Cops quiz British gardener in Madeleine McCann disappearance.

[Brietta]

Thank you for confirming that, I wasn't sure I had heard the remark correctly as the audio is garbled.
Interesting, especially looking at his build & haircut.

Also I found it difficult to make out the audio because of traffic noise in the background, but from what I could catch I thought his English had an interesting accent.

[misty]

Also I found it difficult to make out the audio because of traffic noise in the background, but from what I could catch I thought his English had an interesting accent.

He was born in Hertfordshire.

[pegasus]

He was born in Hertfordshire.

From listening to the audio, it is easy to deduce that it had been raining the preceding night this is why the note was soggy.

 

[pathfinder73]

Approximately two weeks before that diligence, in early January, the investigators spent five minutes in an informal conversation in a parking lot in Praia da Luz, with an English gardener, after an anonymous email had been sent to British newspapers and to the PJ, associating him to the scenario of Maddie's abduction, because of being a "weird" person. The PJ, that did not even consider the possibility of summoning the man for an interrogation, did not attribute any credibility to this lead, as it is suspected that the email that denounced the gardener was sent by someone who had had personal problems with the person.

[VIXTE]

Approximately two weeks before that diligence, in early January, the investigators spent five minutes in an informal conversation in a parking lot in Praia da Luz, with an English gardener, after an anonymous email had been sent to British newspapers and to the PJ, associating him to the scenario of Maddie's abduction, because of being a "weird" person. The PJ, that did not even consider the possibility of summoning the man for an interrogation, did not attribute any credibility to this lead, as it is suspected that the email that denounced the gardener was sent by someone who had had personal problems with the person.

It is strange thing around the gardener, one thing he finds the letter about Madeleine, the other is that someone sends an email naming him as a suspect

[Brietta]

It is strange thing around the gardener, one thing he finds the letter about Madeleine, the other is that someone sends an email naming him as a suspect

When he allegedly found the letter on the doorstep of 5a he was described as a 'handyman' wasn't he?  Wonder what he was doing in that particular location, the door is recessed and the path leads nowhere else.

[Eleanor]

When he allegedly found the letter on the doorstep of 5a he was described as a 'handyman' wasn't he?  Wonder what he was doing in that particular location, the door is recessed and the path leads nowhere else.

Very good point.  Although translations are not to be trusted.

[jassi]

When he allegedly found the letter on the doorstep of 5a he was described as a 'handyman' wasn't he?  Wonder what he was doing in that particular location, the door is recessed and the path leads nowhere else.

As a handyman, could he not have been doing a job within 5A ?

[Brietta]

As a handyman, could he not have been doing a job within 5A ?

I have not seen any explanation of what he was doing in 5a, just as I haven't seen any corroboration of the tabloid story that a letter was found and handed in ... have you?

[jassi]

I have not seen any explanation of what he was doing in 5a, just as I haven't seen any corroboration of the tabloid story that a letter was found and handed in ... have you?

No.  Do you expect any ?

[Brietta]

No.  Do you expect any ?

I have learned to take ... nothing ... at face value.

[pegasus]

As a handyman, could he not have been doing a job within 5A ?

No. OC used their own employees for repairs inside apartment (see the repair sheet for adult bedroom shutter repair by employees MDM and LFMF). GJ was a contractor not an employee. GJ statement clearly states he never worked inside these apartments, and had never been in 5A.
GJ statement describes what areas he worked on. There may may be a transcription problem of this statement because it says "block 4" when it is clearly referring to block 5. I think it means block 5. He maintained the gardens of the carpark area (not the gardens on the south side), and he cleaned the stairs in the stairwell, and the windows of the stairwell area only. This work was done always on Wednesday, every week, starting at about 14:00 and finishing at about 15:30 or 16:00.

[Eleanor]

No. OC used their own employees for repairs inside apartment (see the repair sheet for adult bedroom shutter repair by employees MDM and LFMF). GJ statement clearly states he never worked inside these apartments, and had never been in 5A.
GJ statement describes what areas he worked on. There may may be a transcription problem of this statement because it says "block 4" when it is clearly referring to block 5. I think it means block 5. He maintained the gardens of the carpark area (not the gardens on the south side), and he cleaned the stairs in the stairwell, and the windows of the stairwell area only. This work was done always on Wednesday, every week, starting at about 14:00 and finishing at about 15:30 or 16:00.

But this letter was found a year later, apparently.

Anyway, he was questioned last week, and apparently not within the time frame of the latest Rogatory Letters.

And I would quite like to know what he was doing between 7.30pm and 9.30pm when he doesn't appear to have had an alibi.

[pegasus]

But this letter was found a year later, apparently.
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IMO it was found (at latest) afternoon Wed Oct 3rd. The UK tabloid says May 3rd 2008 was soggy and photographs tell us it wasn't soggy. Who to believe? Maybe the photos are forged and the tabloid is telling the truth?