A BRIT dad has slammed bungling Portuguese cops for ignoring his daughter’s crucial witness statement.
Gordon Sillence, 61, said his girl Tasmin, then 11, twice saw a man who looked like Christian B lurking outside the McCanns’ flat.
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Gordon Sillence, 61, said his daughter Tasmin twice saw a man who looked like Christian B lurking outside the McCanns’ flat[/caption]
Mr Sillence used to own the Praia da Luz apartment where Madeleine holidayed with her family[/caption]
She even saw a little girl, believed to be Madeleine, on the balcony being watched by the prowler.
A photofit was made with her description of a fair-haired man with pockmarked face and sunglasses.
But Mr Sillence, who used to own the Praia da Luz apartment where Madeleine holidayed, said cops seemed more interested in an older suspect and the McCanns themselves.
Mr Sillence, 61, told The Sun how his daughter – now 24 – was left haunted by the sighting of the man and remains traumatised to this day.
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The martial arts instructor said: “At the time there was a lot of ill-feeling here against the McCanns.
“I think this led the police to focus too much on them and not enough on other evidence, like Tasmin’s.
“They showed us a picture during the interview but I’m sure it wasn’t Christian B.
“The police made mistakes.”
Gordon said cops seemed more interested in an older suspect and the McCanns themselves than his daughter’s statement[/caption]
Madeleine went missing from the holiday resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal[/caption]
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