Gerry McCann must have already returned from his own 9pm check to the tapas bar restaurant before Russell O'Brien did, and this throws up a number of questions concerning when Jane Tanner said she had left the tapas bar restaurant, and what she saw in the street at that time (around 9.10pm), for example she claims to have seen Gerry McCann talking to Jess Wilkes on the road close to the McCann apartment, whilst at the same time, she introduces 'TANNERMAN', into her account..
But, what Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien fail to mention, is what happened when she arrived at her own apartment? Was Russell O'Brien present there? Or, as the case may be, did she go into the McCann apartment to supervise the removal of Maddie's body?
Now, if her partner Russell O'Brien had already returned back to the tapas bar before she had left there, then how could Jane Tanner have seen Gerry McCann in the street at about 9.10pm talking with Jess Wilkes? Impossible! According to the routine adopted by the McCann and O'Brien / Tanner with regards to the regular checking of their children back in their apartments, one person left the tapas bar after the return of the other, or vice versa, at 30 minute intervals or thereabouts! So if Russell O'Brien was back at the tapas bar by 9.30pm (and not leaving there at that time), does it mean that Jane Tanner did not leave the tapas bar until after 9.30pm, and was that because it was her turn to check on her child?
Or, did she leave the tapas bar at 9.10pm, like she maintains?
Why didn't Gerry McCann notice Jane Tanner in the road when he was talking to Jess Wilkes?