Christian Brueckner has been charged over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

[Tish]

Disgusting piece of $hit

My heart goes out to her parents, maybe now they will have closure.

Christian Brueckner has been the prime suspect since he was named by German prosecutors two years ago.

He is currently serving a seven-year sentence in a German prison for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz at the same resort Madeleine disappeared from.

Earlier this year, Brueckner claimed in a series of letters from prison that it would have been “absurd” for him to have abducted the little girl.

In a string of letters to German TV station Sat 1 that was broadcast in February as part of a new documentary, Brueckner went further to dismiss the case against him, saying if he had been involved, it would have risked his criminal life.

He wrote that he survived as a drug dealer and was never caught by the police because he “followed a few key principles”.

“Where possible, only driving during the day so that my battered ‘hippy bus’ didn’t attract attention, only driving on the roads I needed to and, most importantly, never provoking the police,” he wrote.

“So that means not committing any crimes, certainly not abducting anyone.

“Having said that, this was just as absurd to me at the time as starting a nuclear war or slaughtering a chicken.”

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[hollydolly]

Unfortunately unless they can produce evidence, they're not going to make this stick..

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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been made an 'official suspect' in the case, by Portuguese prosecutors, it has been reported.
Convicted rapist Brueckner, 44, was sensationally named by German prosecutors as the man 'responsible' for Madeleine's kidnap and murder in June 2020.
But since then no charges have been brought.
However today respected German daily Bild claimed he has had been made an 'arguido' or official suspect in the case by Portugal which is usually the precursor to charges.
Speaking to MailOnline late on Thursday, Brueckner's lawyer categorically denied reports his client had been charged over the disappearance.
An 'arguido' - normally translated as 'named suspect' or 'formal suspect' - is someone who is treated by Portuguese police as more than a witness but has not been arrested or charged.
Police in Portugal are thought to have acted in the last few days after it emerged that he could avoid charges due to Portugal's statute of limitations which kicks in for serious crimes after 15 years.
One well-placed source said: 'The legal grounds for making Brueckner an arguido include the fact that he allegedly confessed to a friend he had snatched Madeleine and mobile phone records placed him in Praia da Luz the night she vanished.

'But it is obviously linked to the fact that the Portuguese authorities want to keep their options open with the 15-year deadline looming.'

Portugal's Attorney General's Office and the country's Policia Judiciaria have yet to make any official comment.

Next month will be the 15th anniversary of then three-year-old Madeleine's disappearance from the Portuguese Algarve resort of Praia da Luz where she was on holiday with parents Kate and Gerry on May 3, 2007.

Portuguese police would have had to charge him by the anniversary of her disappearance on May 3 in less than two weeks or face a seriously reduced risk of convicting him.

According to Portuguese law, crimes punishable by more than 10 years in jail, which covers kidnap and murder must be heard within 15 years.

Shortly after she disappeared Kate and Gerry, from Rothkey, Leicestershire, were also made arguidos in the case and questioned at length several times before they were cleared of any involvement.

 

[Pepper]

Such a horrible, repulsive crime. Such a gorgeous kid.