Madeleine – faked crèche records
What does it take to bypass High Tea at the Tapas area on 3 May 2007, assuming High Tea took place that day, but Madeleine did not attend?
Quite a bit, actually.
The crèche record for the afternoon of 3 May shows just 4 children in Cat Baker's group, which a missing Madeleine would have cut to just 3.
Two children were signed in at 14.30, one being Ella O'Brien. Madeleine was signed in by Kate at 14.50, bringing Cat's group to 3. Then a 4th child was signed in at 15.30, bringing the total to 4.
That 4th child entry is one of the more suspicious ones in the crèche register, leaving open the possibility that it is false That in turn would open up another possibility that Kate's entry was simply tacked on, with Madeleine nowhere to be seen.
Ella O'Brien was the first to be signed out, at 16.30, for her trip to the beach and the Paraíso restaurant. That took Cat's group down to 3 if Madeleine was in the crèche, 2 if Madeleine was not, and just 1 if the final entry was also faked. The difference between these options is quite noticeable.
The checkout timing of the 3 children left after Ella departed suggests they were all at High Tea, together with Cat. What are the alternatives?
Alternative 1. Madeleine was picked up by Kate at 17.30, by Kate, but did not attend High Tea. This is barely interesting. For some reason, Cat is lying and Kate is lying, but the key thing is Madeleine was alive at 5.30pm on 3 May.
Alternative 2. The McCanns were sneaking in and out of the Mini Club, risking entering false records, without putting Madeleine in the crèche. Cat simply never noticed. And when Kate says Madeleine was signed in at the same time as Ella, Russell or Jane did not notice.
Alternative 3. Cat Baker is in on it, either forging entries or accepting false entries that Madeleine attended the crèche when she did not. Mr Hall does not explain why Cat Baker might be in on it, other than she visited Rothley after the incident, and might have a tenuous Facebook connection. Personally, I would need a lot more than this if risking falling foul of Portuguese law by being involved in some sort of cover up for death and disposal of a body.
As Alice P. pointed out, the wheels on Mr Hall´s bus come off if Madeleine was alive, with a bonus if she was at High Tea that day.
IMO, the High Tea occurred, and Madeleine attended. Anyone who wishes to assert otherwise is going to have to do better homework than Mr Hall.
There is no point in winding the clock back before 17.30 on 3 May 2007. No need to consider the Last Photo or the Tennis Balls photo.
As to whether Madeleine's High Tea went the way described by Kate, who knows. The High Tea took place. Madeleine attended.
Mr Hall's video is based on mistake after mistake.
