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Marina Paula
Raposo
Baptista
Castela
Date/Time:
2007/05/07
11H10
General
Governess
Portuguese
Concerning
the issue of
the process
said:
. That she
comes to the
process as a
witness;
. That she
has been an
employee of
'The Ocean
Club' for
about 20
years, being
actually
responsible
for the
'Department
of Hygiene
and Comfort'
of all the
apartments
in the
tourist
complex. She
is
responsible
for the
apartments
with the
exterior
areas, pools
and communal
areas
(gardens and
others)
being the
responsibility
of other
departments;
. In this
form, and
for a better
understanding
of the
organisation
of the
tourist
complex,
whose
structure
has already
been
explained;
. The
deponent
further
clarifies
that
practically
all the
apartments
of the
tourist
complex and
privately
owned, and
the Ocean
Club just
manages
them. For
this reason,
the complex
works with
various
travel
agencies
which
contact them
to rent
apartments
with certain
features/options
made b the
clients;
. Concerning
the McCann
family, she
remembers
that after
reading the
booking list
for
check-ins
for the
27th, this
family had
contracted
with the
Mark Warner
travel
agency. This
agency
informed
that tourist
complex that
for that
family they
needed a
type T2
apartment,
as they were
a family of
5, not
specifying
the number
of children
nor their
ages;
. She
further adds
that the
respective
travel
agency
contacted
and
activated
the 'CHILD
CARE'
service.
This service
is composed
of employees
of British
nationality,
who are
installed
for their
length of
service in
the tourist
complex. On
the eve of
check-in,
this service
is directed
by the
administration
of the Ocean
Club with
and end to
collecting
the key to
the
respective
apartment.
Given that
this service
is related
to the
travel
agency, it
is they who
give the
keys to the
guests, and
not the
'Ocean
Club.' This
service is
who was
responsible
for the
placement of
children's
beds in the
rooms. The
deponent
further
states that
her
responsibility
is the
hygiene of
the
apartments,
not touching
the
children's
beds, as it
is the CHILD
CARE service
which
effects the
changing of
bed linens
of these
same beds;
. On these
terms, aided
by the list
which she
was given as
to the
program of
cleaning
mentioned
previously,
she
remembers
that the
McCann
family,
arrived to
the
apartment on
the 28th of
April with
their
check-out
date booked
for May 05;
. During the
stay, as
with any
other
client, the
cleaning is
carried out
on Mondays,
Wednesdays
and Fridays.
The
collection
of rubbish
is carried
out on
Tuesdays and
Thursdays
with
Saturdays
being the
day were a
deeper
cleaning is
carried out.
Referring to
block 5
where the
McCann
family
lodged, the
person
responsible
for cleaning
there is
employee
Mara Julia
Serafim Da
Silva; also
being an aid
to the
preparation
of the
apartment
before
check-in for
new guests.
Before the
McCann
check-in,
Maria Julia
had aided
Dina Maria
Does Reis
Rocha as she
was more
available;
. Before the
preparation
of the
apartment,
she was
totally
unaware that
children
were booked
for that
apartment.
Only by
coincidence,
precisely at
the moment
in which the
employees
were
preparing
said
apartment,
the CHILD
CARE
elements
proceeded to
place the
children's
beds (cots).
It was only
at this
moment when
her
department
took notice
that
children
would be
staying
there;
. With the
aim of
explaining
her routine,
she states
that
employees
arrived at
10H00 and
the deponent
takes from a
safe in the
laundry
room, the
keys to the
apartments
where they
are
scheduled to
clean that
day, and
hands them
to the
respective
employees.
At the end
of the
work-day,
shortly
after 18H00,
they reunite
in the
laundry-room
in order to
hand over
their
respective
keys;
. There is a
preference
to clean
those
apartments
with
children
guests in
the morning,
with the
rest being
reserved for
the
afternoon;
. She refers
that along
with her and
the clients,
the Ocean
Club
reception
and the
maintenance
department
have the
apartment
keys, with
the function
of the
department
to fix
various
things that
the
apartment
may need;
. States
that the
entire
department
finishes
work at
18H00, but
at that time
of the facts
were not to
be found in
the
immediate
areas. She
further adds
that during
the previous
days, she
did not
notice
anything
relevant
which called
her
attention,
nor any one
strange. She
also states
that the
proper
characteristics
of the
Tourist
Complex make
her
constantly
come across
various
people, who
are related
to, or not
related to,
the complex,
without any
control of
access;
. In ending,
questioned,
she refers
to her
department,
which is
made up of
28 employees
whose names
are listed
in this act
which the
deponent has
handed over,
duly
initialled.
Of these, 19
are actual
staff, with
the rest
being
contracted
employees
(proceeded
by the
numbers 88,
86, 87, 89,
71, 92, 100,
60 and 90)
only for the
periods of
major influx
(the
duration of
contract
could vary
between 7
and 8
months)
despite
which they
have
maintained a
professional
relationship
for many
years, with
the
exception of
employees
proceeded
with the
numbers 88,
89 and 60
who have
gained a
contract for
the first
time, this
year with
the complex;
. And
nothing
further was
said. She
has read the
statement,
finds it in
conformity
and signs
it;
. The
document is
duly signed
by me, Tony
Almeida, an
Inspector
with this
Policia
Judiciaria.
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Witness Statement
Marina Paulo Raposo Batista Castela
Date: 2007 , 05 , 16
Place of Work: Ocean Club
Occupation: General Manager
She comes to the process as a
witness. She heard about the
disappearance on 4th May when she
arrived at work at about 09.30.
She saw the suspect, Robert Murat,
for the first time on that day at
about 12.30 when the witness went to
meet GNR officers whom she cannot
identify, to open the doors for them
and speak to guests staying in
apartments in block 6. The objective
was for the police to talk to these
guests and show them the photo of
the girl and establish whether they
had any information that could lead
to discovering her whereabouts.
When she was beginning this task
together with GNR officers, this
individual appeared, she does not
know from where, he immediately saw
what operations were going on,
speaking ostensibly to the guests
from the first two apartments,
explaining to them what they were
doing there, showing much will and
anxiety in the transmission of this
information.
Given his behaviour, for a few
minutes the witness thought that he
belonged to one of the security
forces, namely the PJ.
The GNR officer who was with them
did not speak and English nor say
anything.
After the second apartment, the
witness says that Robert's attitude
was not the most correct, as he
spoke to the guests in a very dry
and affirmative way and she took the
initiative to introduce herself to
the clients, not letting him speak.
She thanks that is the reason why he
immediately disappeared and did not
accompany them to the rest of the
apartments.
During the time he was with them
that afternoon, several times he
said how sorry he was about
Madeleine's disappearance, that he
had a daughter of the same age and
that we had to do everything
possible to find the girl.
She had not seen this individual
before this incident and knows
nothing about him or his lifestyle.
She only saw him again on the
morning of 7th May when she came to
make statements to the PJ officers
in apartment 6 of block 6. She was
in the building between 11.00 and
13.30 and remembers that the
individual entered and left the
building at free will. They said
hello to each other and did not
speak any further that day.
On the following day 8th May, when
she took some cleaning staff to the
PJ station for questioning, Robert
went to her and greeted her with two
kisses. He asked her name. She did
not see him again that day and
thinks he was with the PJ officers.
She saw him again the following day
9th May at about 10.30 at the PJ
station. At that moment he
approached her and said the witness
was known by a friend of his,
Michaela. The witness confirmed this
fact.
After this day she saw him no
further. Apart from the contacts she
had with him she had seen him on
other occasions from a distance, in
the company of journalists.
When questioned, she said that she
knows Michaela (she has a German
surname which the witness cannot
pronounce) who lives behind the Del
Rei restaurant in Lagos for the past
10 years.
They got to know each other through
both being Jehovah's witnesses and
frequenting the same church,
opposite the financial building in
Lagos.
That she would attend the meetings
with her boyfriend at that time,
called Luis Antonio. Afterwards they
got married and went to live in the
apartment where they still both
reside. She does not know whether
they are still married today.
She knows that about 3 years ago,
Michaela left home and went to live
with another man near Faro, the
witness does not know whom this
individual was. She does know that
Michaela was away for a little
while, returning home.
Since that time (about 3 years ago)
she has not had any further contact
with Michaela because she was
disassociated from the Jehovah's
witnesses of her own will and due to
the reasons mentioned above.
That about 2 or 3 months ago she was
readmitted to the JW . last Sunday,
on 13th May they were together at a
meeting where she was with her
daughter. They greeted each other
and the witness told her that she
had met her partner, Robert. She
confirmed that they had a business
together on the Internet and that he
had come to live in Portugal to
expand his business, having arrived
recently.
The witness says that he went to
help the police in P da L with the
investigation into the disappearance
of Madeleine McCann. She (MW) said
that this was typical of him, to
want to help. She added that he had
even delayed medical tests in the UK
in order to be in Portugal and
accompany the investigation.
Michaela appeared a bit displeased,
due to the fact that their Internet
business had experienced delays.
She does not know whether Michaela
had a relationship with Robert as he
was never referred to on this level
and she never saw them together.
When asked about Michaela,s
personality, the witness said she
was a very cold person namely in the
interpersonal relationships with her
mother in law, daughter and with
friends. At the time she was married
to Luis Antonio (whom she still
lives with) she did not work and
liked to take care of her
appearance. Given the coldness of
her personality, they never had a
close relationship.
The she speaks, Portuguese, German
and English well. She says she had
good computer skills. She has not
seen her in the OC area for almost 7
years, which is when she came to
live with Luis Antonio, who cleaned
the resort pool.
Recently Michaela has been working
in real estate companies. At this
moment, as far as the witness knows,
she has a home selling business with
Robert on Internet and that they are
in the process of expansion, to
include other services.
She recognises Robert as the man
presented as a suspect in the
abduction of Madeleine on the
television during the last days and
as resident of Casa Liliana situated
close to where the events occurred.
According to what Michaela told her,
he spends a lot of time in England.
Due to the witness's profession she
passed by the house every day (the
OC has various lost nearby, called
Palm Bay) and she has never seen
that man there, which makes her
think that he spent a lot of time
abroad or in another place.
As far as she knows, Michaela was
also in the UK with her daughter
during the carnival holiday in 2007.
No more is said. Reads, ratifies,
signs.
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