this to me is a prime example of how people can... think... they saw maddie ....
.not that they did ...
they just assumed she was there.
R O statement
Madeleine will have been there. Erm, but if I’m honest, I can’t, you know, hand on heart, say, when I picked Ella up and took her down to the beach before the Nannies took her up to, erm, for high tea, that I saw Madeleine there. But I got in early enough to get Ella out before the end of, well, you know, arrived just before they actually left to go up, so by rights she should have been there”.
1578 “Okay”.
Reply “And I think, I, I can’t remember what I said in my original statement on that one, to be fair. Erm, but, erm, my gut feeling is that she was there when I picked Ella up. But, as I say, you know, hand on heart, that’s not, that’s not a”.
1578 “Yeah, you do say you can’t say if you saw Madeleine”.
Reply “No, I think now it’s, I can’t honestly say that Madeleine was there when I picked Ella up at five
That sounds to me like someone who is being deliberately vague. He is also vague about time. The sheet was signed at 4.30pm by Cat nanny, not 5.00pm.
Another person who was extremely vague is Emma Wilding. She was in charge of the 'Sharks', the other Mini group so she worked closely with Cat Baker.
She is not sure whether during the morning (3rd) Madeleine's group had outdoor activities, mainly at the pool; ...she states that on Wednesday May 2, her group and Madeleine's group went to the beach, but she is not sure if Madeleine was in the group or not,.....She remembers that during the afternoon of May 3 Madeleine was at the Mini Club, but she does not remember at what time she arrived, and if on that day Madeleine accompanied the other children at 1645 as was customary.......She is also not sure whether her parents joined her during the snack, as was customary.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/EMMA_WILDING.htmI don't know how many were in Emma's care on the morning of 3rd May but I find it strange that she didn't notice Cat organising six children to go sailing and didn't notice so many children disappearing for an hour or more.
In the afternoon Cat had only Madeleine and two boys to take to high tea. I assume both nanny's went up together, but again she didn't notice this one girl with Cat.
The Lobsters didn't go to the beach on 2nd May according to the activities sheet. They were supposed to go sailing but instead they had 'grass time'.
Lyndsay Johnston mentions the sailing;
Madeleine McCann participated in a boat trip, organised by the company's crêche. Several children participated in this outing to the sea,
accompanied by the employees mentioned above and an expert in water activities, whose name she is not aware of.
The employees mentioned are;
Amy T. who, in her turn, coordinates a group of leaders composed of Catriona B. and Emma W.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/LYNSAY-JAYNE.htmSo according to LJ Emma and Amy should have been there when the sailing took place.
According to Cat's 'beach outing' statement she and Alice S took the children to the beach. She stayed on the beach with the children and Chris U took three at a time out in a red amphibious boat to Alice S who sailed with them in a yellow catamaran. She also says they went to the beach on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, but the activities sheet says no beach on Wednesday. In her rog statement she gives the impression that she went on the boats with Madeleine, which suggests that three children were left on the beach alone.
