Template:Madeleine McCann timeline

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2007–2019 2007 April 28: McCanns and their friends (latter known as the "Tapas Seven") arrive at the Ocean Club, Praia da Luz. McCanns are given apartment 5A, Rua Dr Agostinho da Silva. c. 30: Resort staff leave note at swimming-pool reception asking that the same table in resort's tapas restaurant be booked every evening for 20:30 for McCanns and Tapas Seven, who are leaving their children in the apartments. The restaurant is a walk of 82 metres (295 ft) from 5A. 3 May 14:29: Kate takes last-known photograph of Madeleine, sitting by the pool. 20:30: McCanns and Tapas Seven go to tapas restaurant. 21:05: Gerry checks on children in 5A. 21:15: "Tanner sighting": Jane Tanner of the Tapas Seven sees man carrying child. 22:00: "Smith sighting": Martin Smith and family see man carrying child. 22:00: Kate reports Madeleine missing. 22:10–22:30: Resort alerts police. 23:10: Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) arrive at resort. Midnight: GNR alert Polícia Judiciária. 4 May 01:00: Polícia Judiciária arrive at resort. Morning: Gerry makes first television appeal. Rest of May 9: British police arrive in Praia da Luz. 15: Robert Murat made arguido; his home is searched. 15: McCanns set up Madeleine's Fund: No Stone Unturned Ltd. Late: McCanns hire Control Risks. 26: Martin Smith makes first statement, to Portuguese police, about Smith sighting. 27: McCanns hire Renault Scenic. 30: McCanns meet Pope. June 6: German journalist asks McCanns whether they were involved. 30: First (3,000-word) article critical of McCanns appears, in Sol, a Portuguese weekly. July 31: British sniffer dogs arrive in Praia da Luz. August 2: Polícia Judiciária remove items from McCanns' rented house, including Kate's diary. 3: Sniffer dog reacts inside 5A. 6: Polícia Judiciária impound McCanns' rental car. 6: Sniffer dog reacts to McCanns' car, other items. 7: Material sent to British lab for DNA tests. September 3: DNA tests inconclusive. 7: McCanns made arguidos by Polícia Judiciária. 7: Polícia Judiciária interview Kate and Gerry; Kate declines to answer questions. 9: McCanns return to UK. Unknown: Martin Smith, of the "Smith sighting", sees Gerry McCann carry his son from the plane, and reports to British police that he believes this was the man he saw in Praia da Luz. He later accepts that he was mistaken. 10: Polícia Judiciária leak that Madeleine's DNA was found in McCanns' rental car. 11: The Sun: "Brit Lab Bombshell: Car DNA is 100% Maddie's". Late: Kate and twins drug-tested in the UK at McCanns' request; results negative. October 3: Chief Inspector Gonçalo Amaral removed from Portuguese inquiry. 26: McCanns release artists' impression of man in Tanner sighting. 2008 March 23: McCanns receive £550,000 damages and front-page apologies from four newspapers. Late: McCanns hire Oakley International for six months for £500,000; Oakley produces Smith e-fits, which are not released. April 8: Tapas Seven interviewed in UK; Polícia Judiciária attend. July 17: Robert Murat and friends receive £600,000 damages, and over the following days 13 newspapers publish apologies. 21: Polícia Judiciária investigation closed. 24: Gonçalo Amaral publishes book. Late: Kate's diary published in Portugal. August 4: Polícia Judiciária files released. September 14: News of the World in UK publishes Kate's diary. 2009 1 May: McCanns release age-progressed image. 9 Sept: Injunction against Amaral book. Unknown: McCanns meet British home secretary Alan Johnson to request review. Johnson commissions a "scoping report" from Jim Gamble, head of Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command. 2010 Mar: British Home Office discusses review with Association of Chief Police Officers. May: Gamble hands his "scoping report" to the Home Office, recommending a review. 19 Oct: Lisbon court lifts Amaral book ban. 2011 28 Apr: Bantam Press releases Madeleine by Kate McCann. Mar: Polícia Judiciária begin case review. 11 May: While serializing Kate's book, The Sun publishes open letter requesting British police review. Home Secretary Theresa May speaks by telephone to CEO of News International and editor of The Sun. 12 May: Prime Minister David Cameron announces Scotland Yard review, Operation Grange, with 29 detectives. 23 Nov: McCanns testify at Leveson Inquiry into press standards. 2012 25 Apr: Scotland Yard releases age-progressed image. 2013 12 Sept: McCanns v Amaral libel hearings begin. 14 Oct: Scotland Yard–Crimewatch reconstruction, during which 2008 Smith e-fits are released for the first time. 24 Oct: Polícia Judiciária reopen their inquiry. 2014 19 Mar: Scotland Yard issue another appeal. June: British and Portuguese police dig in wasteland in Praia da Luz. July: Suspects and witnesses interviewed in Portugal. Dec: More interviews in Portugal. 2015 28 Apr: McCanns win damages from Amaral; book banned again. Oct: Operation Grange reduced to four detectives. 2016 20 Apr: Amaral wins libel appeal; book ban lifted. April: British Home Secretary approves £95,000 to fund remaining line of inquiry. June: Operation Grange interviews victim of Clement Freud, who owned home in Praia da Luz. 2017 1 Feb: McCanns lose Amaral libel appeal at Supreme Court of Portugal. Court said McCanns had not been cleared in 2008. March: British Home Secretary approves another £85,000 to fund inquiry. 2018 Nov: British Home Secretary approves another £150,000 to fund inquiry, taking the cost to £11.75 million. 2019 March: Scotland Yard requests funding to cover until March 2020.