Jes Wilkins spoke to the police on Friday 4th and told them about his 'rasta man' entering the Tapas restaurant when Jes was in there between 8.30 and 9pm. (or in the bar, or in the toilets, His accounts changed over time)
The police looked into this and identified the man.
After the McCanns and their friends were interviewed it became clear that Jes was present when Jane Tanner saw her man. This prompted the request by Amaral on 7th for him to be interviewed to find out if he saw anything. According to "madeleine" Gerry also asked the PJ to speak to Jes in case he saw Jane's man. (although Gerry had already sent Matt Oldfield to Jes's apartment at 1am on 4th to ask him that question)
In all, Jes was interviewed at the request of the PJ on 7th May. He and Bridget were interviewed on 2nd October but it's not clear who decided to do that. He was then included in the Rogatory requests, with some of the questions being supplied by the McCanns.
Amaral’s mind was already made up regarding the direction in which he would lead the investigation.
How can you have forgotten ‘the badly told story’ headlines in the Portuguese press on the fifth of May 2007...
JOSE MANUEL OLIVEIRA
Crime reporter, 'Diario de Noticias'
Information started circulating from sources connected to the Portuguese police that the story was full of holes from the side of the McCanns and their friends. Indeed within two days of Madeleine disappearing, this crime correspondent was filing this piece in the Portuguese Daily: Diario of the Noticias: "Headline: a badly told story." We started to receive information according to which the police suspected the theory they had apprehensions, didn't believe the theory that she had been kidnapped. To conclude, the police started to suspect the parents from the word go.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7106086.stmJob done!
Suspects in place!
Concentrate on the preferred evidence and make sure the press play their part in destroying reputations
😁All from the Amaral handbook on how not to conduct a missing child investigation.