OFFICIAL INQUIRY FILES and DOCUMENTS
LUIS FILIPE DE CASTRO CABRAL MACHADO

This information belongs to the Ministério Público in Portimão, Portugal.
It was released to the public on 4 August 2008 in accordance with Portuguese Law

PART TIME TENNIS COACH 08 MAY 07

590 to 592 Witness statement of Luis Filipe de Castro Cabral Machado 2007.05.08
593 Copy of Luis F. de Castro Cabral Machado's identity card

TRANSLATION BY INES

03-Processos Volume III Pages 590 to 592

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Name: LUIS FILIPE de CASTRO CABRAL MACHADO

Date of diligence: 2007.05.08
Time: 14:45
Location: Lagos
Profession: Business man/part-time tennis instructor

Work Locale: Restaurant Antonio

-----Comes to the process as a witness, in the sequence of the fact that he exercises his functions as a part-time tennis instructor. For this reason, he normally offers classes in one of the courts in the resort complex known as the "Ocean Club Garden".
----- The question made, states that he reside in the ***** zone of Luz for about 15 years where he has worked in the profession above referenced. He is the owner of a restaurant in Rua da Praia called  Antonio", and on a part-time basis works as a tennis instructor.
----- Relative to the first of his occupations, he states that the family in question [McCanns] never entered/frequented his establishment. As he understands it, food and drink are included in the tourist packages bought by the clients through the tour operator Mark Warner and this is what the family of the missing girl MADELEINE MCCANN did when they came to Praia da Luz.
-----He also vaguely remembers having seen the minor with her respective family in the immediate vicinity of his establishment during their stay in Praia da Luz.
''.On the other hand, questioned regarding the possibility of having giving lessons to the parents of said child, the deponent negates peremptorily that he did so.
----- On this vein, the deponent does remember the building in which the McCann family stayed and which is operated by "Jonathan Markson" and "Mark Warner". He adds that he only works with clients from these two operators.
----- Consequently, he denies that at no time did he administer any classes to the father of the minor, GERRY McCANN or KATE HEALY.
----- For this reason, he is not aware of any related incidents either with the family in the building above referenced or with the facts that are being investigated.
----- At the same time, confronted with the identities of the other elements of the McCann group (namely the couples comprised of RUSSEL O'BRIEN and JANE TANNER, MATTHEW OLDFIELD and RACHEL MAMPILLY, and DAVID PAYNE and FIONA PAYNE), he denies that there is a possibility that he at any point administered lessons to any of them, be they group or private lessons.
----- Regarding the possibility of having administered classes/lessons to an individual whose name is JEREMY MICHAEL WILKINS, also known as "JEZ",the deponent denies having done so and states that he never encountered such an individual
----- Asked to reveal the identities of the instructors who were charged with giving tennis lessons to 'MarkWarner' clients, the questioned referred to a supposedly British citizen whose name is GEORGINA and to an individual who goes by the name of DANIEL or DAN.

----- Asked to reveal if there are any other details of incidents that would be pertinent to the clarification of the facts in question, the deponent states that he cannot state any.

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