BREAKING NEWS: Madeleine McCann investigators search German allotment near former home of suspect Christian Brueckner By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 10:50 BST, 28 July 2020 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 28 July 2020 German police were today searching an allotment near Hannover in connection with the Madeleine McCann case, local media says. Police were at … Read more
A new witness has come forward to claim that Madeleine McCann is alive and living with a German family on the Algarve – 40 miles from where she disappeared. The Portuguese woman claims she saw a teenage girl with Madeleine’s distinctive blemish in her right eye outside a supermarket in Gale near Albufeira. ‘Her eyes … Read more
Portuguese police ‘have only 22 more months to make their case against prime suspect Christian Brueckner’ for the kidnap and murder of three-year-old Madeleine McCann before 15-year limit for prosecutions runs out Rogerio Alves said police have only 22 months left to arrest Christian Brueckner Said investigation ‘still on time’ even with 15-year prosecution limit … Read more
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner goes to EU court to demand to be freed from jail on a technicality over rape of 72-year-old woman Christian Brueckner lawyers appeared at European Court of Justice on Thursday They claim his seven-year rape sentence should be overturned He is serving 21-month drugs sentence and is set to start … Read more
German police probing the Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner are reportedly ‘close to identifying’ a mystery caller who he spoke to on the night the British teenager vanished from Praia da Luz. Officers are said to be following up 16 leads from members of the public after an appeal on a German TV show … Read more
Detectives probe ‘promising’ new mobile phone lead in Madeleine McCann case after tip-off revealing who owned the number prime suspect Christian Brueckner called the day she vanished A TV appeal viewer recognised the number Bruckner is said to have phoned Brueckner recently identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine Prosecutors claim they have … Read more
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could be released from prison in Germany NEXT WEEK as lawyers launch bid to free him on parole Christian Brueckner’s lawyers filed a request for him to be released on parole German prosecutors fear he could ‘vanish’ afterwards if he is released next week The convicted paedophile has served two-thirds … Read more
Portuguese detectives showed up to question prime suspect Christian Brueckner soon after Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, but he wasn’t in when they arrived. Disgraced former chief Goncalo Amaral, 60, who led the investigation in 2007, made the claim in an interview on Portuguese TV on Sunday night. ‘I have been told by colleagues, who are retired like … Read more
Portuguese detective who led original probe into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance claims prime suspect Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ Goncalo Amaral described 43-year-old German as an ‘almost perfect suspect’ The former Portuguese police officer said Christian Brueckner is a ‘scapegoat’ In 2008 Amaral claimed Madeleine’s parents had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their Algarve … Read more
Bungling Portuguese police unwittingly destroyed Christian Brueckner’s van before it could be searched for evidence German used Bedford van to steal diesel before Madeline McCann abduction Was impounded by Portuguese police and crushed before it could be searched Brueckner lived and slept in the van near Praia da Luz between in 2006 Madeleine went missing … Read more
Police at war over Madeleine McCann DNA evidence as Portuguese REFUSE ‘arrogant’ German request to retest saliva sample found on her bed spread to see if it matches prime suspect Portuguese police have turned down German request to retest evidence in case Prosecutors in Germany have been told they cannot re-examine a saliva sample Police … Read more
Madeleine McCann’s grandmother Eileen who ‘never gave up hope’ her granddaughter would be found has died from a coronavirus-related illness. Eileen McCann, aged 80, passed away last month just weeks before German police broke the bombshell news that they believe Madeleine is dead and are now investigating a new prime suspect over her abduction and … Read more
German Maddie McCann prosecutor says Portuguese police ‘still think her parents are responsible’ as he slams the ‘cumbersome’ working relationship with them Hans Christian Wolters said working with Portuguese police is ‘cumbersome’ He added that they have different ideas of what happened to the British toddler Mr Wolters said the authorities have ‘evidence’ that the … Read more