In the context of following up this lead [PAGES 145-147], under the guise of this investigation, at 3pm, we made contact with various people living in the area surrounding the place where this lead starts, to check if the witness is mistaken or if the details come to agree with what he says in the context of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

The object of this further action is the possible collection of new details which could help to clarify evidence gathered from the witness statement of a British citizen on holiday about 300 metres from the place from which the small child disappeared (more specifically Rua da Ramalhete, Lote 1, Apartment 7, Praia da Luz), who identified himself as Derek F., from Ilford, Essex, UK, [DOB and passport details given].

That individual reported a suspicious movement close to that area by an unknown male which, he is convinced, could be related to the matter at hand because it occurred so close to the location of that event and at a time very shortly before it.

In order to clarify this situation an interview has been booked for 6 May at 10h30 at the Policia Judiciaria station in Portimao.

[There follows a photographic report of the avenue Francisco Gentil Martins situated in Praia da Luz alongside the Ocean Club apartments.]