OFFICIAL INQUIRY FILES and DOCUMENTS
CELESTE DA CONCEICAO ANTAO DA SILVA

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

MARK WARNER CLEANER 07 MAY 07

365 to 366 Witness statement of Celeste Conceicao Antao da Silva 2007.05.07

02-Processos Vol II Pages 365 - 366

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Witness statement

Celeste Da Conceicao Antao da Silva

Date/Time: 2007/05/07 12H40
Cleaner
Portuguese

Concerning the issue of the process said;
. That she comes to the process as a witness; and as a worker of the apartments in the Ocean Club establishment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, but more precisely, in the Garden Section and in Beach 12, since 1985;
. States that her functions are with the cleaning sector exclusively in the aforementioned apartments, so that on the 03 of May 2007, she was working in those apartments;
. Questioned, she states that she has not direct contact with the guests of the other apartments with the exception of when she is told by her supervisor to help in other apartments, but this happens rarely;
. Questioned, she states that she does not know the parents of Madeleine, nor the child;
. States, that she remembers well, that during the time she has been employed that she is aware of some robberies in the interior of the apartments because the guests have left their doors open, and she has seen apartments with open doors before and has shut them herself;
. States further that she has no knowledge of strange individuals or unknown persons who she came across in the interior or exterior of the establishment for the time she has worked there;
. Questioned, responds that she has never been asked about the resort workings and more concretely regarding the type of guests who frequent the place;
. States that on the 3rd of May of the present year, she arrived as normal at 10H00 at the resort, left at 13H30 for lunch, as is normal in the laundry area, and began work again at 14H30 until 18H00;
. In this period, she does not remember having seen any individual or vehicle which caught her attention;
. At around 18H00, she left work and went home and in the same fashion, did not see or had any knowledge of anything abnormal in the exterior of the resort;
. She heard about the events the following day, Friday, through communication with a colleague of hers;
. That she has nothing more to add to the statement that could be considered relevant to the discovery of facts;
. And nothing further was said. She has read the statement, finds it in conformity and signs it;
. The document is duly signed by me, Armenio Pontes, an Inspector with this Policia Judiciaria.
 

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