I believe that there are/is sufficient circumstantial evidence (s), for believing that Gerry McCann, Robert Murat, and Sergei Malinda to have all known each other prior to Madeleine McCanns reported disappearance at around 10pm, on 3rd May 2007. Upon accepting this to have been true, the following reference / to the existence of a purported telephone call between Robert Murat and Sergei Malinka at around 10pm on that evening, a call which Murat denied he had ever made to Malinka, and likewise, Malinka had denied that he had received such a call from Robert Murat at that time, should coincide with the timing of two other incidents in the case...
(1) - the sighting of Gerry McCann at about 9.50pm by the Smith family contingent
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(2) - the timing of Kate McCanns check of apartment 5a at 9.50pm, linked to her alert by around 10pm, or thereabouts, that Madeleine had been taken, that she was gone
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(3) - the claim made by four tapas group members that Robert Murat was seen in the vicinity of apartment 5a shortly after the 10 pm alert that Maddie was missing
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(4) - the sighting of Robert Murat at the Baptiste supermarket, by an eye witness account at around 10.00 - 10.30pm, that same evening
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(5) - the fact that when police checked Kate and Gerry McCanns phone records, it was discovered that they had both deleted the timings of calls made and received to one another, and or other people
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(6) - the business relationship between Robert Murat and Sergei Malinka
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(7) - Robert Murat becoming the interpreter in conversations between the PJ and the parents, and vice versa
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(8) - the fact that Robert Murat was involved in the hiring of the first hire rental company vehicle which allowed Kate and Gerry McCann to visit nearby Lagos, in the immediate aftermath of the disappearance of Madeleine - phone records placed the McCann mobile phone (s) there, with no explanation for the McCann presence in those locations at these times