100 questions for the Tapas9 (remember these?)

Questions for both Kate and Gerry



Do you believe Madeleine is dead?



Do you know where Madeleine is?



What were your movements throughout the day of May 3rd?



In particular, what times were you together as a couple with Madeleine and what times were you with her alone?



When was Madeleine placed in kid’s club that day? In particular, at lunch time, what time did you collect her and return with her and, at tea time, what time did you collect her and return to your apartment?



Did you, on that day May 3rd, or on any previous occasions, administer sedatives to Madeleine in order to make her sleep?



What time did she go to bed that evening?



Did she go off to sleep easily or did it take a long time?



What time did you arrive at the tapas restaurant? You have stated that you were the first of the group to arrive at 8.30pm but Rachael Oldfield has been reported as stating that you were last to arrive at 8.58pm.



How did you decide who was going to check and at what times?



Did you ask Matthew Oldfield to check on your children at 9.30pm or did he volunteer?



What did he tell you about his check?



Why did Mr Oldfield need to check when Gerry had only just recently returned from his own check?



Assuming the abduction happened at 9.15pm, as described by Jane Tanner and supported by yourself, why do you think Matthew Oldfield failed to see that Madeleine had gone from her bed?



Why do you think Matthew Oldfield failed to see that the window and shutter to the bedroom were wide open, on what was a cold, windy evening?



Who called the police and when? If you arranged for someone else to call them, what time was that? Did they report back to you?



Why did you say, in your first phone calls home to four of your closest friends and family, that the apartment was locked, the abductor had gained access by breaking open the bedroom shutter and had left by the front door?



Why did you only report that the patio doors had been left unlocked after it became quickly clear there had been no damage to the shutters?



Why do you believe that the abductor must have escaped through the open window and shutter, rather than through the front door as previously stated?



Did you know Robert Murat before Madeleine’s disappearance?



If so, how did you know him and what was your relationship?



Did you, or someone you know, use the Renault Scenic hire car to move Madeleine’s body?



How did you manage to travel 730kms (543.60 miles) in the first week of receiving your hire car, despite being in Rome and Madrid for most of the week and spending the rest of the time, according to Gerry’s blogs, in the apartment ‘quietly with the twins’.



What is your explanation for the cadaver dog’s reaction to the boot of the Renault Scenic?



Questions for Gerry McCann



How many tennis lessons did you book for yourself on May 3rd?



How many tennis lessons did you complete?



On which courts did you play tennis that day?



What time did each lesson start and end?



When you went for your third lesson at 6.00pm, why did you ask David Payne to check on Kate, when you’d apparently only left her 30 minutes previously and would be returning in 30 minutes?



Were you concerned about Kate’s state of mind on that day, May 3rd?



Did you see Madeleine when you returned from your tennis lesson?



Was she awake or asleep in bed?



After arriving at the tapas restaurant, what time did you perform your check on the children?



What time did you return to the tapas restaurant?



When you performed your check did you switch a light on, or did you have a torch?



You were originally reported as stating that the door to the children’s bedroom was ajar and that you found this unusual as it had been left shut. It's also been reported recently that you had left the bedroom door ajar by 5 degrees and that when you entered the apartment it was open by 45 degrees. Which account is true?



Did the discovery of the open bedroom door, where your three children were sleeping, not cause you alarm?



Did you make a thorough check of the apartment? If not, why not?



It's been reported that you checked, and saw, Madeleine in her bed, you looked in your bedroom and you used the toilet before returning to the tapas restaurant. Where do you believe the abductor was hiding?



Why have you now come to this conclusion that the abductor was in the apartment with you? A conclusion you had not previously reached despite extensive and lengthy questioning.



Why did you make this new belief known through newspapers and not by contacting the Policia Judiciaria, as agreed?



Have you, in fact, been forced to change your story to make it fit the statements made by Jeremy Wilkins, who spoke with you on the path outside the apartment at 9.10pm, and Jane Tanner who claims to have seen the alleged abductor, carrying Madeleine, at 9.15pm?



Another witness, Jeremy Wilkins, has stated that he saw neither Jane Tanner nor the abductor, despite being on the same street at 9.15pm with you. Did you see Jane Tanner or the abductor?



Initial reports stated that you met Jeremy Wilkins on the street, at the entrance to the alleyway, at the rear of your apartment. Why does Jane Tanner now say you were on the other side of the road?



Why did you make 14 text messages that evening and who were they to?



Why were you so desperate to locate the church in the middle of the night? Kate’s mother has stated neither you nor Kate were particularly religious so what did you feel the church could do to help you find Madeleine in the middle of the night?



Where were you on June 10th when you communicated with Russell O’Brien by mobile phone?



Where was Russell O’Brien? You previously stated that the call was contained within a 4km radius of Praia da Luz but that has now been dismissed by studying records of the call.



Did Russell O’Brien move Madeleine’s body on June 10th?



Questions for Kate McCann



What time did you go to check on your children?



How long did you spend in the apartment before raising the alarm?



Some reports have suggested you were as long as 10 minutes. If so, what were you doing?



How did you know so quickly that Madeleine had been abducted? Initial reports suggested that you knew because Madeleine’s favourite toy, Cuddle Cat, was placed out of reach on a high shelf. However, most recent reports have suggested the toy was simply left in the room.



It’s reported that you said the bed sheets were made up, as though Madeleine hadn’t slept there. How do you think the abductor managed to get a sleeping Madeleine out of bed, without waking her or disturbing the sheets?



How did you raise the alarm? Early reports suggested that you ran back to the tapas restaurant, whilst more recent reports suggest you screamed from the balcony.



Witnesses claim you screamed ‘They’ve taken her’. Did you say that? If so, what did you mean by that?



Did you notice any other signs of disturbance that might indicate that someone had entered the apartment?



Mrs Fenn, who lives in the apartment above, offered to call the police immediately but you are reported to have told her that it had already been done. Was that true?



If so, who rang or who did you instruct to ring? Why did the call apparently take 40 minutes to make?



After the police had arrived, why did you stay in the apartment when everyone else was out searching, many until the early hours?



One of the first GNR officers attending has said the apartment was spotlessly clean. Did you clean the apartment before, or after, raising the alarm?



Did someone else clean it earlier in the evening or whilst you were at the tapas restaurant?



The attending officer also said there were no medicines in the cabinets, of the kind normally associated with a family holiday. Did you take any medicines with you? If so, where were they? If not, why not?



Your mother has stated that when you called, in the middle of the night, you asked for the telephone number of Paul Seddon, the priest who married you and Gerry. Why were you so desperate to speak to a priest, when your mother has stated previously that neither you nor Gerry were particularly religious?



Your mother has said your first words to her on the phone were: “She’s gone, mum. She’s gone.” What did you mean by that? Did you mean that she was gone from the apartment or were you trying to tell your mother that Madeleine was dead?



It’s been reported that you went out with Gerry at 6.00am that morning to continue the search. Is that true? Where did you go?



When did you return to your apartment?



Why did you decide to go searching at 6.00am but not in any of the previous 8 hours?



Why did you wash Cuddle Cat so quickly? Then be seen many times in photographs holding the toy to your nose, when any scent of Madeleine would have been completely removed by detergent.



Questions to all Tapas Group members



What time did you arrive at the tapas restaurant?



Were Kate and Gerry McCann already there or did they arrive later? If so, what time did they arrive?



What checks did you do on your own children – specifically what time did you leave the table and what time did you return?



What checks did you witness other people doing – specifically what time did they leave the table and what time did they return?



How long after Kate left the table to check on her children did she raise the alarm?



How did she transmit this information? Did she return to the bar, as was first reported, or did she scream from the balcony of her apartment?



What did Kate scream to get the group’s attention?



When you first entered the apartment what did you see?



One of the first GNR officers to attend has stated the apartment was immaculately clean, with no discarded toys or disorder that would normally be associated with 3 small children on a family holiday. Can you confirm that?



Did you join the search for Madeleine or did you return to your apartment?



What time did you return to your apartment afterwards, either after searching or after completing your statement?



Why reason did Kate give for remaining in the apartment when everyone else was on the streets looking for Madeleine?



Questions for Jane Tanner



At 9.15pm, when you say you saw the abductor, you state you were returning to your apartment to check on your children. However, initial accounts suggested you were heading the other way i.e. towards the tapas restaurant, as you were late. Which way were you going and at what time?



After completing your check, did you return to the tapas restaurant? If so, at what time?



Why did initial reports state that you saw the ‘abductor’ outside the McCann’s bedroom window at 9.30pm, yet all subsequent reports place the abductor at the top of the street at 9.15pm?



How do you explain that Jeremy Wilkins, who was on the street talking with Gerry at that time, has made a statement to say he didn’t see you and considers it almost impossible for you to have walked past and for him not to have noticed you?



Why has your description of the abductor changed so much? From short hair to long black hair, from medium build to slim build, from white skinned to swarthy skinned and with height ranging from 5’6” to 5’11”.



How could you tell the man was ‘swarthy’ when you have already admitted you were some distance away, the man was wearing heavy clothes and you could not see his face?



How could you identify Madeleine’s pinky-tinged pyjamas under sodium vapour street lamps that reduce all colours to anonymous shades of dark or light?



Is it true that you only provided the description of Madeleine’s pyjamas after checking with Kate what pyjamas Madeleine was wearing?



Why did you not see that the McCann’s bedroom window and shutter were wide open when you returned to your apartment which was next door? Indeed, the windows of both apartments are so close that, from the outside, they would appear to be for the same apartment.



Again, why did you not notice the open window and shutter when you returned to the tapas restaurant after completing your checks?



Again, why did you not notice the open window and shutter when you returned to the apartment after your partner, Russell O’Brien had let you know one of your children was sick?



You were next door when Kate discovered Madeleine was missing. It is alleged she screamed from her balcony to the tapas restaurant that Madeleine had been taken. What did you hear from your apartment?



Is it true that you only became aware of any disturbance when speaking with Rachael Oldfield?



Questions for Russell O’Brien



Some reports have suggested you were not present at all that evening and only arrived at the table just before Kate left to do her check at 10.00pm. Is that correct?



If you were not at the table until just before 10.00pm, why did your partner Jane Tanner need to leave the table at 9.15pm to do a check?



Other reports have suggested you arrived at 8.45pm and then left at 9.30pm to perform a check on your children. It’s been reported that the system was to check every 30 minutes. If so, why did you go to check when your partner Jane Tanner had only just that minute returned from her own check of the children?



It’s been reported that when you returned for your check you found that one of your children had been ill and vomited on the bed sheets. Is this true? How do you explain that Ocean Club staff reportedly received no request to launder sheets from your apartment?



The windows of your apartment and the bedroom window of the McCann’s apartment are next to each other and, from the outside, appear to be for the one apartment. When you returned to your apartment at 9.30pm, why did you not notice that the McCann’s bedroom window and shutter were wide open?



It’s been reported that when you discovered your child was ill, you contacted your partner Jane Tanner by mobile phone. What time did Jane Tanner return to look after your sick child and what time did you then return to the tapas restaurant?



Again, when you returned to the tapas restaurant, why did you not notice that the McCann’s bedroom window and shutter were wide open?



Where were you on June 10th when you communicated with Gerry McCann by mobile phone?



Were you driving the McCann’s Renault Scenic hire car?



Were you moving Madeleine’s body on that day?



Questions for Matthew Oldfield



Did you check on the McCann’s children at 9.30pm?



Did the McCann’s ask you to do this or did you offer voluntarily?



It was initially reported that you did not enter the apartment but merely listened at the door, could not hear anything and assumed everything was fine. Why is it now suggested that you actually entered the apartment, glanced into the bedroom and saw the twins but not Madeleine because she was either out of view or behind the door?



How can you explain Madeleine’s bed being unsighted to you when the bed was immediately inside the door to the bedroom?



By all accounts it was a cold, windy night and Kate has described how the wind whistled through the apartment forcing the open bedroom door to slam shut when she opened the patio doors. When you opened the door to the bedroom, did you not feel the cold wind and see that the window and shutter were wide open?



Questions for Rachael Oldfield



It has been reported that you said the McCann’s were the last of the party to arrive at the tapas restaurant at 8.58pm. The time being so specific because they arrived 3 minutes after the Paynes arrived at 8.55pm. Is that true?



Did your husband, Matthew Oldfield, leave the table at 9.30pm to check on the children, including the McCann’s?



How do you explain that Najova Chekaya, the lady who was invited to join the table at 9.30pm by Gerry McCann, says nobody left or joined the table for the 30 minutes she was there?



Questions for David Payne



When you finished playing tennis, did Gerry ask you to check on Kate?



What reason did he give for you to check on Kate, bearing in mind he’d only left her a matter of minutes previously?



What was the time when Gerry asked you to check and at what time did you actually see Kate and the children?



It has been reported that you saw Kate and the children, still up, at 6.30pm and it’s also been reported that you saw them at 7.00pm, as they were being put to bed. Which is correct?



Did you actually see Madeleine?



Was she dressed or in Pyjamas?



What colour were the pyjamas she was wearing?



Did you notice anything unusual about the apartment or Kate’?



How long did you stay at the McCann’s apartment after checking Kate and the children were fine?



It has been reported you went out looking for Madeleine with Gerry until the early hours of the morning. What time did you stop looking? Did Gerry also stop at the same time?



Question for Diane Webster



It has been reported that when Kate raised the alarm you were the only member of the group to remain seated. Why did you not go with the others to find out what had happened?

Information gleaned from the 3as

European Parliament: The Week Ahead – 7-13 April 2008
Institutions - 03-04-2008 - 19:17


Plenary session and committee meetings - Brussels


Official visit to Ireland. European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering will meet Prime Minster Bertie Ahern and President Mary McAleese during an official visit to Ireland (Monday-Wednesday).

Official visit to Qatar. The President will then make an official visit to Qatar at the end of the week, where, in addition to a series of bilateral meetings, he will speak at the 8th Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade (Saturday-Sunday).

Plenary session. Parliament holds a plenary session in Brussels (Wednesday and Thursday). Highlights include:
- vote to approve Commissioner Vassiliou;
- oral question on combating cancer;
- progress reports on the accession of Croatia and FYROM;
- resolution on Tibet.

Juncker. On Monday the Eurogroup President will address the Economic Affairs Committee, which is also holding a hearing on hedge funds (Tuesday).

CFSP. Javier Solana, High Representative for the CFSP, will discuss current external relations issues with the Foreign Affairs Committee (Tuesday).

Waste. The Environment Committee will vote on a draft second-reading recommendation updating the framework directive on waste. Some amendments rejected by Council will be re-tabled, on topics such as recycling and hazardous waste (Tuesday).

Terrorism. A round table with national parliaments will tackle the issue of "provocation to commit terrorist offences", with the European Commission, the EU Counter-terrorism co-ordinator and the Council of Europe (Monday).

Immigration. Civil Liberties Committee MEPs travel to Denmark, for the next in a series of visits to immigrant detention centres across Europe (Thursday).

Nepal. An EP delegation will travel to Nepal, to observe its legislative elections (Monday-Saturday).

Missing child hotline. A meeting to consider prospects for a Europe-wide alert system for missing or abducted children will hear from Gerry and Kate McCann, whose daughter Madeleine has been missing since May 2007 (Thursday).

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Nice little Radio interview by the Virgin Queen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2007_32_wed.shtml

Add to this story of the 3as it will keep us sane.

Sir Branston of pickles was summoned to his King and Queen by the ponse in putrid, pukey pink. Now the coffers had been restored by the lickers of Royal behinds, (formerly known as the Daily Espresso Scrolls), there was fear afoot within the Palace of Pampus that their funds could still be depleted upon an April visit by the White knights.

Not been able to get onto the three ar's this afternoon

They must be VERY busy today, sad for me though.

Another matter that I hope someone can help me with. I used to read a blog called:http://madderthanfiction.blogspot.com/ now when I go there it appears to be invite only. I've forgotten what the blog was about, but I must have read it once and liked it, or I wouldn't have bookmarked it. If the site manager is reading this, or someone knows who it is, can you ask them if they'd send me an invite please.
xxx

Disgusting how the Macs link themselves to Shannon

Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann, said they were "delighted" that Shannon had been found alive and said the news gave them hope.

Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said: "Kate and Gerry are aware that she has been found alive. They feel that is excellent news, they are delighted that she is alive.

"They will not comment more until they know the full circumstances. Suffice to say that they will keep on looking until they have a happy resolution in Madeleine's case.

"It proves that children can go missing for whatever reason and still be found alive.

"Until Kate and Gerry know what has happened to Madeleine, there will always be hope for them that she too will be found alive.

"They will keep on looking as long as there is hope."

Conservative leader David Cameron said he was "delighted" to hear that Shannon had been found alive.

Speaking to reporters at his party's spring forum in Gateshead, Mr Cameron said: "I just feel huge relief on behalf of Shannon and her family.

"It is wonderful news that she's been found alive and, I hope, well.

"So often in these cases, you wait and you wait and then you hear tragic and awful news. All of us were thinking that was maybe what might happen and it is great that she is alive."

Shannon has been made the subject of an "Emergency Police Protection Order".

Perhaps to gag the press from reporting on the questioning, or for more funds?

Jornal de Notícias

The journalists of Express Newspapers, the British media group that holds four tabloids, are forbidden to write about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The editorial decision was made after the parents of the child that has been missing for almost a year announced that they are preparing to sue the publications over articles that they consider "defamatory and rude".

The ban affects all the newspapers of the group - Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday - and left the reporters "furious".