I didn't say anyone was lying. No-body knows for sure what Madeleine was talking about - because she moved off as soon as she'd said it and was totally unconcerned.
I repeat if Madeleine - or Madeleine and Sean had cried the night before, then it couldn't have been for long because Rachael would have heard them.
So maybe they did cry for a few minutes. Or maybe they didn't. Or maybe Madeleine was talking about a completely different time, or maybe she dreamed it. No-body can say for sure because they never got to the bottom of it.
It has nothing to do with anyone lying.
Mrs Fenn heard a child that she thinks was Madeleine crying for an hour and a quarter one evening prior to Madeleine's 'disappearance'. That is in the police files. Of course it may not have been Madeleine. But equally it might have been. That is a very long time for a young child to be crying. If the crying was coming from the McCann's apartment it either suggests that there was no parent there to comfort the child or it suggests that the parent/s were ignoring the child. Either of these is worrying. Mrs Fenn was concerned enough to speak to a friend about it. It's a real shame she didn't phone Mark Warner reception/investigate herself/call the creche and get a nanny to look in/call the police.
Are we sure she didn't call MW reception or speak to them?
Kate states that Madeleine asked why no-one came when she and her brother cried. I do not find this credible. It is unlikely that such a young child would recall a crying incident from the previous evening and then in such a matter of fact way ask the parents a direct question about it. It simply does not strike me as a credible comment. If Madeleine had been crying and distressed that no-one came (which we would assume would be the case if we are to believe Kate's account) then she would likely be tired and clingy the next day. Why would she nonchalantly make a remark like that if, as Kate implies, she was not bothered about it?
It doesn't sound credible. So in my opinion that was a fabrication. Either to confuse the issue over various crying incidents and/or to plant the idea that a potential abductor had entered the apartment, disturbed the children and then fled.It allows Kate to introduce the idea of a potential abductor 'casing the joint'. It may also cloud the issue over the previous crying incident, as heard by Mrs Fenn, and exactly what caused it and why it started and then stopped.