Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner will walk free from jail and ‘facing no charges’
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Prosecutors have admitted Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner will not face any charges for the foreseeable future. Detectives are convinced the paedophile and convicted rapist snatched and killed the British youngster in 2007. Madeleine was just three years old when she vanished from her parents’ holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Drifter Brueckner, 48, was living in a ramshackled farmhouse nearby and regularly broke into villas in the resort. He was dramatically named as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance by German prosecutors in 2020.
Brueckner is currently nearing the end of a seven-year jail term for raping a pensioner in Praia da Luz. He was cleared in October last year of a string of unrelated sex charges that police claimed he carried out in Portugal. Prosecutors are appealing the verdicts - but German legal observers believe they are unlikely to succeed. The only way to stop him being released from prison in September is charging him in the Madeleine case.
Police in three countries are in a race against the clock to find evidence against Brueckner. But in a devastating blow to Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry, prosecutors warned charges are not imminent. Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told Sky News: “There is currently no prospect of an indictment in the Maddie case. As things stand, the accused’s imprisonment will end in early September.”.
