Daily Mail Headline; says: 'A key witness in the Madeleine case is at the centre of a critical new look at what happened the night she disappeared.
Jane Tanner - who told police she saw a man carrying away a child in a blanket - could be interviewed again by police to test what detectives describe as "contradictions and inconsistencies" in sworn statements from the so-called Tapas Nine.
Portuguese police claimed to want to break a "pact of silence" among the group. The friends deny any such pact exists.
Miss Tanner, 37, is said to have arrived late at the table on the night of May 3, saying she was attending to her sick child.
Now police want to re-interrogate her to confirm her exact movements, and analyse how it fits in with evidence from other members of the group. The interview - probably conducted by police in this country - will be carried out as part of a general review of the witness evidence, which is being examined by a Portuguese judge.
Miss Tanner's testimony is central to the investigation because it was she who insists she saw a mystery man walking away from the Mark Warner holiday resort with what looked like a child in his arms. She realised its significance only later. The McCanns are convinced it was Madeleine in the clutches of a kidnapper.
