Curious crowds gather to watch, whistle and jeer

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

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.