The third day of questioning was marked by the first presence of the new Scotland Yard team leader, the British police force that investigates the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Nicola Wall was at the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) yesterday, in Faro, to learn about the latest steps in the case and to meet the Portuguese inspectors that carry out the requested diligences.

The chief inspector, with a career in homicide and violent crime, arrived at the PJ at 9h20. She arrived on foot and walked through the front door in the company of Andy Redwood, who will retire at the end of the year. She smiled, greeted the journalists and made no statement. At the end of the day, she left through the garage, with other members of the English team.

Yesterday, three further witnesses were heard - a Portuguese man, the English manager of the resort where Madeleine disappeared from, John Hill, and his wife, Donna Rafferty-Hill, who worked at the Ocean Club. The couple did not speak to the journalists.

The most eagerly awaited questioning remains that of Robert Murat. Scheduled for yesterday morning, it was postponed until today because the lawyer, Francisco Pagarete, raised doubts about the legality of his questioning as as witness, because the British man had already been investigated when he was made an arguido in 2007, having been cleared. Another issue was the question of time, given that Pagarete is also the lawyer of Robert's wife, Michaela Walczuch, and he accompanied her questioning, until almost 18h00.

The deposition of Robert and three other witnesses that have been summoned to the PJ today, close the questioning of ten persons, as a British woman remains to be questioned in England.