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TODDLERS 1/2 17 MAY 07 |
397 to 399 Witness statement of Shinead Maria Vine
2007.05.07
400 Copy of Shinead Maria Vine's passport |
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Shinead Maria Vine
Date/Time: 2007/05/07 17H25
Nanny in the Baby Club, Mini Club and
in Toddlers 1 and 2
Portuguese (translated by Robert
Murat)
Concerning the issue of the process
said;
. That she comes to the process as a
witness;
. Due to the fact that the witness
is of English nationality and does
not command the Portuguese language,
the present statement is taken in
the presence of Robert James Queriol
Eveleigh Murat, a translator.
. The question made, the present
deponent affirms that she has been
in Portugal since the 21st of March,
of the current year, 2007, having
arrived in order to work in the
tourist establishment;
. She affirms that she exercises her
functions of nanny in the Baby and
Mini Club , with her primary
function to those children until 11
months, and the second, to children
between 3 and 5 years of age, and in
the toddlers 1, for children between
12 months and one year and in
Toddlers 2, for children with the
ages of 2 to 3 and also the Junior
Club (6 to 9) and Indyes (14 to 1);
. She affirms that she saw Madeleine
McCann once when she arrived during
the week, but that she did not know,
as the deponent was working only
with the Toddler group;
. She did recognise the family, as
she was responsible for the twins,
children of the couple and siblings
of Madeleine McCann;
. Questioned, the deponent states
that she did not notice anything
abnormal in relationship between the
children and the parents, when they
came to pick up the twins, they
seemed happy to see them;
. Refers that the hours of the club
us from 09H00 to 12H30 and from
14H30 to 17H30 and is closed on
Sundays, functioning only during the
dinner hour;
. The question made, she affirms
that guests can request ?Staff"
services where children are watched
between 19H30 and 23H30. Madeleine
McCanns parents never requested
this service even though it was
free;
. She affirms that at around 22H45,
a group of people entered the bar,
looking for the child, and that is
when she became aware that she had
disappeared. It was at this point
when she also began searching;
. Further adds that there is a
procedure to follow in the case a
child goes missing, but that she did
not follow this procedures, and
simply organised themselves into
groups and began looking for the
child leaving from the Tapas
restaurant;
. The question made, she affirms
being unaware of who called or what
moment the G.N.R. was called and
does not remember what time the GNR
arrived at the location;
. Affirms that at no time did she
notice the presence of anyone with a
out of normal comportment,
concerning the children, or anything
else that appeared to her
suspicious;
. She adds that the staff dedicated
to the children total 15, and who
work in turns between the hours of
19H30 and 23H30;
. Affirms that the distance between
the apartment and the restaurant
where Madeleine McCanns parents ate
was about 3 minutes by foot, but
does not know which room Madeleine
was in, if it was at the back or
front of the apartments. From the
restaurant one can only see the
front (patio) window of the
apartments;
. Further adds that Madeleine
McCann's parents, may have used the
free service at dinner time, or may
have also requested the presence of
a baby sitter (paid service), and
does not know the reason for why
they did not do this;
. The current deponent affirms not
to remember of any element which may
reveal useful to the course of the
investigations;
. And nothing more said, Having read
the statement, finds it in
conformity and signs it;
. The document is duly signed by me,
Hugo Silva, an Inspector with this
Policia Judiciara
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