Slarti's Simple Solution.

[pathfinder73]

There is no doubt in my mind either that if the abductor was seen ... he was the man seen by Jane Tanner.

He was seen at the relevant time in the relevant place from where a child was abducted. 

If a plasma screen had been stolen and a man had been seen carrying one just outside the place it had been stolen from ... what deduction would the police be expected to make if a witness told them about seeing him?
At the least he would have to be traced and interviewed to eliminate him as the thief.

Isn't it strange how McCann supporters agree with them about who took Madeleine. It's like you've all been programmed to agree with your masters.

[Alfred R Jones]

Isn't it strange how McCann supporters agree with them about who took Madeleine. It's like you've all been programmed to agree with your masters.

How insulting.  What is it I'm supposed to be agreeing with?

[pegasus]

On 4th May you can understand how GM statement was taken, by looking at how KM statement was taken:

Present in the room are KM, Joao Carlos of PJ, a young female interpreter, and GM.
The interview lasts 4 hours consisting of many exchanges like this-

JC asks question in portuguese
Interpreter repeats question in english
KM answers in english
Interpreter repeats answer in portuguese
JC types summary of answer on typewriter

No complete transcript, no audio recording.

Source: first hand account in book p91

[jassi]

On 4th May you can understand how GM statement was taken, by looking at how KM statement was taken:

Present in the room are KM, Joao Carlos of PJ, a young female interpreter, and GM.
The interview lasts 4 hours consisting of many exchanges like this-

JC asks question in portuguese
Interpreter repeats question in english
KM answers in english
Interpreter repeats answer in portuguese
JC types summary of answer on typewriter

No complete transcript, no audio recording.

Source: first hand account in book p91

Which book ?

[pathfinder73]

How insulting.  What is it I'm supposed to be agreeing with?

I don't know what you agree with but SY don't agree with Tannerman taking Madeleine. How LP missed his questionnaire when he revealed he carried his child passed there that night in 2007 is a serious question that needs addressing. SY on discovering it would have contacted him. And then we have posters asking, why did he only come forward 6 years later which doesn't make sense at all.

[Carana]

It is obvious that in the heavily summarised transcription of that 4th May interview, the translation and transcription processes have confused an earlier event, when he entered via the wooden door using a key, with the 21:05 check, when he entered via the balcony door.

I find that to be a possibility as well.

[pegasus]

I find that to be a possibility as well.

Also IMO it is ridiculous to imagine that an intelligent person would make such a huge and pointless reversal of statement.

[Mr Gray]

On 4th May you can understand how GM statement was taken, by looking at how KM statement was taken:

Present in the room are KM, Joao Carlos of PJ, a young female interpreter, and GM.
The interview lasts 4 hours consisting of many exchanges like this-

JC asks question in portuguese
Interpreter repeats question in english
KM answers in english
Interpreter repeats answer in portuguese
JC types summary of answer on typewriter

No complete transcript, no audio recording.

Source: first hand account in book p91

what a recipe for confusion

[pegasus]

From book p91 you can see to get from each question to its answer are 4 possible errors.
1. Interpreter slightly misunderstands PJ officer.
2. GM slightly misunderstands interpreter.
3. Interpreter slightly misunderstands GM.
4. PJ officer slightly misunderstands interpreter.
What was native tongue of interpreter, GM 4 May?

[pegasus]

what a recipe for confusion

As stated by KM (p91) no audio recordings made of the 4th May interviews

[Carana]

Who contributed to Hall's "research?

Perhaps Blonk could pop in to explain this further?

[G-Unit]

Why the fuss I wonder? Literal translation mentioning key. door and locked;

entered in the respective room key being the locked door

[Carana]

Why the fuss I wonder? Literal translation mentioning key. door and locked;

entered in the respective room key being the locked door

Indeed. The original PT version states:


".... entrou no cuarto, munido da chave respectiva...."

Line 74
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/P1/01_VOLUME_Ia_Page_37.jpg


If that's an accurate statement, which "room" did he enter with a key?


ETA: Could the officer / interpreter in the morning of 4 May have assumed that they were living in a hotel room?

That might explain the confusion, if so.

[pegasus]

Saying his entry was by wooden door with a key would have been completely stupid, and pointless, because in same statement it says MO enters through unlocked balcony door.

[Carana]

Saying his entry was by wooden door with a key would have been completely stupid, and pointless, because in same statement it says MO enters through unlocked balcony door.

It makes no sense to anyone beyond the cherry-pickers for reasons best known to themselves.