Thanks for that, Sadie. I said 4.5 hour time-frame as I wanted to use only independent witnesses who saw Madeleine on the 3rd, to pre-empt any "Payne is lying", etc. posts. Your post is very interesting and makes the "window of opportunity" for any wrong-doing by the McCanns very slim indeed.
David payne visit:
- neithed Gerry or Kate mentioned it in their first statements, and for thatmatter, none of the others in the whole group
- he says he entered the apartment and had a three to five minute conversation with kate mccann IIRC timewise, with her in just a towel but doesnt remember what she was wearing
- she said he just popped his head round the door (you know the unlocked patio door while she was having a shower with her three kids left playing alone) answered it in her towel, and didnt come in and this was all of 30 seconds
- he said the kids were all in their pyjamas, predomonantly *white*, err, Madeleinehad a bright pink top on
ps Sadie still waiting for you to provide proof that Payne said Gerry returned home at 8 pm, its ok, dont bother yourself, it doesnt exist, as it doesnt exist that Kate was bathing her kids at any time post 6pm, seeing as they both bathed them according to their statements by 6 pm before Gerry left for tennis
so Rachel, what we have is a 4.5 window or opportunity reduced to 3.5 hours if you believe the Payne story
load of stuff to pick through here dor anyone with hedex pills and stamina LOL
1485 ”And imagine, remember what you saw.”
Reply ”Mm.”
1485 ”Did you open the door, slid door? Or was it already open? Or…”
Reply ”Err I think it was already open, I think it was already open. Err you know, as I say, I walked up there, Kate was you know I say looking very relaxed and err I say a comment to her I said well crikey it’s early, early for them to be getting ready you know for bed, as I say she said ah no, I’ve had such a good, you know such a good day and afternoon err so you know, and Gerry’s just obviously finishing off playing tennis and err so you know hopefully try and get them down and as I say we were just, you know I, I know, it does sound bizarre but I just looked at the three of them and I couldn’t, you know they were just so well presented and so clean and immaculate it was, you know I was, and you know they just looked such healthy children, err you know, there’s, there’s you know nothing that normally…”
1485 ”Yeah.”
Reply ”Triggers in my mind like that but it was just how well that they looked and err…”
1485 ”Try to remember where in, where they were in the apartment.”
Reply ”Err, I mean the, the time that I was there err you know all, all of them err all the children and Kate were in the, err as soon as you go through the patio doors err you know they were all in the immediate area you know in front of you, err that was the area that they generally, you know when I saw them, so I didn’t, no I didn’t go any further into the apartment, you know it was just a conversation that I like, you know walked into the, you know through the French doors, I went into the lounge err you know the open plan area and err you know just had a brief conversation, you know things started off by as I say, saying about the, how well they looked and you know, it’s early to get them ready for bed and then I said oh Gerry’s, you know just finished over there, we’re going over to play a bit of tennis, err I probably said is there any problems with that and she said ah no, no fine, you know carry on, and err you know perhaps a bit more of a conversation err but you know it, it wasn’t many minutes that I was, was there.”
1485 ”Yeah.”
Reply ”But err certainly enough time just to see, you know, certainly the apartment, there was nothing that was untoward, that was you know err the children all looked extremely happy, there was no, you know signs of any problems with err you know Kate, you know or indeed the relationship that Kate had got with any of the three children. None of the children had been told off, none of the children looked like they were you know in trouble for anything, you know they were err still all talking and playing around. Err so you know it was just a very err transient you know that I’d gone in there, but as I say it just struck me how well they all looked.”
1485 ”Yeah.”
Reply ”And content I suppose is the other word to use.”
1485 ”Did you actually go into the apartment?”
Reply ”I did.”
1485 ”Or did you do the conversation from the door?”
Reply ”No, definitely was inside the apartment, you know whether it be two or three steps into the apartment or you know however many, but I was definitely in the apartment.”
1485 ”Okay, so now what I’m gonna try and ask you to recollect, what everybody was wearing.”
Reply ”I’m afraid that is, you know I’m, I cannot recall at all. I know that’s, you’d think that’d be an obvious thing to remember, I cannot remember. As I say the, from the children point of view predominantly I can remember the, you know, white, but I couldn’t say exactly what they were wearing. Err…”
1485 ”But could you remember what Kate was wearing for example?”
Reply ”I can’t, no.”
1485 ”And did you actually set eyes on each individual child?”
Reply ”All three children I saw, yeah.”
1485 ”And were they standing up? Sitting down?”
Reply ”Err they were generally standing up, yeah.”
1485 ”Did they actually acknowledge you?”
Reply ”Err oh yeah, you know I’m very sure that if you’d have asked them, you know that evening or the next day they’d all say ah yeah, I popped in. You know I, you know I did know the children very well, we’d all you know, met up many times before err you know I, you know again I’d be playing with Madeleine you know in the, err the play area err you know during that week, you know lifting her up, twizzing her round and everything, I knew her that well, you know, to do that, and as I say err she’d definitely know who I was and certainly, as I say, just to reinforce that she looked very happy.”
1485 ”Yeah. Was that the last time you saw Madeleine?”
Reply ”It was.”
1485 ”How many minutes, you said as a matter of minutes and then you went back and then you played tennis.”
Reply ”Mm.”
1485 ”I’m gonna pin you down and ask you how long you think you were in there for. I know you say minutes.”
Reply ”In their apartment, it, it, I’d say three minutes, five maximum.”
1485 ”Three to five?”
Reply ”Yeah.”
1485 ”So then you step back out, did you leave the doors open or did you close them?”
Reply ”Err I couldn’t remember. You know, again, I’ve got the, in my mind that the doors were open when I went in and I probably would have just walked out back that way, you know, it still, I mean it’s still relatively nice outside, it was light and everything so err you know I, I, whether they kept the door open it’s just nice when it’s the end of the evening you know, sorry, you know the end of the afternoon, but if I’m perfectly honest the answer to that question is I can’t remember.”
1485 ”Okay. So then you went back and then you played, you played a game for about an hour?”
Reply ”Yeah.”
1485 ”You think from seven, from about seven till about eight?”
Reply ”Yeah, I mean it must, I mean it was before, I mean we got back before eight o’ clock err you know so perhaps just before seven, err sorry, err yeah just before seven so it was just before eight o’ clock. As I say when I got back I think I was cutting it fine and Fiona was still keen to go for a run and we started to get everyone ready for bed.”
1485 ”Yeah.”
Reply ”And err so it was, as I say, about an hour but certainly we’d finished before eight o’ clock.”
1485 ”Okay, and when you finished, I’m just trying to put this in order here, when you actually, when you finished and you went back to the apartment, did you say anything to Gerry about, about the fact that his family were fine? Or…”
Reply ”Yeah, err yeah, I haven’t mentioned this before, but yes, yeah I’d certainly, when we met up I said oh yeah, you know everything’s fine there, you know probably along the lines of you know you’ve got a bit more of a free pass you know you can carry on for a bit longer, Kate’s fine without everyone you know all the children are, are happy, there’s no difficulties with bath time or anything so you know, without actually saying all that just conveying to him that you know I don’t think you need to err rush back, you’ve got a free pass for a bit longer.”
1485 ”Alright.”
Reply ”Err yeah.”
1485 ”So was that as soon as you got back to the, to the tennis courts?”
Reply ”Yeah that would have been when we got back.”
