Curious crowds gather to watch, whistle and jeer

THERE was something almost theatrical about the scenes outside the police station in Portimao yesterday.

Curious crowds gather to watch, whistle and jeer

A sizeable crowd had already gathered by 9am, and by the time Kate McCann arrived two hours later, journalists were outnumbered at least five-to-one by members of the public.

Police erected two lines of crowd barriers along the street around the unimposing headquarters of the Policia Judiciaria, Portugal’s CID.

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