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Madeleine McCann suspect release date pushed back

  • Christian Brueckner, a 48-year-old convicted paedophile and rapist, has had his prison release date delayed in Germany in 2025 due to unpaid fines.
  • This delay stems from an unpaid fine of 1,446 euros related to insults against prison guards, which could extend his imprisonment until early 2026.
  • Christian Brueckner is widely considered the main individual of interest in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, Portugal, although he has not been formally charged and denies any involvement.
  • Investigations have found children’s clothes, toys, and disturbing material linked to Brueckner, and prosecutors view the delay as a chance to build their case further.
  • If Brueckner is released later, it may give prosecutors more time to appeal his cleared sex crime verdicts and possibly bring new charges related to Madeleine's disappearance.
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The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who lost her trace in Portugal in May 2007, made a gesture this Thursday that perplexed the journalists who were waiting for him at the courthouse: she smiled mockingly after being asked whether she had kidnapped and murdered the three-year-old girl. Christian Brueckner is being investigated for these facts, but has denied being involved in the case of the minor. Current…

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The Sun broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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