SC: Humm... this garage belonged to a Portuguese man, the man from the laundry.
DCF: Yes.
SC: And when we entered the garage I asked who lived there, he replied that his son lived there and then there were distractions and because I was concentrated on the fifty year old English man, this man is Portuguese, it was only afterwards when I thought later about what we were searching for, it didn't occur to me and I think it is because of this that i mentioned it in my statement two weeks later, because I remember that there had been some distortions.
DCF: Fine, now (inaudible) describe the Portuguese man, the laundry man to me, yes'
SC: Yes.
I am certain that I read about this at the beginning, which (inaudible)' I think that afterwards, and afterwards coincides with the fact that he was the man from the laundry and of the van parked there, because as i have already explained, we were here in a small street here above which linked to the main road and to everything beside here on top, the rest was all pathways and I remember that on two or three occasions I thought...this is a dead end road, the van was parked there, I never saw anyone and more than once assumed that it would be cleaning staff and only this thought coincided with the presence of the man from the laundry, and if there were any reply to be made in relation to the link between the van parked there and the laundry man.
DCF: Of what age did the laundry man appear to be'
SC: Humm, I do not remember clearly what I said, but obviously at times Europeans appear older than they are, because of
DCF...(inaudible) the sun.
SC: Yes with the sun, that was what I said in the statement (inaudible).
DCF: I am going to try to locate the first pages where it was mentioned, but there is no description.
SC: Forty five to fifty years old, I think.
DCF: I'm just trying to think what age the man would be, it is difficult to say for the man that I saw, but he would have been of an age that implied that he could have a small child living in the garage or it could be expected that the had a grown up child.
SC: Oh, I think he would have been about, you know.... eighteen years, twenty or twenty two years old to live in the back of a garage because it had large cupboards and other things, but to live in a garage would mean that he had to be eighteen or more, because of a question of safety and because it was not the best way to live.
DCF: No. Then as you say
the children's toys seemed to you to be out of context'
SC: Yes, yes.
DCF: Yes.
SC: Yes, mainly because I would think of someone aged eighteen or slightly more.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEPHEN-CARPENTER.htmWitness Statement
Date: 2007/05/08
Mario Fernando Madeira Marreiros
Occupation: Laundry workerPlace of Work: OC
He has worked at the OC since the 5th March 2007 as a laundry worker as well as the driver of the laundry vehicles of the resort, delivering and collecting laundry (towels and sheets) from the apartments that make up the resort.
With relation to the events being investigated he states that on 4th May 2007, upon arriving at work at about 10.00 he saw that next to an apartment block there were various cars and police as well as members of the press, which he found strange.
Later, when he arrived at his place of work he was informed by colleagues that this "apparatus" was due to the disappearance of a little girl who had been staying at the resort.
He was informed that the girl was three years old, of British nationality and he observed that posters with her photograph and details were already up, with indications to follow in the case of information about her disappearance.
When questioned he said that he did not know the girl or her family, only having heard about them after the event.
When questioned about the day of the disappearance (03 May 2007) of the girl whose name he does not remember, he says he carried out his normal routine, arriving at his place of work at about 10.00, with a lunch break from 13.00 to 14.30, returning to work until 18.00.
After work he returned home where he stayed with his wife until 21.30 when he went alone by car to Barao de Sao Joao, where his step son works.After having picked up his step son he returned home where he stayed until the following day when he left for work.
He only knew about the events from the press and from his colleagues.
He knows nothing more apart from that the girl was on holiday with her family and twin siblings as he was informed later.
He does not know of anything suspicious that could be related to the events.
Reads, ratifies, signs
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARIO_MARREIROS.htmA Portuguese laundry worker who was working at the resort from where Madeleine McCann disappeared has this week spoken about a “weird” stranger lurking in a dark stairwell a day earlier.
Mário Fernando Madeira Marreiros (47) told the Mirror this week that his testimony was ignored by Portuguese investigators.
He says he made the sighting the night before Madeleine’s disappearance as he went to collect dirty laundry.
“I saw the weird guy and we nearly bumped into each other. He was embarrassed. He looked nervous.”
Mário Fernando continues that the man had “a really fat face” and that he wore “
two-tone sunglasses”.
“
There was no reason for him to be there and no reason to wear the glasses as it was dark under the stairs”, he told the Mirror.
“My theory is that guy must have been involved, either in the kidnapping or studying what to do – their movements.”
The divorcee has urged British detectives to contact him.
In his initial testimony given five days after her disappearance, and which is available at http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARIO_MARREIROS.htm he told investigators that he did not know “of anything suspicious that could be related to the events.” http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/73may13/Portugal_29_05_2013.htm
With regard to where I was at 18.00, whom I was with and the fact that I was seen by a witness at this time next to stairs and lift of block 5 of the Ocean Club:
I am not certain where I was at 18.00. It is possible that I was already in my apartment or returning from the bar. In order to arrive at my apartment I would walk along the side of the pool, crossing the stairs of block 4. If I were with someone, this person would be Raj, but as I have already said I do not remember whether I returned with him or before him. I do not remember having seen a lift in any of the apartment blocks. I was not in block 5, but had to pass by it in order to arrive at my apartment. It is possible that I was on the other side of the street opposite block five.
With relation to one of the Ocean Club employees having passed close by:
I do not remember having seen Ocean Club staff collecting dirty laundry at this hour.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/NEIL_BERRY.htmFrom the Letter of Request:
VIII - Interview to NEIL BERRY, 42, MeXXXXXXXX ROXX, Surrey, SMX 7XX. He should be subject to a buccal swab and hair sample collection and asked the following questions :
At about 6.00 p.m., in particular, where were you ? Who were you with ?
* Considering the fact that you were seen by a witness, clarify what you were doing at that time next to the stairs leading to the upper floor , which are located next to the lift of Block 5 at the Ocean Club, i.e. not far from the apartment from where Madeleine McCann went missing ?
* On that occasion, did you actually pass by an Ocean Club employee that went there to pick up laundry ?
* If yes, what was the reaction like and why ?
