I found this interesting;
You’ll recall that, back in October, we had supplied the Portuguese public prosecutor with a list of people from whom we felt statements should have been taken. In response the Portuguese police had decided to come to Leicester to be present while the police interviewed Fiona, Dave, Russ, Jane, Matt, Rachael and Dianne, as well as many other individuals whose testimony had never been sought.
The questions to be asked were those Gerry and I had suggested to the prosecutor (obvious and pertinent ones, I hasten to add), with a few additions from the PJ.
[madeleine. Kate McCann]
I thought the McCanns asked for their questions to be added to the PJ questions. Kate makes it soound like they instigated the rogatory questions and the PJ tagged theirs on at the end.
I think you may be misinterpreting what Kate said in her book.
From reading
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MCCANNS-WANTED.htm it is self evident that the initiative came from Kate, Gerry and their legal team.
SnipWe submit that, their testimony [being] essential to the discovery of the truth, and given that the witnesses designated above actually live in the United Kingdom, where they will be found, (except Dan Smith and Emma Knights who will be found in Portugal), it is requested further, under Arts. 229 and following of CPP, 145 and following of Law 14-4/99 of 31 August (Law of International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters) and 3 and following of the European Convention on Mutual Legal Support in Criminal Matters, that a Rogatory Letter be expedited for them to be heard in the United Kingdom.
They ask that the request be granted