[9] that half hour period 9.00pm - 9.30pm, on the evening of the 3rd May 2007, holds the key to unravelling what had truly been occurring in the mindset of 'the McCann parents' and 'some of their friends'. Lets take into account the version introduced by 'Mathew Oldfield' concerning two disjointed accounts, of his entry or otherwise into 'the McCann parents apartment' at 'both 9.00pm', and '9.30pm'. After 'having' completed 'a detailed consideration' / 'analysis' of 'other known sources of information' / 'evidence', I think we can safely conclude that it was during the first of his checks of apartment 5A, that he, infact slipped into 'the McCann apartment' [9.00pm] at which point, he discovered 'Madeleine' to be missing. Now, in that particular version of 'Mathew Oldfields' account, he visited every room in the 'McCanns apartment' to try and find 'Madeleine' without any success! As a result, he hurriedly dashed back to the tapas restuarant to alert the parents about their daughter [`Madeleine' being missing from the apartment. This exchange of information, imparted to 'Gerald McCann' by 'Mathew Oldfield' took place at just before 9.05pm, that evening. Upon receiving that information from 'Mathew Oldfield,' he', 'Gerald McCann dashed off back to the family apartment [5A], leaving' Mathew Oldfield feeling as though 'McCann' had fallen out with him. Once 'McCann' had dashed back to apartment 5A [approx' 9.05pm] `Mathew Oldfield' spoke privately with other members of the group, relating to them that which he had discovered back in 'the McCann apartment'. One of the group members that he spoke to at that time, was 'Jane Tanner'. Within five minutes, of 'Her' listening to 'Mathew Oldfield', 'She decided to go and see what' Gerald McCann' was doing, because 'he seemed to have been gone a long time' [it was now about 9.10pm].This is where 'Jane Tanner' later introduced seeing 'Gerald McCann' chatting with /to a tennis friend in the street, and once she had passed them without any acknowledgement on behalf of all concerned, she claims to have seen a man carrying a child in his arms walking across the junction ahead. By this time of course, 'Gerald McCann' had already been into apartment 5A, and 'seen all three of his children asleep in cots' and 'bed'. Now 'this raises a serious issue, since where had' Madeleine ' disappeared to by the time of 'Mathew Oldfields' 9.00pm check at apartment 5A, and reappeared 5 minutes or so later, (at just after 9.05pm) when 'Gerald McCann' did his 9.05pm check? 'Where could she have been' during that '5 minute period'. Well, after diligently analysing the contents of witness statements, I find that the only member of the group of friends who was not accounted for as being present at the tapas bar restuarant until 'Jane Tanner' relieved him of care duties [looking after their sick / ill daughter] is / was 'Russell OBrien'. He was the only known member of the supposed tapas 9 group who did not attend the initial serving of the usual evening meal. He did not turn up at the restuarant, until his partner 'Jane Tanner' arrived back at their apartment soon after 9.10pm to allow him to go to the tapas bar restuarant to eat his evening meal which the cook had put to one side for him to eat later. Sandwiched inbetween 'Jane Tanner' leaving the tapas bar to go looking for 'Gerald McCann' at 9.10pm, and her eventually arriving at her own apartment in order to relieve 'Russell OBrien' of him nursing his daughter so that he could eat the meal at the restuarant which had been prepared for, and set aside for him (lets assume that by the latest of say 9.15pm, 'OBrien' arrived at the tapas bar to consume his pre-ordered and pre-cooked evening meal, at 'or'/ 'by' aound 9.15 - 9.20pm). Then he was absent from the tapas bar restuarant for around 50 minutes, of the hour long period that the 'McCann parents' had originally left their three children home alone back inside apartment 5A. Taking into account, the 9.00pm check made by `Mathew Oldfield' of 'apartment 5A' and the 9.05pm check of the same apartment by 'Gerald McCann' there was clearly a 30 minute period of time where 'Russell OBriens' whereabouts could independently be verified [8.30pm - 9.00pm]. This time period suggests to me of being when something untoward may have taken place, and could have involved 'Russell OBrien` [8.30pm - 9.00pm] and or his partner ' Jane Tanner' [9.10pm - 10.00pm]. No-one can independantly verify the whereabouts of this couple [ first one, and then the other] between the hour of 8.30pm and 10.00pm. That is an hour and a half, during which time one or other of 'OBrien' and 'Tanner' fall into consideration.
