Errrm where I have said the front door was unlocked? I appreciate a key was needed to get in via the front door but the point I keep making is that the patio doors were unlocked and numerous others unknown to the McCanns knew this to be so.
From a security perspective T7 apartments were totally different from the McCanns in that they were totally secure in that to enter without force a key would be required. This was not the case with the McCanns.
If the perp entered via the unlocked patio doors he/she then had the option of exiting back out via the patio doors or through the front door.
Afaik those who quote Amaral believe the McCanns were directly responsible. I do not believe the McCanns were directly responsible therefore why would I quote Amaral? If I believe his theories are all wrong why would I choose to quote him? Can it be that we say oh he is was right on this but not the other? No imo this would amount to cherry picking to fit a poorly conceived narrative.
I appreciate what you are saying, Holly, but from a number of posts on here it has become apparant that a number of people still think that the FRONT door was unlocked.
It wasn't; it was single locked and still needed a key to enter it
How many of the Tapas group had double locked their front doors? Had they and other residents at Ocean Club just slammed the door as they left, like most of us do at home ?
As for the patio door.
The patio was awash with a gentle light from the street light opposite 5A, Anyone going there would be seen for a long distance down Rua Dr FGM as well as certain nearby villas and certain flats in block 6 and that balconies on the side of block 6.
And, of course, it was overlooked by the Tapas group from just about 50 metres away
Anyone who was foolish and decided to go in by the patio door was then in a position that he was stuck, with no means of escape if someone came. This would be the case if the front door was double locked (I think this is correct?) and he had problems opening the shutter and window really quickly. He also had to be small and very agile to make a hasty exit from such a small window
No wonder that Amaral ruled it out.
This is all IMO and you have right to yours, but please weigh up the odds carefully.
Take your pick:
1. Front door hidden away, in a pitch black alcove with no one passing and with a key? OC personnel involvement ? ... and a good escape route inn emergency via patio doors.
or,
2) Patio entrance awash with a pale light, visible from a good number of viewpoints. Also just 50 metres away from Madeleines parents and in sight of a group of friends who we call the Tapas seven. Also, an extremely tricky escape route that might not work.