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Witness Statement
Alexandra Nicole de Sousa
Date: 2007-05-08
Occupation: Waitress
Place of Work: Millenium Restaurant, OC
She works as a waitress in the Millenium restaurant, OC. She
says that this place is about 500 metres away from the apartment
block where the events occurred.
She works from 16.00 to 24.00 daily with the exception of
Mondays and Thursdays which are her days off. Her functions are
to attend to clients at their tables and on the balcony.
The clients who frequent the restaurant are mainly foreigners,
especially British people, staying at the resort.
When asked, she says she recalls the parents of the girl who
disappeared as they dined in the restaurant on the day they
arrived in Portugal, on a Saturday, she does not remember the
date. She say that she remembers the twins, Madeleine's
siblings, but not Madeleine. although she recognises that she
must have seen her in the company of her parents.
When asked she says that she did not see anything on the part of
anyone that would indicate the preparation of a criminal act.
She heard about the events on the same day at about 22.30 when
she was at the restaurant bar where she works, relaxing with her
mother and sister. At that moment, a British individual, a
tennis instructor entered the restaurant, and told them what had
happened, and headed towards the interior of the space where the
pool are, looking for the girl.
She says that because she had had some alcoholic drinks, she was
not in a condition to participate in the searches. However, her
sister did take part in the searches, together with her
boyfriend.
On the following day she found out from the news that the girl
was the daughter of the McCann couple who had dined at the
restaurant where she works.
She has nothing to add.
Reads, ratifies, signs.
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