Locals Spot Robert Murat By Madeleine McCann’s Flat
MADELEINE McCann is in the news.
“New witnesses say they saw suspect near Madeleine flat,” says the Express on its front page.
“We saw top suspect near Madeleine kidnap flat,” says a headline deeper inside the paper. The Express says these witness statements cast doubts on Robert Murat’s alibi.
A police source tells us: “On Monday and Tuesday a number of witnesses were questioned at police headquarters. They claim they saw a man matching Murat’s description outside the Ocean Club on the night Madeleine disappeared.”
The source says the statements appear to contradict Murat’s alibi that he was home all night on the evening of Madeleine’s disappearance. “As a result of this evidence we will question Mr Murat again later this week.”
Robert Murat was questioned by police for more than 30 hours last week, says the Express. The paper tells its reader that the investigation has reached a “critical stage”.
“MADDY ALIBI QUIZ FOR MURAT,” say the Mirror. The paper says “Portuguese locals” told police they saw a man resembling Murat outside the McCanns’ flat “on the night she was snatched”.
The Mirror has established that’s Madeleine McCann was snatched. It tells us: “The sightings back up identical claims made by friends of Gerry and Kate McCann last week.”
Good that progress has been made in this case. And by the tabloid press. But Madeleine McCann is missing. Still missing…
July 18th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I just cannot believe those witnesses waited two whole months to admit they saw Murat that night!! It’s beyond my comprehension. After so much discussion about him being the main suspect. Couldnt the police talk to them earlier?Couldn’t they themselves go to the police and say what they know???!! Where do those ppl live?? Don’t they read newspapers? Don’t they listen to the radio??
July 18th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Pete,
when Maddie was taken it was the end of the holidays, maybe the people who say they saw Murat are back in the algarve now for the hols again, they realise that their evidence is vital now, just a thought,
or
maybe they have been paid enough now
or
who knows why ?? like a lot of the other posts on various forums, the whole scenario is a bit disjointed, I just wish the PJ would hurry up and reveal what is so critical at this point, and get this child home where she belongs,
I pray it is not too late
July 18th, 2007 at 11:43 am
The new ‘witnesses ‘ are meant to be locals? and wasn’t it the Daily Express which said the PJ have critical revelations this week?
The whole thing is as clear as mud, but I do wonder exactly where and on whom the PJ have got their focus.