Nanny working when Madeleine McCann disappeared reveals what REALLY happened – and claimed resort was so unsafe she was given a rape alarm
A NANNY who was there the night Madeleine McCann vanished has claimed the resort was so unsafe she was given a rape alarm - and told not to go anywhere by herself.
The Ocean Club worker revealed her fears after a girl had been attacked "the year or so before in Praia da Luz" and said "it didn’t sound like a family resort to me".
The woman told : "We were told, ‘Here’s a rape whistle, don’t go anywhere by yourself, ever.’ There’d been a girl attacked the year or so before in Praia da Luz. It didn’t sound like a family resort to me."
The nanny also recalled Maddie's parents' anguish and insists there is "no way they did it" - revealing Kate was in a "catatonic state" after realising her daughter was gone.
She blamed Portuguese police for a bungling investigation.
She told The Mirror officers told staff to "start looking in bins in case her body was in there" just hours after the youngster vanished and accused police of allowing people to traipse all over the crime scene.
The woman says she is regularly asked ";if the parents did it", but insists there is "no way at all".
"A, timings and B, where it was, their reactions, the whole thing. Not a chance," she said.
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Kate was reportedly in a "catatonic state" after realising Madeleine had vanished from their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
"She was pacing up and down. The worst possible thing had just happened to her," the woman said.
"I think I said something like, 'She'll be found, these things happen all the time.'
"She was crying but, almost in a catatonic state, and Gerry was very distressed. That's the one thing I really remember from him, looking under the cars. I can't forget that."
The worker claims police did not arrive for 90 minutes after being alerted and says people were walking in and out of the apartment - potentially destroying the scene.
She also says police missed out "whole chunks" of her interview and says they were trying to establish a timeline as they missed the crucial hour-and-a-half after the three-year-old vanished.
"I think a lot of things should’ve happened differently. Unfortunately the effects were catastrophic," she added.
The woman says she has been left too scarred by the incident to return to childminding but remembers Maddie as "a real sweetheart".
She added the McCanns were recognised as a "perfect family" by workers on the resort and hopes the youngster could still be alive.
Maddie vanished from the holiday apartment she was staying in with her parents and twin siblings in May 2007.
Her parents had left the youngsters sleeping as they ate with pals at a nearby tapas bar, but were regularly going back to check on the kids.
When Kate returned to check on the trio at 10pm that evening, she discovered Madeleine was missing from her bed.
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