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English ask for ‘Maddie’ case bank
accounts
CM surprised English inspectors at the
airport.
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The Scotland Yard officers
that investigate the
disappearance of Madeleine
McCann returned to London
yesterday afternoon |
English ask for bank accounts
The English police wants the Portuguese
authorities to question former Ocean
Club employees and to analyse deposits
after the disappearance
The English police wants the Portuguese
authorities to question and to search
the houses of three former employees of
the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz, where
Madeleine McCann disappeared from, in
2007. The British have also asked for
access to the three suspected men’s bank
accounts, to find out if there were high
deposits after the English child’s
disappearance.
These are some of the diligences that
are requested in the second rogatory
letter that was sent to Portugal and
that were discussed during a meeting,
the day before yesterday, between four
Scotland Yard officers and a PJ team, in
Faro.
The questioning of the three former
employees is deemed relevant, by the
British, because they made several phone
calls on the night of the disappearance.
Among the British police officers was
chief inspector Andy Redwood, who
coordinates the investigation that was
opened in England. Leading the
Portuguese team was Luís Mota Carmo, the
head of the PJ in Faro.
The PJ’s national director, Almeida
Rodrigues, confirmed that a meeting took
place within the “fulfilment of the
rogatory letter that was sent by the
British authorities”. Concerning the
subjects under discussion the PJ “makes
no comment”.
The four members of the English police
team, as the images that were captured
by CM [Correio da Manhã] prove, returned
to England yesterday afternoon, on a
flight from Faro Airport.
To CM, a former Ocean Club employee
revealed that the PJ “questioned all of
the workers two days after the
disappearance”. On the other hand, she
believes that “it makes no sense that
someone is a suspect just because he
made many phone calls that night”.
Details
The Ocean Club had approximately 130
Portuguese and about 30 English workers.
The latter are not in Portugal anymore.
Out of the 130 Ocean Club employees,
presently only about ten remain. The
others were dismissed.
Some of the dismissed workers, CM was
able to establish, received high
compensations. |
