The main suspect of the disappearance of Madeleine McCannthe German citizen Christian Bruecknerhe was released from prison this Wednesday after serving a sentence of seven years for a case of sexual abuse outside the McCann case.
Brueckner (49) fulfilled imprisonment in the prison of Sehndenorthern Germany, after being found guilty of the violation of a 72 -year -old woman in the Portuguese region of the Algarvearea where the child disappeared.
Although the British, German and Portuguese authorities indicate it as the main suspect of the McCann case since 2020, there were no formal charges against them around that disappearance.
Christian Brueckner was released after complying with abuse condemnation
According to German magazine Der Spiegelthe authorities of that country canceled Brueckner’s passport and imposed strict requirements: he will be under electronic surveillance, he must declare a known address and need prior authorization to leave his residence.
Your lawyer Philipp Marquortcited by the German environment, he said: “This is an attempt by the Prosecutor’s Office to keep it in a kind of investigative detention where they can have access to it at all times”.
Brueckner remains under investigation since 2020, when the German Prosecutor’s Office appointed him publicly as a suspect, coinciding with the reinforcement of international police collaboration.
The investigations included records and excavations in the Algarve in search of new evidence. Last June, police from Portugal and Germany carried out a four -day operation excavating key areas of the tourist area where McCann disappeared, but no conclusive findings have been announced.
Disappearance of Madeleine McCann: They find key evidence that reinforces the theory of murder
A hard drive discovered in the property of Christian Bruecknermain suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, contains disturbing images that have led German researchers to reinforce the hypothesis that the British girl, missing in 2007, is dead.
This finding occurred in May of this year, during a record to the abandoned factory of the suspect in the town of Neuwegerslebenin 2016, where thousands of files related to child abuse and kidnapping fantasies were found.
The case of Madeleinewho was three years old when he disappeared from the Praia resort gives light, Portugalon May 3, 2007, he has remained in the international focus for more than 16 years.
Christian Brueckner, A German citizen with criminal history related to sexual crimes, has been indicated as the main suspect by the authorities since 2020. Although the German prosecutor’s office claims to have “conclusive evidence”, so far there have been no formal charges against them. In fact, the prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters He affirmed in 2020 to the Australian program 60 minute: “We have forceful evidence that Madeleine McCann He is dead and that our suspect killed her. ”
Source: Ambito
