Pick any sentence from Kate's book.

[Wonderfulspam]

If the fall in 20 metres but the faller lands on steps at 5 metres the steps have....what?

Then the fall was 5 metres.

[G-Unit]

Who was going to call the other doctors?  There were a total of 7 doctors in the Tapas 9 group.  There are 4 on the court so there are 3 somewhere else.  Have you tried to work out who is who?

6 doctors; 2 Mccanns, 2 Paynes, Russell and Matt.

According to their evidence from 6pm to 7pm 1 is in G5A;

Until 6.45pm 4 at courts [GM, DP, MO, ROB] then Fiona arrives from the beach, 5 at courts. She and GM leave around 7pm, 3 at the courts.

[Alice Purjorick]

A fall from the McCanns' patio over the railings would be a matter of a few feet, with steps breaking the fall.  A fall from a first floor balcony would be a matter of 20+ feet with nothing to break the fall.  One can understand a parent's preference for the ground floor apartment. 

An interesting proposition.
Is the 6 metres (20ft in old money) a guess or a dimension with some basis in fact?

[Robittybob1]

6 doctors; 2 Mccanns, 2 Paynes, Russell and Matt.

According to their evidence from 6pm to 7pm 1 is in G5A;

Until 6.45pm 4 at courts [GM, .... ......, MO, ROB] then Fiona arrives from the beach, 5 at courts. She and GM leave around 7pm, 3 at the courts.

OK learned something - Jane Tanner is a marketing manager.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann

The group consisted of marketing manager Jane Tanner and her partner, physician Russell O'Brien, who were there with their two children; physician Matthew Oldfield and his wife, recruitment consultant Rachael Oldfield, along with their daughter; and physicians Fiona and David Payne, their two children, and Fiona Payne's mother, Dianne Webster.

[mercury]

Yes I did and yes they would.  Your point is?

Concrete steps breakng a fall, still means you land on concrete, which can be as harmful, depending how you fall, and how you land, and you may actually tumble all the way down them, not just get your fall "broken"

You really need to stop talking about steps breaking a fall where there were no steps to break a fall over the balcony, you know, the one kate mccann wasnt worried about at all

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Though I envied David and Fiona their sea view, being on the ground floor meant we didn’t have to worry about the children’s safety on a balcony. [Madeleine]


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So, not only was KM intimating there was n balcony, (due to them being n the ground floor) , but was also thnkng (for her to write that) that there was more danger falling from a  first floor, why would there be any danger there and none at hers? If kids were never left able to access it with no adults around?

Cheers