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Witness Statement
Jose Maria Batista Roque
Date/Time: 2007/05/07 18H45
G.N.R. Military Personnel
Concerning the issue of the process said;
. In the sequence of facts, he was with the patrol of the GNR
that went to the Ocean Club Gardens establishment (situated in
Para da Luz) on night of May 03, 2007, with the goal of
investigating the circumstances that surrounded the
disappearance of a minor, of British nationality, that was
installed there temporarily, together with the rest of her more
direct family - knowing these to be, the respective parents, and
two siblings, twins, minors, whose name do not need to be
clarified;
. Clarifies that the occurrence in question was transmitted to
the above referenced patrol via radio, at time when they were
located in Odiaxere;
. The patrol of which he took part, and now as a witness, went
immediately to the principal reception of the aforementioned
establishment, where there was encountered the father of the
missing child;
. Following, this patrol went to the residence where the family
of said minor was staying in the 'Ocean Garden' together with
the father;
. At reaching the location, the two elements that made up the
patrol , the current witness and his colleague, Nelson Costas,
proceeded into the interior of the apartment, with the goal of
investigating the contours which eventually surrounded the
disappearance of that minor;
. In this sentiment, the deponent states that they searched al
the dependencies of the residence and all the pieces of
furniture, in order to confirm the disappearance -- effectively
confirming that that she was not in the interior;
. The questioned made, the deponent states that the access to
interior of the residence was accessed through a principal door-
this is, a wood door which is placed facing north;
. Inside, the deponent encountered the mother and two siblings
of the missing minor;
. The deponent stats that he is unable to specify if that
entrance door was found open or closed when he reached the
apartment during which he was taking in the facts with the
witness is now clarifying;
. In the sequence of confirming the facts of the effective
disappearance of that minor, he states that this has been
communicated prior, for the reason of helping the Policia
Judiciara;
. Urged to reveal other details that may be considered relevant
to the investigation, the deponent reveals that he has no other
knowledge of any elements that may help contribute to that end;
. And nothing more said, having read the statement, finds it in
conformity and signs it;
. The document is duly signed by me
Pedro Varanda, an Inspector with this Policia Judiciaria. |
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Witness Statement
Jose
Maria Batista Roque
Date: 2007-05-16
Occupation: GNR Officer
He comes to the process for a second
time, having made a previous
statement giving details about the
police intervention at the site of
the events.
He has been a GNR officer since
1986, he currently works at the
Lagos GNR post.
On 3rd May he was on duty at the
events, he arrived at the OC at
about 23.00 accompanied by Officer
Costa. They were the first to arrive
on the scene.
They went to the reception of the OC
resort.
At that moment the girl's father
arrived at the reception who
informed them of the situation.
After hearing what had happened he
went to the exact site the girl had
disappeared from accompanied by his
colleague, Nelson Costa, the girl's
father, a woman acting as
interpreter, whose surname was
Ramos, and another individual, a
friend of the girl's father, whose
name he does not remember.
He never spoke directly to the
father or with any other persons of
foreign nationality, the questions
were formulated to the interpreter
who acted an intermediary in the
dialogue.
He remembers that inside the
apartment Madeleine had disappeared
from was the mother and another
foreign woman, whom he assumed to be
a friend of the family.
When asked, he says he never saw
Murat on any of the occasions he was
at the site.
No more is said. Reads, ratifies,
signs.
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Witness Statement
Date: 17-10-2007
Jose
Maria Batista Roque
09.00 HRS
He comes to the process as a
witness. He is an officer with the
Lagos GNR and has worked for the
Guarda for 21 years.
He confirms the integrity of his
previous statements.
As regards the facts on the night of
3rd May, when he was on patrol with
his colleague Costa in Odiaxere, he
received a radio communication from
the central telling him to go to P
da L, specifically to the reception
of OC resort where the father of a
girl who had disappeared was. When
they were on their way to this place
and had reached the zone of Valverde
he received another communication
saying that this was a very young
girl and that her father had called
again. They continued on their way,
now with urgency, heading for the
main reception of the resort.
When they arrived, they saw the
girl's father, a friend whom he
cannot describe, an OC employee and
a translator who was also an OC
employee, named Silvia Batista.
After hearing about the
circumstances of the disappearance
(from the father with the help of
translation) at a determined moment
he thinks it was the father who told
the translator that it was an
abduction, at least this is how it
was translated. He then went to the
apartment, accompanied by his
colleague, the father and friend as
well as the translator. When he
arrived at the apartment he saw the
mother there, who opened the wooden
door, now referred to as the main
door. When he entered, apart from
the mother, there were three
individuals, one female and two
male, whom he cannot identify.
Then, while his colleague remained
in the hall, and the others were in
the living room, the witness went
through the entire apartment. He
opened all the cupboards in the
bedrooms, living room and kitchen
and checked under the beds and
inside the washing machine. He did
not see the fridge.
During the search he did not find
anything strange apart from the
bedclothes on Madeleine's bed, which
were too tidy, it appeared that she
had been picked up from or had left
the bed with great care. There was a
mark on the sheet that appeared to
be made by a child's body.
After the search, he noticed a
situation that seemed unusual to
him, when at a determined moment,
the girl's parents kneeled down on
the floor of their bedroom and
placed their heads on the bed,
crying. He did not notice any
comments or expression from them,
just crying. He says that at the
main reception the father also knelt
down, placing his head on the floor
and crying. He did not hear the
father say anything.
He never heard the parents ask to
see a priest.
After the search he told his
colleague to wait by the door while
he went to the area around the
apartments and the Tapas Restaurant.
Whilst he was doing this he noticed
the presence of many local people
who were searching for the girl.
Meanwhile the post commander arrived
at the scene and he joined him in a
vehicle and travelled around the
whole resort. At about 02.30 after
having been replaced by two
colleagues, he left the scene as the
police had already arrived.
When questioned about the windows in
the bedroom, he only remembers that
the window in the girl's bedroom was
closed with the blind raised up the
space of the width of a hand. He
does not remember the existence of
curtains. The father indicated,
through the translator, alleging
that when the disappearance was
discovered, the windows and blinds
were open.
He says there were two children in
cots placed in Madeleine's room in a
transversal position to the beds.
The children never woke up, were in
a ventral position, they did not
even move during or after the
search.
He found the parents to be nervous
and anxious, he did not see any
tears from either of them although
they produced noises identical to
crying. He did not feel that this
was an abduction, although this was
the line indicated by the father.
As regards the sofa next to the
window, he thinks, but is not sure,
that it was against the wall.
He also refers to a situation when
he was searching outside, near the
pool, that someone from the OC whom
he cannot identify, passed him a
mobile phone, as a British Consulate
employee who spoke in Portuguese,
wanted to talk to the authorities.
Upon speaking to him, he told him
that the investigation and
subsequent actions were under the
responsibility of the PJ.
He has nothing to add.
Reads, ratifies, signs.
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