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5A
OCCUPANT
29 APRIL 08 |
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40 to 41 Witness statement
of June Hughes (former holidayer in Apartment 5 A)
2008.04.29 |
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05-CARTAS ROGATORIA 5 Pages 40 to 41 |
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LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE SQUAD
WITNESS TESTIMONY OF JUNE HUGHES
Occupation: Surgical Assistant
This statement, consisting of three
pages, each signed by me, is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief
and I make it knowing that, if it is
tendered in evidence, I shall be
liable to prosecution if I have
willfully states in it anything I
know to be false or do not believe
to be true.
Date: 29 April 2008
Signature:
I am the above referenced person and
live at the address previously given
to this police.
On the 14th of April of 2007 my
partner Carlo A'AMROSIO and I were
on holiday in Praia da Luz,
Portugal. We have booked a
reservation with Thomas Cook and
were to stay in the Mark Warner
Ocean Club resort.
Carlo and I travelled to the Glasgow
airport directly to Faro.
When we arrived at the resort, we
were given apartment 5A. There were
still cleaning personnel in there
when we arrived. They allowed us to
enter. We checked and realized that
we had not been given a key to the
apartment and Carlo went to the
reception to collect one.
I found the apartment very good. We
arrived on Saturday and this night
noticed that the blinds on the patio
side door which gave way to the pool
zone did not close. It appeared that
someone had lifted them too much and
the mechanism did not dislodge in
order to shut them (page1). We
reported this abnormality to the
reception that same night. We
reported this immediately because we
found that the apartment could be at
risk if it was not possible to close
the door blinds. The apartment was
also vulnerable for the fact that
the entryway light (side of the
street) was hanging and did not
function. This made the entryway
very dark. It was off from the
street with a small parking zone
between the street and the
apartment.
Even though we communicated this
issue of the blind, we did not
expect them to rapidly address the
issue. We were surprised when on
Sunday morning a functionary came to
fix the blind. The patio door blind
was on the outside of the patio
door. We used the principal entrance
(next to the street) and would lock
the patio door from the interior.
During our stay I do not remember
having cut or hurt myself. It is
possible that Carlo cut himself
whilst shaving but I don't remember
this.
Nothing was taken from our apartment
and I did not notice anything
suspect during our stay. I noticed
that the gardeners would work on the
garden close to the
apartment 'pool-side 'three mornings
(page 2) during our stay. The
cleaning personnel would come very
day.
I remember that the key to the
apartment was a bit unusual. It was
round and with cut segments. We
noticed that the cleaning personnel
knocked on the door once and would
then enter in the apartment. In this
sequence, we left the door always
closed with the key in the lock. The
next morning, the cleaning woman
knocked on the door and entered
normally independent of the door
being locked with the key in the
interior of the lock.
As far as I recall, the living woman
sofa (to the right of the entry
across the patio door) was slightly
removed from the wall, around 60 cm.
We were not accompanied by children
to Praia da Luz but noticed that the
children seemed to have free access
to the restaurant and were always
very welcome. We would normally eat
in different restaurants when we
holidayed but would breakfast in the
apartment and if I am not mistaken,
lunched in our apartment.
We slept in the principal room where
the blind was initially broken. We
never took any food in the Tapas
Bar. I do not know Gerry or Kate
McCann and only heard of them after
their daughter went missing. We
returned on the 21st of April of
2007.
This statement is made by me and is
truthful in accordance with my
understanding.
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