Does the GNR car actually know where OC 24 hr reception is? Is there any reason why it should?
If it doesn't, you need to factor in the time it took to find OC reception.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id258.htmlJosé Maria Batista Roque - Statement, 16 May 2007
Processos Volume V
Pages 1348 – 1349
Witness Statement
José María Batista Roque
Date: 2007 – 05 –16
Occupation: GNR Officer
He comes to the process for a second time, having made a previous statement giving details about the police intervention at the site of the events.
He has been a GNR officer since 1986, he currently works at the Lagos GNR post.
On 3rd May he was on duty at the events, he arrived at the OC at about 23.00 accompanied by Officer Costa. They were the first to arrive on the scene.
They went to the reception of the OC resort.
At that moment the girl’s father arrived at the reception who informed them of the situation......snipped
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José Maria Batista Roque - Statement, 17 October 2007
Processos Volume XII
Pages 3281 - 3284
Witness Statement
José María Batista Roque
Date: 17 – 10 - 2007
He comes to the process as a witness. He is an officer with the Lagos GNR and has worked for the Guarda for 21 years.
He confirms the integrity of his previous statements.
As regards the facts on the night of 3rd May, when he was on patrol with his colleague Costa in Odiaxere, he received a radio communication from the central telling him to go to P da L, specifically to the reception of OC resort where the father of a girl who had disappeared was. When they were on their way to this place and had reached the zone of Valverde he received another communication saying that this was a very young girl and that her father had called again. They continued on their way, now with urgency, heading for the main reception of the resort.
When they arrived, they saw the girl's father, a friend whom he cannot describe, an OC employee and a translator who was also an OC employee, named Silvia Batista...........snipped
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Given the length of service of both officers, I think it is safe to assume that at least one of them would have been familiar with the route to OC reception.
I think it would be more interesting to start the timing proper from 22.41 in Odiaxere to determine if they really could have reached Valverde by 2254. Did they leave the scene of the burglary they were attending straight away?
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