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TAPAS BAR COOK
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261 to 263 Witness statement of Maria Manuela Antonia
Jose 2007.05.06
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02-Processos
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Witness
Statement
Maria
Manuela
Antonia Jose
Date: 06 -
05 - 2007
Place of
Work: OC
She has
worked at
the OC,
since 25
March 2006,
in Luz, as a
cook in one
of the
restaurants
within the
complex,
called the
Tapas
Restaurant.
With
relation to
the facts
being
investigated,
she confirms
that on the
4 May 2007,
at about
18h30, when
arriving for
work at the
complex, she
heard from
her
supervisor,
Steve, that
a female
child who
was staying
with her
parents and
siblings at
one of the
OC
apartments
had gone
missing on
the previous
day (3rd May
2007).
When she was
informed
about the
disappearance
she did not
realise
which child
this was, it
was only
later, upon
watching the
television
news that
night and
after seeing
pictures of
the missing
child on
television,
that she
realised who
the girl
was,
referring to
her as
Madeleine
(the name
used by the
journalists)
remembering
only at that
moment that
she had seen
her during
the meals
provided to
the children
at the
crèche, and
which take
place at the
restaurant
where she
works and
during
arrivals at
the crêche
where
Madeleine
spent the
day, located
immediately
next to the
restaurant.
Upon
questioning,
the witness
confirms
that on the
day of the
disappearance,
she worked
at the
restaurant
from 10h00
to 18h45,
when, having
finished her
shift, she
went home,
where she
remained
with her 13
year old son
until
approximately
10h00 the
following
day (4th
May).
On 4th May
2007, due to
the fact
that she had
a medical
appointment
at the Lagos
Health
Centre
followed by
an
appointment
at the
Portimao
Court at
15h00, she
only began
work at
18h30
(dinner
service,
which lasts
until
24h00).
With
relation to
the facts
being
investigated,
she only
knows what
she heard
from the
media or
from
conversations
with her
colleagues.
Upon
questioning,
she states
that the
last time
she saw
Madeleine
was at
approximately
16.30 on 3rd
May 2007
when she was
having
dinner with
the other
children in
their part
of the
restaurant,
as she did
each day of
that week.
She
information
that it of
use to the
investigation,
and has
nothing more
to add, but
repeats that
the girl was
with her
parents on
holiday at
the resort,
together
with her two
twin
siblings.
She has no
knowledge of
any
suspicious
situation.
Reads,
ratifies and
signs.
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