AND HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE LEFT THEIR CHILDREN FOR HOURS ON END IN UNLOCKED ACCOMMODATION, WHILST THEY WINED AND DINED WITH FRIENDS ?
and I'm not angry.
Just making the point you always want to ignore.
Probably most stephen, but after what happened to Madeleine, they aren't going to admit now are they ?
Please do not forget that the tapas group were as close as many peoople are when they are in their back garden. Our back garden was 50 metrees long and it seemede and was OK for us. The Mccanns were extraordinarily unlucky.
Go and visit and LOOK. Assuming the foliage has just been cut back as was the case when then Mccanns were there, you will be able to see nearly all of the patio windows and some of the steps up. The patio area was flooded with light and they had direct visiion.
The Front door needed a key to open it, but almost certainly that was thhe way that the abductor entered because being at a dead end and deeply recessed, no-body passed by and no-body could see it unless that personn deliberately moved over from his route in or out across the car park. It was also in almost complete blackness and there was a high wall to bob down bwhind if by great mischance, anyone should suddenly appear. Also an escape rioute in extreme urgency for the fit over the wall into Rua F G Martins [the road that we see Jane Tanner walking up on video]
A robber/abductors paradise route in and out.
Returning to your question, my bet is that quite a percentage of parents , altho they might not admit it now - used to dine out far farther away than the Mccanns from their children.
And this has gone on historically all over the world. Parents relying on the hotels etc to keep a regular watch.
With the advent of mobile phones, my bet is that it became ever more prevalent.
I think that you are out of touch with the real world, stephen. What the Mccanns did, is minimal in relation to probably millions of other parents who thought the hotel could look after their kids. The tapas group could see their apartments at only 50 metres away, did their own regular checks and were well within eyesight.
Supremely better than most parents who chose to eat out at a distance and relying on others to do the checks. You are far too hard on The Mccanns, stephen