I think it's perfectly clear. The key was mentioned twice on 4th; there was no key for the patio doors. The PJ questioned him on 10th about changing which door he had used and he accepted that he had changed it;
In this way, at about 21.05 the witness came to the Club, entered the room using his respective key, the door being locked,
At about 22.00 it was his wife Kate who went to check on the children. She entered the apartment by the door using the key
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GERRY-MCCANN.htm
Despite what he said in his previous statements, he states now and with certainty, that he left with KATE by the rear door which he consequently closed but did not lock given that that is only possible from the inside. Referring to the front door, while he is certain that it was closed it is unlikely that it was locked as [because] they had left by the rear door.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GERRY-MCCANN-10MAY.htm
Pure speculation on my part G but IMO as two doors were being discussed - the interviewing officer - purely for his own benefit -and for reasons of clarification - may have distinguished between the doors by making reference to a key himself - whenever he thought it was the wooden front door (that had a key) that was being mentioned.
Unless someone can come up with a believable reason why Gerry would say he went in by the roadside door - when that is soooooo inexplicable - then IMO it can only be confusion over which door was which that caused the statement to be incorrect.
We know from the UK officer interviewing JT that there was previous confusion over the doors.
IMO she may have been referring to the confusion which arose when Gerry gave his first statement.
The likelihood of misunderstandings occurring during that first interview was massive IMO and understandably so IMO. It was the first time for everyone involved, there was the language barrier, no familiarity with the scene - and Gerry's obvious distress,trauma and lack of sleep at that time which must have affected him.
As I said before he may well have said he went in by the front door (meaning the patio door) - and so it would not be wrong to state that that was what he originally said.
If we could have seen a verbatim statement then I'm sure we would have been able to identify the moment when the misunderstanding first occurred - but which then carried on throughout the statement. I presume that when Gerry was able to read his first statement in English - he then noticed the error.
AIMO
