Witness Statement
Pedro Alexandre Gonzaga Ribeiro
Date/Time: 2007/05/06 22H00
Occupation: Waiter and Bar Worker
Place of Work: Millenium Restaurant, OC.
He comes to the process as a witness. He says that he has been an employee of the Millenium restaurant since 26th March 2007 near to the apartment blocks where the disappearance occurred.
He says that he is a waiter and bar worker and therefore has direct contact with the guests. He works from 07.30 to 15.30 and has Wednesdays and Thursdays off.
He says that the place where he works is mainly frequented by English tourists staying at the resort.
Guests who are not from the resort are also able to use the restaurant. This is only possible in the use of the restaurant and bar, external guests do not have access to the adjacent areas such as the gardens, pool and tennis courts which can only be used by OC guests. These installations can be used from 08.00 to 01.00.
For security reasons and given that the restaurant has a receptionist, the entrance of guests is registered, in order to frequent the adjacent areas cards must be shown, with the individual’s name, apart number and arrival and departure dates.
Given that the day of the disappearance was a Thursday, his day off, he was not at the resort. He says that during the morning he was in Luz, dealing with personal affairs and returned home at about 11.30 – 12.00 He spent the afternoon at home and went out at 17.30 for dinner at his mother’s restaurant in Praia da Luz called “O Marujo”.
After dinner he went to Lagos by public transport as he is doing a secondary school course.
He heard about the disappearance when he arrived for work on Friday morning.
He says that he has no knowledge of any strange events before the disappearance. With regard to the McCann family, he has nothing to say as he had no close contact with them.
He says that they would have breakfast in the morning at the restaurant. He cannot guarantee it, but he thinks they were regular guests at the time in the morning. He cannot say anything about the time after 15.00 when he was off duty.
When asked he says that he has no further information.
No more is said. Reads, ratifies, signs.
