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The under-fire Portuguese
police are preparing to take
a fresh look at reports of
two earlier break-ins in the
apartment block where
Madeleine McCann and her
family stayed.
Both burglaries - one in the
apartment directly above the
McCann's flat - are
understood to have happened
two weeks before the family
of five arrived at the Mark
Warner Ocean Club in Praia
da Luz.
One was believed to have
been committed by someone
with a key to the burgled
apartment.
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A room at the
Mark Warner
Ocean Club. At
least one of the
burglaries may
have been
committed by
someone who had
a key to the
rooms |
It is also understood that
the description given by two
witnesses of a man spotted
on the night of one of the
burglaries is similar to the
description given by a
friend of the McCanns who
said she saw a man carrying
a child in his arms the
night Madeleine went
missing.
The police are now set to
re-interview a number of
witnesses from the Ocean
Club, a source close to the
Policia Judiciaria said, in
order to "clarify details
that may be relevant to the
new line of inquiry, in the
light of facts we have
found".
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Pamela Fenn says
she 'scared off'
an intruder who
had broken into
her apartment |
Among them will be ex-pat
Pamela Fenn, a widow in her
70s. She claims she "scared
off" an intruder who had
broken into her apartment in
the days before the McCanns
arrived to stay in the
holiday flat directly below
her.
Mrs Fenn has told friends
she heard a noise as she
watched television and found
a man escaping through her
bedroom window. Her niece,
who was staying with her,
also saw the man.
The widow reported the
incident to police but
claims no one contacted her
after Madeleine vanished -
until two weeks ago, when
British detectives called on
her.
Mrs Fenn's niece is
travelling to Portugal from
the UK next week to be
interviewed by the Policia
Judiciaria.
Mrs Fenn said: "I will speak
to the police on Monday."
The alleged break-in is said
to have happened within days
of a second burglary in the
same block.
A Scottish holidaymaker said
that on the first night of
her stay, she and a friend
returned to the flat to find
their belongings and £500
worth of foreign money had
been taken.
But there was no sign of
forced entry at the second
floor apartment and police
called to the scene told the
middle-aged book-keeper that
they believed someone with a
key was the most likely
suspect, sparking concerns
about security at the
complex.
Detectives are understood to
be waiting for the results
of DNA tests on blood
samples before
re-interviewing Kate and
Gerry McCann and their party
of friends.
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Madeleine has
been missing
since May 3 |
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There were two
burglaries at
the Mark Warner
Ocean Club days
before Madeleine
was abducted |
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