From: DAG, 04-02-2007 (
www.dag.nl)
A Dutch newspaper had an interview with Joran's alleged helper Daury this monday morning. I'll give a short version of the story in English:
Daury denies all connection with the case.
‘Dat meen je niet. Nee, dat meen je niet. Echt? Maar dat klopt helemaal niet’, ('You don't mean that. No, you don't mean that. Really? But that is totally untrue') is the first reaction of Daury who is 21 years old. They even had SMS (text messaging) contact last saturday and Joran had told Daury nothing about the accusations. Daury was studying in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) at the time Natalee disappeared.
The newspaper got Daury's number from Joran because he felt guilty having named him. Before the program was broadcasted Joran had already retracted his statement and said that he has made up things. Peter R. de Vries has his doubts as well about the alleged help of Daury. At different times Joran mentions different ages and another last name for Daury. To the newspaper Joran has declared that he only knows one Daury and doesn't know his last name.
According to Daury, he has no connection with the case. He has known Joran since he was 15 through a school friend of Joran. 'We played football together. We weren't that close as friends. I never went out to Carlos 'n Charlies with Joran and his friends.' Daury left to study in The Netherlands in 2004 when he was 17 and has had little contact with Joran since then.
Actually, Daury says, I have gotten to know Joran only really well since december 2007, after Joran had been detained for the second time. They played poker together at the Palm Beach casino's. He says he has never asked him about Natalee.
Since 2004, Daury has lived in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, almost constantly. He has only been to Aruba for short holidays. On may 31, 2005, the day Natalee disappeared, he says that he was not in Aruba. At the end of december 2005 he went back to Aruba for the first time. When asked by the newspaper if Daury has a boat he says laughing: ‘Nee, natuurlijk niet’ ('No, ofcourse not').
To emphasize his claim that he was in The Netherlands all the time when Natalee disappeared Daury mentions the fact that he worked out at the gym almost every day, that he had a part time job and that he went to school during that time. This has not yet been verified by the newspaper. Daury: ‘Maar justitie kan dat allemaal natrekken. Dan weten ze meteen dat ik er niets mee te maken heb en dat Joran daarover heeft gelogen.’ ('But the justice department can verify all that. Then they will know that I have nothing to do with it and that Joran has lied about it').