Could an intruder have opened the shutter and climbed in the window?

[Wonderfulspam]

Really?  OK...I'm mystified then.  I thought you were a sceptic.

No, she believes in Kates curtains & burglars opening shutters....I'm not sure what happens after that.

[pegasus]

Yeah right!

Yes, and I didn't take it for granted, I worked it out, the room was genuinely found exactly as described.

[pegasus]

Really?  OK...I'm mystified then.  I thought you were a sceptic.

I posted what IMO happened in the first few seconds. Less than a minute of solution.
I do not know what happened after that. 

[Wonderfulspam]

Yes, and I didn't take it for granted, I worked it out, the room was genuinely found exactly as described.

I ain't buying the curtains or the door that only moved on the second time of asking, or that she wasn't lying about the window & shutters that she said she wasn't lying about.

[Alfred R Jones]

I posted what IMO happened in the first few seconds. Less than a minute of solution.
I do not know what happened after that.

Did you?  Missed it.

[misty]

It appears we now have to factor in the failed attempt of an opportunist burglar occurring on the same evening as the staged abduction/planned kidnapping, all of which happened in a 90 minute period littered with apartment checks & men walking around with children in their arms or in pushchairs.
And Mrs Fenn + the Moyses never heard or saw a thing.

[Brietta]

Have you been able to discern what Pegasus's theory is beyond "the parents dunnit"?

Not sure if it is that Madeleine having been frightened by an attempted burglary left the apartment of her own volition to find her parents only to come to grief ... or having run from an intruder, had a fatal accident in the apartment.

[Alfred R Jones]

Not sure if it is that Madeleine having been frightened by an attempted burglary left the apartment of her own volition to find her parents only to come to grief ... or having run from an intruder, had a fatal accident in the apartment.

Oh, I've got Pegasus all wrong then...I think.

[jassi]

Not sure if it is that Madeleine having been frightened by an attempted burglary left the apartment of her own volition to find her parents only to come to grief ... or having run from an intruder, had a fatal accident in the apartment.

If the latter, what happened next ?

[pegasus]

"A British man at the tapas bar where the McCanns dined gave a statement saying how he spoke to an English woman who told him she had heard a “breaking noise” about the time that Madeleine was taken. His statement, however, was not passed to Portuguese police, said ­Goncalo Amaral."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/248068/Kate-McCann-How-dare-they-call-me-cold
Could "breaking noise" be someone raising the shutters?

[pegasus]

An apartment nearby was robbed while everyone was out. Two mobile phones, one video camera, and cash were taken. It was Feb 2007, about dusk. No sign of forced entry so it was assumed by owner and police it was key entry  -an assumption that may be incorrect IMO.
What is interesting is unlike 5G or 5L this apartment is groundfloor and has identical layout to 5A the room layout and windows and doors identical and the size and position and accessibility of window of north bedroom identical.
(Collected from various sources)

[Brietta]

If the latter, what happened next ?

Maybe you will have to ask pegasus.
I have been presumptive enough on what her thinking may or may not be.

[pegasus]

Any opinions - might a burglar knock on the front door as a final precautionary check that everyone is out?

[Brietta]

Any opinions - might a burglar knock on the front door as a final precautionary check that everyone is out?

I'm sure it will be a recognised MO.
I think phoning a residence to ascertain if it was occupied used to be a tactic used by intruders.

[misty]

Any opinions - might a burglar knock on the front door as a final precautionary check that everyone is out?

A lone elderly person or babysitter probably wouldn't answer the door or make any sound, especially if female.