia Judiciaria in Faro.