As far as we are aware j.Rob, at the relevant sighting time, Jane Tanner never gave the man and child a thought, as to be doing anything wrong. As far as we are aware Gerry didn't even enter into her head relative to the man and the child, cos that man could have come from any of the flats, indeed from anywhere in a westerly direction.
Can we be accurate please.
What a vivid imagination you have to find it odd that she runs 70 metres (50 metres crow flies) to alert her husband and friends and get immediate support. An athletic woman like kate would have done that distance in a trice
Get your facts right J.Rob. Matt ran to OC main reception as soon as they realised that Madeleine was not wandering around in the immediate vicinity. IIRC he asked for the Police to be called by 10.15pm, but reception did not react properly. Seems an official OC process had to be gone thru. before calling Police.
When the Police, who were only the GNR, finally arrived. Remember Madeleine was reported missing at 10.15 ish and the police were expected any second. The Mccann Family were really let down by the late arrival of the GNR, who failed to arrive for approximately 50 minutes. The first golden hour gone !
Again total ignorance of the truth. Jane Tanner is NOT a doctor.
AS said before, reception was alerted almost immediately. As far as the Tapas Group were concerned the Police would be arriving very soon. Jane expecting the imminent arrival of the police, waited .. and waited .. and waited .. until the GNR finally arrived after 11 oclock.
Who are all these so called witnesses reporting the alarm being raised before 10pm? Are you sure ... cos I have read the files and didn't find them. Please will you list them or remove your assertion
Please will you list these supposed witnesses to the alarm being raised and the commotion before 10pm . Or kindly remove your assertion of a gap of over an hour, before it becomes yet another forum myth.
i) J.rob are you Portuguese?
ii) if you are British, do you speak Portuguese?
iii) Before this case did you know the number to phone the police in Portugal? Cos I am very well travelled including many trips to PT and I didn't know
iv) Have you ever stayed in a moderately smart place in a foreign Country that has reception staff on who are bi-lingual? I have ... and the first port of call in such circumstances is the Reception ... for an English /PT bi-lingual speaker.
j.Rob, if this is the best that you can do. Give it up [/color]
It is odd to leave two children in an apartment when you think an abductor has just been in and stolen the third child. It is not logical.
There was nothing to stop either the McCanns or any of their friends immediately alerting the police on their cell phones at 10pm. They could easily have asked a staff member to speak to the police, if none of the police at the station understood english.
According to the PJ files, the first call logged at GNR was at at 10.50pm.
If you look at the PJ files you can read witness statements from staff etc at the resort who say they heard that a child was missing well before 10pm.
Why not phone hotel reception? And the police?
Couldn't remember which of the group were doctors - the point is a lot of them were and they would have known you need to react quickly in an emergency. Once Jane learnt that Madeleine was missing, and she thinks she saw the abductor, she should have called the police immediately.
So - according to you, everything is everyone else's fault but not the McCAnns? Hotel reception delays, the late arrival of the police when in fact the McCanns themselves had failed to notify the police by phone.
Madeleine was indeed let down - by her parents.
You can check out witnesses statements in the PJ files which are online.
In my opinion, neither Kate or Gerry (or indeed any of their friends) called the police because they wanted to distance themselves from the disappearance. They had decided that Madeleine's disappearance would be everyone else's fault but their own.
I've been abroad and called the police. Easy as pie - especially if you are in a restaurant etc where there are staff who speak the native language as well as english which there often are in holiday resorts.
The McCanns were not let down by the police, or by staff at the resort. They let themselves down by leaving their children unattended and then faking an abduction.
