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Tapas 9
Photo images & Pictures
Maps &Views
of apartment from Tapas Bar
At the Ocean Club all four families had apartments in
Waterside Gardens Block 5. Gerry’s and Kate’s ground floor
apartment, 5a, was on a street corner. The group occupied
two of the neighbouring apartments, 5b and 5d, and another
on the floor above.
The group first spent time together at Dave and Fiona’s
wedding in Italy in 2003. Now they had eight children
between them. Madeleine was the oldest, her fourth birthday
a week after they would return from the Algarve.
Relatives spoke out after Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry
and their friends were accused of maintaining a pact of
silence over the events of the night the girl was snatched.
One report claimed police were concerned over
inconsistencies in their statements and were treating the
nine as suspects.
McCann's
---- on the night Madeleine disappeared are nearly all
doctors or other professionals and all have vigorously
protested the couple's innocence.
Kate Marie (Healy)
McCann : 39 [Year 2007]
[apartment 5A ground floor] Mother of Madeleine Beth McCann DOB:5 March 1968 Place of birth: Allerton, Liverpool, England. Education: Notre Dame Catholic High School,
Everton Valley, Liverpool -11-18 years.
Studied:
medicine at the University of Dundee, in Scotland. She
initially specialised in gynaecology but later changed to
become an anaesthetist.
Met Gerry McCann: at the Western Infirmary in
Glasgow, Scotland. Married: 1998 Employment: P/T GP in Melton It is
reported that she work as a GP because the hours would
more suitable and flexible to arrange around a family.
GERRY AND
KATE McCANN (nee Healy) (Both aged 39) Year 2007
The McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have been unable
to defend themselves against allegations of a “cover-up”.
Gerry combines his private consultancy at Spire Healthcare
(a former BUPA hospital) with his work in the Cardiology
Department, University Hospitals Leicester. Currently, he’s
also accredited for publication purposes as a member of
Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Centre,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gerry McCann
Gerald Patrick McCann: 39 [Year
2007]
[apartment 5A ground floor]
Father of
Madeleine Beth McCann DOB: 5 June 1968 As stated in day33 Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland Education: Holyrood R.C. Secondary
School, Glasgow
Studied medicine at Glasgow University, initially
specialising and lecturing in sports medicine. Met Kate Healy: Western Infirmary in
Glasgow Scotland. Married ------1998 Employment: Cardiologist at
Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England
GERRY AND
KATE McCANN (nee Healy) (Both aged 39) Year 2007
The McCanns, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have been unable
to defend themselves against allegations of a “cover-up”.
Gerry combines his private consultancy at Spire Healthcare
(a former BUPA hospital) with his work in the Cardiology
Department, University Hospitals Leicester. Currently, he’s
also accredited for publication purposes as a member of
Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Centre,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
David Anthony Payne: 41
[apartment 5H - first floor] David Payne is a senior research fellow at Leicester
University. he helped run the Find Madeleine campaign. Last week he
spoke for the first time to say: "We know they didn't do it. One of
our party saw Madeleine being abducted. We were waiting for
something to happen but didn't in our worst nightmare think it would
be this."
DAVID AND FIONA PAYNE (nee Webster) (Aged 41 and 34 respectively)
Year 2007
David Anthony Payne is a senior research fellow in cardiovascular
sciences at Leicester University
[David Payne is NOT a senior research fellow at Leicester
University. That was a temporary post which ended in 2003. He is a
surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, specialising in strokes.],
and a doctor. Dr Fiona Payne and her husband David were among those
who stayed on in the Algarve to support the McCanns for several
weeks after the abduction. It was David Payne who organised the
group’s holidays at Praia de Luz. The reservation was made over the
internet, after a good experience with the Ocean Club’s group in
Greece. This was the second time that David visited Portugal. The
first time was eleven years ago, before he got married. David and
Fiona have been together for seven years and they have two children.
They were the only ones in the group who used the babyphone system
to keep watch over the children during dinner. Fiona Payne, born in
Bedford in 1972, was back in the Algarve on July 11, along with
Rachel Oldfield and Russell O’Brien, in order to give their third
deposition to the PJ. The Paynes live in Stoneygate about a 30
minute drive from the McCanns at Rothley. It has been reported that
the McCanns occasionally visit them on a Sunday. QUOTE] The source said: "David
Payne saw Madeleine at around 6.30pm ]
Dr Fiona Elaine Payne: 34
[apartment 5H - first floor] The mother of two and her husband are the only couple in
the group reported to have used a baby monitor that night. The
Payne's stayed in the Algarve to support the McCann's after
Madeleine's disappearance.
DAVID AND FIONA PAYNE (nee Webster) (Aged 41 and 34 respectively)
Year 2007
David Anthony Payne is a senior research fellow in cardiovascular
sciences at Leicester University
[David Payne is NOT a senior research fellow at Leicester
University. That was a temporary post which ended in 2003. He is a
surgeon at Leicester Royal Infirmary, specialising in strokes.],
and a doctor. Dr Fiona Payne and her husband David were among those
who stayed on in the Algarve to support the McCanns for several
weeks after the abduction. It was David Payne who organised the
group’s holidays at Praia de Luz. The reservation was made over the
internet, after a good experience with the Ocean Club’s group in
Greece. This was the second time that David visited Portugal. The
first time was eleven years ago, before he got married. David and
Fiona have been together for seven years and they have two children.
They were the only ones in the group who used the babyphone system
to keep watch over the children during dinner. Fiona Payne, born in
Bedford in 1972, was back in the Algarve on July 11, along with
Rachel Oldfield and Russell O’Brien, in order to give their third
deposition to the PJ. The Paynes live in Stoneygate about a 30
minute drive from the McCanns at Rothley. It has been reported that
the McCanns occasionally visit them on a Sunday.
QUOTE] The source said: "David
Payne saw Madeleine at around 6.30pm ]
Jane Michelle Tanner:
36
[apartment 5D
- Ground floor]
She provided the most crucial evidence, saying she saw a man carry a
child from the apartment wrapped in a blanket at 9.15pm. She thought
nothing of it until the alarm was raised an hour later. Her
description of the child's pyjamas matched Madeleine's.
[The mother-of-two Ella
O'Brien, aged 3 years and Evie O'Brien, aged one year.
She said the man was
5ft 10in tall and aged about 35. Her description of the child's
clothing matched Madeleine's pyjamas. Miss Tanner has never publicly
discussed what she saw.]
RUSSELL O'BRIEN AND JANE TANNER (Both aged 36) Year 2007
A university friend of David Payne's, Russell James O'Brien is also
a doctor, who worked in Leicester. He and Ms Tanner have two
children, the older one the same age as Madeleine. This daughter,
the newspaper Sol reported yesterday, was vomiting on the night the
toddler disappeared, so Ms Tanner spent much of the evening away
from the dinner table. She is a key witness on the night of the
disappearance. 9:15pm
Jane Tanner told police that at this time she went to check on her
daughter, who was ill, and recalled seeing Mr McCann talking to Mr
Wilkins. As she went into the apartment, she saw a man aged around
35 carrying a little girl wrapped in a blanket. Jane Tanner, a
38-year-old marketing executive, was the first of the "Tapas Nine"
to speak publicly - to the BBC Panorama programme.
Dr Russell James O'Brien: 36
[apartment 5D
- Ground floor] Ms Tanner's partner, he lived near the McCann's in
Leicester before moving to Devon. He left the dining table for 25
minutes to look after his young daughter, who was ill. In August
2007 he had to defend himself against "untrue" reports in Portuguese
newspapers that he was to be named as a suspect.
[Dr
O'Brien, who works in the Peninsula Medical School at the University
of Plymouth's Exeter campus, lived near the McCann's in Leicester
before moving to Devon with Miss Tanner
Mirror Link
]
RUSSELL O'BRIEN AND JANE TANNER (Both aged 36) Year 2007
A university friend of David Payne's, Russell James O'Brien is also
a doctor, who worked in Leicester. He and Ms Tanner have two
children, the older one the same age as Madeleine. This daughter,
the newspaper Sol reported yesterday, was vomiting on the night the
toddler disappeared, so Ms Tanner spent much of the evening away
from the dinner table.
She is a key witness on the night of the
disappearance. 9:15pm
Jane Tanner told police that at this time she went to check on her
daughter, who was ill, and recalled seeing Mr McCann talking to Mr
Wilkins. As she went into the apartment, she saw a man aged around
35 carrying a little girl wrapped in a blanket. Jane Tanner, a
38-year-old marketing executive, was the first of the "Tapas Nine"
to speak publicly - to the BBC Panorama programme.
Dr Matthew David Oldfield: 37
[apartment 5B
- Ground floor] An endocrinologist at Kingston Hospital Surrey, he worked
with Gerry McCann in Leicester before moving to London with his wife
Rachael. He checked on the McCann children at 9.30pm, but did not
look to see if Madeleine was in her bed.
[Together with his wife and Dr Russell
O'Brien, he was one of three witnesses brought by Portuguese police
to a meeting in July 2007 with Robert Murat, then the only named
suspect, to discuss discrepancies over their accounts of what
happened that night. They had said they saw Murat near the apartment
but he insisted he was at home all evening.Mathew
Oldfield is an internist/endocrinologist. I think this is him: ]
MATTHEW AND RACHAEL OLDFIELD (nee Mampilly) (Aged 37 and 36
respectively) Year 2007
Rachael Oldfield is a recruitment consultant and Matthew David
Oldfield is a doctor. They live in London and have a daughter aged
around 21 months and have known the McCanns since Mr Oldfield and Mr
McCann worked together at a Leicester hospital. Rachael Oldfield
qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and worked as a Tax Lawyer for
Richards Butler (a major player in the City and worldwide) for 6
years, then in Australia for 18 months. She is now employed by
EquityFD - a recruitment/headhunting company which specialises in
placing Financial Directors for their clients worldwide.
Matthew Oldfield's
return to PDL April 2009
MATTHEW
OLDFIELD
Maddie World Exclusive:
First pictures and video in flat
Rachael Mariamma Jean Mampilly Oldfield: 36
[apartment 5B
- Ground floor] Recruitment-consultant and mother of a 22-month-old
daughter. She spoke for the first time in Aug 2007 to dismiss
"hurtful and ludicrous'' reports which suggested police had
intercepted phone calls and emails between the McCann's and their
friends which contradicted earlier statements they had given. She
said: "They are throwing mud and we are not able to defend
ourselves."
[
Ex
Corporate Tax Lawyer. Admitted as a solicitor in November 1996. With
Richards Butler for 6 years and Blake Dawson Waldron, Melbourne for
18 months. Spent time in retail and Polo Ralph Lauren and John Lewis
before entering the world of recruitment. Rachael's maiden name is
Mampilly ]
MATTHEW AND RACHAEL OLDFIELD (nee Mampilly) (Aged 37 and 36
respectively) Year 2007
Rachael Oldfield is a recruitment consultant and Matthew David
Oldfield is a doctor. They live in London and have a daughter aged
around 21 months and have known the McCanns since Mr Oldfield and Mr
McCann worked together at a Leicester hospital. Rachael Oldfield
qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and worked as a Tax Lawyer for
Richards Butler (a major player in the City and worldwide) for 6
years, then in Australia for 18 months. She is now employed by
EquityFD - a recruitment/headhunting company which specialises in
placing Financial Directors for their clients worldwide.
Dianne Webster:
[apartment 5H - first floor] Fiona Payne's mother. She told police that on the night of
Madeleine's disappearance each couple was responsible for looking
after their own children. She has given no interviews.
DIANNE WEBSTER (nee Hebenton) (63) Year02007
Dianne Webster, 63, the oldest element of the group. This credit
controller is the mother of Fiona Payne and the grandmother of two
of the children from the group that was spending their holidays in
the Ocean Club.
Dianne told the PJ that she could not be precise
about who left the Tapas restaurant during dinner on the night that
Madeleine disappeared. Fiona’s mother is also the only witness that
said each couple was responsible for their own children, and did not
enter their friends’ apartments. After Kate returned to the
restaurant – visibly upset and yelling “they’ve taken our Madeleine”
– Dianne was the only one who stayed seated at the Tapas’ table,
leaving some 5 minutes later.
At 10.15pm she returned to the
restaurant to get her belongings (purse and keys?). Dianne Webster,
born in 1944 lives in Bedford (60/70 miles from Leicester) together
with a J.C. Webster
NAJOVA CHEKAYA (Aerobics Instructor/Quiz Organiser)
Najova Chekaya is the aerobics teacher running the quiz. She was
invited over to the McCann table by Mr McCann himself when the game
ended at 9.30.
She stayed for half an hour. She later claimed to friends that
nobody left the table. Najova Chekaya lives in Flitwick, Bedford.
She was calling the quiz on the
night of
3rd May 2007.
She joined the Tapas group at their table
at Gerry McCann's
request.
I think it was around 9.30pm, although
I cannot confirm this.
It is thought that she stayed at
the table for about 30 minute
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