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Date Posted：07/10/2010 1:00 PMCopy HTML FROM STATEMENTS SUN  MON  TUES  WED  THUR          Ze Joaquim J.M. Baptista  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)  4:00pm-Midnight         Tiago Freitas  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  ILL  -----------  -----------         Joe (UK)Jeronimo Tomas Rodrigues Salcedas   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)   4:00pm-Midnight         RICARDO (Cebola?)  ALEXANDRE DA LUZ OLIVEIRA  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)    4:00pm-Midnight                                                 STATEMENTS SUN  MON  TUES  WED  THUR          Ze Joaquim J.M. Baptista  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)  4:00pm-Midnight         Tiago Freitas  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  ILL  -----------  -----------         Joe (UK)Jeronimo Tomas Rodrigues Salcedas   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)   4:00pm-Midnight         RICARDO (Cebola?)  RICARDO ALEXANDRE DA LUZ OLIVEIRA  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)    4:00pm-Midnight          Tiago Rochas Barreiros Tapas Supervisor  hours are defined by need  hours are defined by need  hours are defined by need  hours are defined by need  9.30am-5.30pm   10-10-30pm Approx he became aware of the situation that occurred at the OC with respect to the disappearance of a child when he arrived at the Tapas around 22H00/22H30. He was immediately informed at arriving by work colleagues. That after finding out what happened he immediately proceeded to join some searches next to the pool and the apartment zone around the resort. He stayed in the OC until around 01H30 when he left with his girlfriend. That he knows the family of the missing child as they were clients of the Tapas restaurant which they began frequenting the 2nd day of their arrival to the OC. From the very beginning, a request was made to the restaurant workers to reserve a table for 20H30 until the end of the week. The request was made for a specific table given the number in the group—nine people. This group would dine daily and always arrive around 20H30. They would leave the restaurant around 00H30.    This group (who would dine at the time previously mentioned) was always made up of nine adults, constituted by eight couples (I think this is an error in the document, it says ‘oito casais’ or eight couples and should probably read four couples or quarto casais) and an older woman. He believed that this older woman was the grandmother of the missing child. He never saw any children accompanying the nine people. When the table was reserved, nothing was mentioned about checking on the children and the only concern was in accommodating the entire group   That effectively he did know the missing child’s family due to the circumstances previously mentioned, but had not entered their [prior] residence. He goes daily to the family’s apartment in order to bring them lunch. That every day around 13H00, he heads to no. 4-G (where the family of the missing child is staying) and to no. 4-1 (where 10 people are lodged) to deliver lunch. He repeats this routine at 20H00 to take them dinner. That the payment for alcohol, not included in the vacation package, was paid by (service) card. This payment was made by random members of the group of nine. According to what he remembers, the missing child’s family frequented the Tapas pool where they would take their children. They would stay in the children’s play area in the period between 16H45 and 17H30, at the time when babysitters would take care of the children. The babysitters are employees of Mark Warner. That he never noticed any walkie talkies or other sound devices on top of the table occupied by the group. He only noticed that occasionally one of the nine present would get up from the table and leave for a few minutes. He did not know where they went. That generally, it was always the same people that dined in the Tapas and who were registered for dinner. A list of all the people who dined at the Tapas from the arrival of the missing child’s family to 2007.05.04 has been handed over to the investigation.        Steven Marcos Rodrigues Cova Catering Manager (Tapas/Millenium)    Not in Portugal  Not in Portugal Not in Portugal  Not in Portugal  10am-7pm No info Never met Mc's          STATEMENTS SUN  MON  TUES  WED  THUR          Stefan Kotsev Todorov Tapas Kitchen Car painter/ Waiter ----------  8pm-12   8pm-12  8pm-12  8pm-12   As a waiter he always begins work at the Club’s swimming pool, tidying the chairs around the pool and collecting the rubbish bags. Then he goes to the restaurant kitchen where he begins to do the washing up and tasks connected with the preparation of meals. He does not have contact with the restaurant’s clients, from the moment he enters the kitchen he remains there until the restaurant is closed at 24.00. He only has contact with clients and sees them when he is doing his rounds of the pool. On 03/05/2007 he was working in the kitchen carrying out the functions described previously, he did not know whether the parents were inside the restaurant or at what table, all the information he received was from colleagues who were outside       Miguel Salcedos Coelho Chef 2.30pm-11pm  2.30pm-11pm  2.30pm-11pm 2.30pm-11pm 2.30pm-11pm  He normally works inside the kitchen, however, as the barbecues are done outside he goes to the grills and observes the tables and the guests. In spite of having seen Madeleine’s parents several times knowing that they were part of a group of nine guests, he never talked to them or had any kind of relation with them. When questioned, he says that he did not notice when the guests left, at about 22.00 his cousin told him what had happened, seeing as the witness had been inside the fridge (cold store).       Svetlana Starikova Vitorino Kitchen Assistant   -------   2.30pm-11pm    2.30pm-11pm    2.30pm-11pm  2.30pm-11pm During the times meals are served, she works outside the restaurant for some of the time, near to the grill and it is possible that she saw the girl on some occasion. However, she says that she does not have a clear idea of Madeleine, as many children were about, who looked quite similar to her. She can also say that she has an idea of the group that dined at a table at the Tapas esplanade, of nine adults, which Madeleine belonged to.   her colleagues called them the “Tennis Group”, as they were a very happy group. The group’s children did not dine with them. She remembers that on the day the child disappeared there was some confusion, with some people who left the table after ordering, one of the meals even being sent back, as someone had asked them to delay the meal for a little while. She doe not know very well for what reason the adults rose from the table, she thinks it concerns the girl’s disappearance. She did see that one of the plates was returned almost intact and they were asked to “delay” its cooking for a while, it was a grilled beef steak ordered by a man, whom she cannot identify.       Joelson Fabio Soarez Santos Lúcio Kitchen   3.30pm-Midnight  -------  -------  10am-6pm  3.30pm-Midnight  he does not what the parents or the child look like as he was always working inside the kitchen and he does not usually have contact with the guests         Maria Manuela Antonia José Tapas Cook          10am-6.45pm  supervisor, Steve   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 crèche where Madeleine spent the day, located immediately next to the restaurant. 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                           STATEMENTS SUN  MON  TUES  WED  THUR          Luisa Ana de Noronha de Azevedo Coutinho Receptionist       9am-7pm Sunday 29th April one of the elements of the group arrived with the child Madeleine McCann, she does not know his name and can only say that he was male and tall and thin and that he approached her to request a booking for the whole group, for the whole week and always at 20.30. When questioned, she confirms that the man was not the father of the girl but one of the members of the group whom was often seen in his company The man justified his request by saying that the group had many small children whom they would leave alone when they went to dine. She said that at intervals some two parents would go to the apartments to see if everything was OK. The deponent made some comments about the request, saying that the Tapas received many requests and that MW only had a quota of 20 per day, but upon the insistence of the guest she managed to make the bookings requested. That the most viable solution would be to leave the children with a baby sitter, which is the procedure normally adopted by clients. Regarding the question as to the availability of the baby sitting service between 19.30 and 23.30, she confirms that the service exists and that it is free of charge. When questioned, she says that she does not understand, as the service is free, why the parents of Madeleine McCann did not use it.       Aritson Henrique Soares Santos Lúcio waiter/kitchen helper 10am-6pm  10am-6pm  10am-6pm ------ 10am-6pm  he doe not come into contact with clients.       Maria de Jesus R. Almeida Waitress/Kitchen worker  -----   3.30pm-Midnight    3.30pm-Midnight  3.30pm-Midnight   ------  She is helped in making her statement by Silvia Batista given that she does not read nor write She is always inside the kitchen restaurant during her hours of work. She does not know the girl’s family       Joao Pedro Ramos Agapito Tapas Barman  9.30am-5pm  9.30am-5pm  9.30am-5pm 9.30am-5pm  9.30am-5pm Saw around - Not in restaurant Open to public in evenings       David Miguel Marino Barroso Apprentice Waiter  9.30am-5pm  -------  -------  9.30am-5pm  9.30am-5pm  When questioned, the witness says that he has the impression that he saw Madeleine’s father at the bar in the Tapas restaurant during the days before her disappearance. With regard to the girl and the rest of her family he does not remember having seen them before, and thinks he only saw them on press reports following the disappearance.         Nuno Goncalo Marques Vincente Dos Ramos Bernardo Tapas Waiter  9am-5.00pm  9am-5.00pm  9am-5.00pm  9am-5.00pm    9am-5.30pm  He only saw Madeleine’s parents in the news the next day and did not remember them in the restaurant nor serving them. He explained that not having noticed them is normal as he see many people come and go from the establishment; • He does remember however, that on almost all nights, nine people reserved a table in the restaurant for dinner       FROM STATEMENTS SUN  MON  TUES  WED  THUR          Ze Joaquim J.M. Baptista  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)  4:00pm-Midnight         Tiago Freitas  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  ILL  -----------  -----------         Joe (UK)Jeronimo Tomas Rodrigues Salcedas   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight   4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)   4:00pm-Midnight         RICARDO (Cebola?)  ALEXANDRE DA LUZ OLIVEIRA  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight  4:00pm-Midnight 4:00pm-Midnight (1.00am)    4:00pm-Midnight           FROM STATEMENTS             Ze Joaquim J.M. Baptista   2007/05/06 • Was aware of picture of the missing child and the group of British tourists that accompanied her but was unaware of their names; • About a week before the disappearance, the same group would dine almost exclusively at the Tapas restaurant; • During the times he saw the group dining in the restaurant, he never saw any children with them; • He does not remember having seen Madeleine “face to face”, and knows her from the photograph circulating at the time of her disappearance; • It was normal for the men of the dining group, to get up and leave the restaurant and return minutes later. The witness is not aware of where the men were going to but that they would be gone for about 15 minutes; • The witness can speak clearly to these events because many times he had to bring back the entre/dinner plate of said client(s), until they returned to the table; • Remembers that on the night of Thursday, the 03rd of May, 2007, Madeleine’s parents dined at the Tapas restaurant, together with the normal group of people. He believes that they arrived between the hours of 20H00 and 21H00; • He remembers that it was around nine people and remembers having taken the orders of the group; • Later, between 22H00 and 22H30, he was in the kitchen, and was alerted, by a colleague, to the fact that a guest entered the restaurant screaming, and at this point, the entire group left in a panic; • His colleague proceeded to tell him that the (screaming) individual indicated that a child had gone missing; • A few minutes later, the witness noticed that there was a lot of agitation, with many people looking for the child; • The information that followed was that the missing child, a girl, was the daughter of one of the British couples, referred to above; • At this point, the witness states that there was no suspicious activity, that he was aware of, around the Ocean Club immediate areas; • No one asked the witness about the habits of the group or about other groups in particular, or the children of said groups; • Also states that on Thursday, the day Madeleine disappeared, as he arrived at work, he did not notice the presence of anyone who looked strange/out of place or of a suspicious nature; • Witness states that towards the end of the day, the immediate restaurant area, is a quiet area with nor many people about; • The witness notes that with regards the disappearance of Madeleine, there is nothing else he can add or comment on that would clarify the motive of the disappearance.         Tiago Freitas 2007/05/06 • The witness is an osteopath, exercising this profession outside his work; • He returned to Portugal in November of 2006, from the U.S. where he served for around four months in acupressure, one of the areas of osteopathy; • Works between 16H00 to 24H00 and was on holidays from 02/05 and 03/05; • Also did not work on 01/05 due to illness; • After speaking with his colleagues, he learnt that Madeleine was related to a group of people who would dine in the restaurant in which he works—Tapas—at a big table; • Does not know if this group took refreshments ate lunch in the restaurant. He does not remember the children having been at the restaurant with the children; • The only person he actually remembers is that of an adult male, tall, with his bangs combed back; • He cannot say with absolute certainty but believes that on this group’s table was a monitor normally used for listening to children; • As already stated, he returned to work on Friday, 04/05, at 16H00, and noticed the confusion in the search for Madeleine and the desperation of the family; • States that the locale in which the group sat, it is difficult to see the apartment from where Madeleine disappeared; • In reality, there are physical obstacles like a plastic transparent panel which works as a blind; walls and vegetation; • From that vantage point, it may be possible to see a light on in the (McCann) apartment but little more than that; • Is aware of some break-ins that have occurred in the complex, as has occurred in other clubs, principally in the lower-level apartments; • Is not aware of any important fact which could help locate the child;             Joe (UK)Jeronimo Tomas Rodrigues Salcedas 2007/05/06 • Although he has seen many pictures of Madeleine, he cannot say for sure if he saw her or her siblings in person; • Remembers that the group travelling with Madeleine’s parents totaled nine adults; • His recollection is that the group arrived on the 28th of April (Saturday), the same day in which the “Tapas” restaurant does not serve dinner and closes at 19H00; • He believes that the group first ate at the Tapas restaurant on Sunday (29/04/2007) and cannot remember if they had lunch or drinks; • Of the entire group, Madeleine’s father emerged as the greatest talker, sympathetic; • They would arrive for dinner at 20H30 or 21H00 since these were only the reserved hours one could make at the reception; • When questioned, he noted that it was normal for diners to stay in the restaurant until approximately 23H30/24H00; • The group showed themselves happy with the food; • He also noticed that some members of the group would leave at certain times and later noted that it was to check-on the children although he believed that this checking was in a proper Luz Ocean Club facility (such as the crèche). • He was at work the night Madeleine went missing; • At roughly 22H20/22H30 he verified that only one person remained of the group--the older one—joking with her that “they had left her alone”. The woman in question told him that all had gone to the apartment to look for a missing child. Minutes later. Looking very troubled, was Gerry, looking for his daughter everywhere, and focusing on the immediate poolside areas. Shortly after, many people were looking for Madeleine; • The witness said that Madeleine’s mother screamed desperately for her daughter; • The chef from the Millenium restaurant was called to help in the search and together with other Warner staff, the searched until 05H00. He remembers that around 50 or 60 people helped in the searches looking everywhere in the club, around the area, in the proper Luz village, the beach area, among others;   ROGATORY The other employees of the Tapas Bar on my schedule were Ricardo, Ze and Tiago—all of them Portuguese and with little knowledge of the English language. As a result of this, I was frequently called to attend British clients. I remember being at work in the Tapas the night of the disappearance. I also remember the group of adults that holidayed with Madeleine, including the parents as they were frequent Tapas Bar dinner guests. I would normally see them during the day if I went to the complex for a swim, or when they were going to get their children for lunch in the zone next to the Tapas. Nothing in their behavior called my attention. They dined in the restaurant every night from Sunday until Thursday when Madeleine disappeared. The table was booked then for 19H30 to 20H00. It was nine adults in total, four couples and an older woman who was also with them. I always found them educated, good clients. They appeared to get along well amongst each other and each time I served the table they would comment on the food. It was a happy group who would often laugh during dinner. There was a man who particularly stood out from the rest of the group as she spoke a lot and told many jokes. At this time, I did not know who he was, but later found out it was Madeleine McCann’s father. Frequently, when I served the table I noticed that one or two elements of the group had left the restaurant. I could not imagine where they had gone to. After seeing the news stories, I figured that they had gone to check on their children. On some occasions, I also saw some infant monitors on the same table but never related this to the facts. In relation to alcohol consumption, it never appeared to me to be excessive. The wine was included in the dinner at Tapas and the functionaries were very generous in this respect. The permission was approximately one bottler per person . According to what I remember, and relative to the consumption of alcohol, there were seven bottles between the nine adults. I believe that on the first or second night they dined in the Tapas, they drank a bit more, perhaps eight or nine bottles of wine. I believe that they were also offered liquor this night, as they had been such good clients. The behavior of the table did not change the night in questions. If anything, the group jested more than usual but no one appeared drunk. Generally, they left the Tapas at 23h30/midnight, at times together and at other times in small groups. On the night in which they drank more than usual, they left a bit later, perhaps towards 00h30-01h00. I remember this detail because I was supposed to finish work at 00H00 and I wanted to go home. They always left on good terms and always wished the staff good night. On the night Madeleine disappeared, everything appeared normal. I remember that when I took notice of the disappearance, I had been in the restaurant speaking with my two colleagues—Ze and Ricardo who were on break. I returned to the restaurant and noticed that the table of nine was empty with the exception of the older woman. I went over to the table and joked with her: “They’ve left you alone?” She responded more of less with these words: “No, they went to see if the little girl was there.” I responded that I hoped they would find her somewhere in the apartment. At saying this, I saw the man. Who I knew later to be Madeleine’s father, running to the pool and to the children’s play area in the Tapas zone as if looking for someone. It immediately hit me that after talking to the older woman, that the little girl had not been found. I offered to alert the workers at the Milenium Restaurant and the man agreed. He then left again running to continue searching. I believe that this was between 21H30 and 22H00 but do not remember with certainty. I went to find Ze and Ricardo to give them the news and to get their help in searching for the missing girl. I saw the head of the Milenium Restaurant in the Tapas and asked him to telephone the restaurant. I ran out of the Tapas and noticed that some of the childcare works of the Mark Warner had begun to arrive. At the point I left the Tapas I heard a scream from a woman I did not know. I do not know who screamed, but I had never heard a similar cry. I cannot even describe it but thought it had come from the child’s mother. I went to the reception with one of the child care workers whose name I do not remember. One of the employees looked to be organizing the searches and told us the name of the child. We were sent to the beach zone and looked in all the alleys and called out the name of the child but did not find her. Later, we returned to the Tapas where we found John, the Manager of Mark Warner. There were many people now, perhaps 40 including the Mark Warner personnel. We were divided into groups and Ewan and Rob (both employed by Mark Warner), my cousin, Miguel, and I went in a Mark Warner vehicle to search a beach zone which included a construction site. Again, we did not see any signs of the child and after a telephone we returned to the Tapas. At this point more people were at the location, including residents of Praia da Luz. A man named Matt who owned a club in the locale, seemed to now be the operational front. A big part of our group was sent to the beach; we formed a sort of human extension cord in our searches. We finally returned to the Tapas around 04H00. We were sent home at the time. I do not know when the police were called but the first time I saw them was around 23h00-23h00 that night. Since Madeleine’s disappearance, I have seen her picture many times in the media, but I cannot honestly affirm that I remember seeing her in person before the disappearance from the Ocean Club. There were many children and I never paid much attention to any of them. I stayed in Praia da Luz working in the Tapas until the end of July 2007, at which time I returned to the U.K.           RICARDO (Cebola?)  ALEXANDRE DA LUZ OLIVEIRA 2007/01/30 1/2 • In order to enter the restaurant it is necessary to present a guest card in the restaurant reception. It is only this year that the restaurant has been open to the outside public—and he does not remember anyone from the outside having been served; • Madeleine’s parents would dine every day in the restaurant—a group of nine people; • He never noticed the children accompanying the adults during dinner; • The members of the group would usually eat around 20H00 to 21H00 and only when all of them arrived would they begin to eat; • It was usual, during these dinners, for one or two persons to get up and leave for around 15 minutes and on various occasions he saw a walkie talkie (likely the Payne baby monitor) on the table. He assumed that they would leave to go check on the children in their respective rooms; • On the 3rd May, the witness arrived at work his normal time at 16H00 and for the first time saw Madeleine’s parents at dinner time which was around 20H45; • He does not remember if the McCanns arrived together and whether they were the first ones to arrive at the table; • It was one of his colleagues that served the table; he does not remember if it he served Madeleine’s parents at all; • He remembers that on the 3rd of May one of the guests who was at the table left for ten minutes, as he was about to serve their starter, and was told to hold it for a few minutes—but it was 15 minutes before this guest returned, around 21H45; • He does not remember having seen Madeleine’s parents leave the table but it is possible that someone may have left and the witness did not see them; • Dinner finished at around 21H45 and some minutes passed where the witness looked towards the table but saw no one—his colleague told him that all the guests of that table left rapidly and abruptly. He remembers having heard shouts in the direction of the McCann apartment; • He did not notice anything out of the ordinary in the restaurant or any strange behaviour of guests; • When he heard the shouts coming from the direction of the McCann apartment was when he realized that Madeleine had gone missing; • The table where Madeleine’s parents sat did not have a clear view of the apartment but only to the patio door and the time in which this was happening there is no light in that location, made worse by the fact that around the restaurant there is an opaque plastic covering; • He was not aware of suspicious people around.   2007.09.07 2/2 Having already given a statement to this process, he confirms what is already on record, a copy of which is made available for this investigation Questioned if he was the person who called the reception to tell them that a child had gone missing, he states that he cannot definitively remember if he did or not. He admits that he could have been the one to call. Clarifies that on that night when he took the dinner orders, the entire group was seated. He remembers that there were nine adults—four men and five women. He did not notice any strange behaviour on their part. Asked to describe the positions in which the group sat, he states that he can only recall that of the taller man (Russell), as he saw him leave the table, and the older woman, who remained seated after the rest of the group had left the table. Russell, he notes, was seated looking toward the front of the apartments and the older woman occupied a seat that was more or less facing away from the apartments. He is not able to describe the group’s clothing that night. He states that on that night, after having received the orders, he went into the bar. Immediately, he put two white wine and two red wine bottles, along with a bottle of water, on the table. He cannot be sure that he served more wine that night. The appetiser/starters were served by one of his colleagues. After 25 to 30 minutes, it was the witness who served the main dishes. He remembers that at this moment, the taller male, whom he now knows to be Russell, had left the table. He did not know where he had gone. The witness was asked to keep Russell’s meal warm. After a certain amount of time (he is not able to be exact), he was asked to serve Russell, who had returned to the table. He remembers that the rest of the group had practically finished their main courses. Asked if he remembers having seen all the elements of the group at this time, he cannot remember exactly. He also cannot state the length of time Russell was away from the table. The witness states that he had already served all the clients of the bar and for this reason, believes that Russell was away for some time. He served Russell and shortly thereafter, he was alerted to strange movements in the restaurant perimeters. He refers to the movements of two men from said group—David Payne and Matthew, who appeared to be searching the gardens the areas near the bar. The witness went to the esplanade zone and saw that the table that had previously been occupied by nine adults was now occupied only by the older woman, called Dianne Webster. It was also at this time that he saw that Russell’s food was only half eaten and that the others had all finished their dinner. David Payne and Matthew were nervously searching the area. The witness went to them, he does not remember which one, and asked what was happening. One of them responded to the witness in English stating “GIRL IS MISSING”—that a child had gone missing. After a few moments, around 5 or 10 minutes, he heard screaming from the apartment zone and saw a woman on the balcony of 5 A. He did not understand what she was saying. As it was night, and given the distance from the Tapas bar to the apartment, he was not able to determine if there was someone else next to the woman on the balcony. At that moment his colleague, Joe, met up with him and asked the witness to call the police, and that a child has gone missing and could not be found. Immediately afterwards, Joe left toward the street. He does not know who gave this information to Joe but the witness (or his colleague who believes the witness did so) called the reception asking them to inform the police. Questioned, he affirms that the group would normally consist of nine people (including Madeleine’s parents), and would normally dine around 20H30 and 20H40. They would not all arrive at once and before they all arrived, some would have c ocktails. On the day of the disappearance, all were seated at the table between 20H35 and 20H45. He remembers them arriving as usual. Had they arrived late, this would have been noted by the staff. He does not remember if they were served c ocktails. When they were all together, the group sat at the table, he took their orders, including the starters. As already mentioned, on this occasion, he would immediately take two white and two red bottles of wine and one bottle of water to the table. Their main courses would normally be ready 25 to 30 minutes after their order—a time they used to consume the starters. After starters, the group would normally spend about 15 minutes finishing the main course. Generally, during dinner, he would serve four bottles of wine (two white and two red), which the group completely consumed. On that day, he did not serve any more wine. It was also normal for certain members of the group to order dessert. After this, they would normally stay at the table until after 23H00 but would always leave before 00H00, the time when the bar closed. One or more of them, on another night, asked for an after-dinner drink. He remembers this clearly because they asked for Amareto and the bar did not stock it. The witness served almond bitters to all. He remembers that this happened on Wednesday. He does not remember if they had more after-dinner drinks. He does remember that on Wednesday, certain elements of the group got up, with their after-dinner drinks, and headed to the bar and stayed there until about 00H00/00H10. This was the only night where the group elements were in the bar after closing. He also remembers that they would normally be the last clients to leave. Wednesday was the last night they were at the bar after dinner. When questioned, he states that his colleague Joe is of British nationality and that he left at the end of August to go and live with his parents in England.