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New prosecutor in Portimão authorised
the diligences that were requested by
English police
Some of the people that will soon be
questioned by the Polícia Judiciária
(PJ), upon request from English police
that investigates Madeleine McCann’s
disappearance, will be heard as
arguidos, Correio da Manhã has found.
The new diligences have been authorised
by the new Portimão Public Ministry’s
prosecutor, Inês Sequeira, and are part
of the fifth letter rogatory that was
sent to Portugal by British authorities.
As Correio da Manhã was able to find
out, the list for the questioning
includes approximately ten persons,
Portuguese and British. Most of them
will be heard as witnesses, but some
will be made arguidos before the start
of the interrogation. All of them will
formally be heard for the first [time]
after the green light from the Public
Ministry’s magistrate. Questioning will
be performed by members of the PJ from
Faro, who are cooperating with British
authorities, and should take place
before the end of the current month.
British investigators will be able to
suggest questions beforehand, but they
will still have to request permission to
watch the interrogations.
Among Scotland Yard’s new suspects,
Correio da Manhã has found out, are
former Ocean Club workers, the place
where the child disappeared from in May
of 2007, and residents of Praia da Luz,
in Lagos. These are persons that the
British investigators consider to be
suspects of involvement in the
disappearance of Maddie, following the
thesis that the child was abducted
during a failed burglary.
These new suspects will only be made
arguidos in the process that has been
opened in the United Kingdom and they
will join the four arguidos that have
already been questioned in June, also
within the scope of the request for
judicial cooperation. At that time,
eleven witnesses were also heard.
Details
Residue analysis
The English investigators want to newly
analysed traces that were collected in
2007.
Private lab
The British want to take the residues to
England to have them analysed at a
private lab. |
