Madeleine McCann suspect

The convicted child abuser travelled between Praia da Luz and Germany in a camper van for several years before Madeleine vanished - it is understood ...

However, there are not thought to be any immediate plans to do so. A Portuguese source added: "The legal grounds for making (Christian B) 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." Christian B is in prison in Germany after being convicted of raping a 72-year-old woman in 2005, in the same town where Madeleine went missing.

The Portuguese move paves the way for him to be flown from Germany to the Algarve for formal questioning.

A spokesman for Portugal’s Attorney General’s Office, asked about the future of the probe led by a prosecutor based in the Algarve resort of Portimao, said: “The investigation is proceeding, with the inquiry not having a final conclusion yet.” Lawyers for Brueckner, who is already in prison for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in 2005 in Praia da Luz, denied he had been charged over the disappearance. Without naming Brueckner, the the AFP News Agency said a suspect in Germany has been charged at the request of Portuguese authorities in connection with the case.

Portuguese prosecutors say a man has been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago.

Brueckner has denied being involved in the disappearance of McCann. Prosecutors said the investigation has been carried out with cooperation from British and German authorities. Portugal's Judiciary Police handed over documents with hundreds of names related to Madeleine's case, including Christian Brueckner to British authorities in 2012, according to the force. Portuguese prosecutors say a man has been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago. He is behind bars in Germany for raping a woman in the same area of the Algarve region where Madeleine went missing in 2007. Madeleine disappeared from her bedroom on May 3, 2007 during a family holiday in the Algarve region while her parents were dining with friends nearby in the resort of Praia da Luz. Prosecutors in Faro, Algarve's main city, did not publicly name the man on Thursday but said in a statement he was identified as a suspect by German authorities at its request. It is the first time Portuguese prosecutors have identified an official suspect in the case since Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine's parents, were named suspects in 2007.

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been made an 'official suspect' in the case, by Portuguese prosecutors, it has been reported, ...

He is also said to have boasted that he had 'snatched her.' 'We have no time limit. 'By 'mistakes' I mean blatant violations of German criminal law and international human rights. Reports at the time said he and a friend were watching a TV news report on the case in 2017 when he said he knew what had happened to her. He allegedly confessed to kidnapping the youngster while sitting in a German bar on the 10th anniversary of her abduction. Convicted German rapistChristian Brueckner has been made an 'official suspect' in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.Christian Brueckner has been made an 'official suspect' in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. It emerged last June police homed in on Brueckner in the Madeleine McCann case after he told a friend in a pub: 'I snatched her.' 'If we had a situation where a body was found and we had reasons to believe it was murder and the authorities here had a person to accuse, we would have a limitation of those 15 years.' 'Our statute of limitations brings with it the probability that within a matter of weeks, the person responsible for her disappearance may never be brought to justice in the country where she vanished even with an arrest and confession.' In his letter – the first to a British media organisation - he said:' I haven't been questioned on any allegations as required by German law, but it is obvious the German authorities and especially the Department of Justice, are providing the media with information about me that is likely to make me appear contemptible. 'Without knowing the Portuguese legal situation in detail, I assume that this measure is a procedural artifice to stop the statute of limitations threatening in a few days.' Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher denied that version of events to MailOnline, and late on Thursday AFP corrected their story to say a person had been made a suspect in the case.

LISBON — Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann ...

He also falsified passports and was caught stealing diesel from a Portuguese harbor. But, since then, Brueckner, 45, has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance. They were later cleared.

McCann went missing from her family's holiday accommodation at the Portugal resort of Praia da Luz in 2007. Despite an extensive police operation, in which ...

The 44-year-old is currently serving time in a German prison for the 2005 rape of 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz. Bruckner has been the prime suspect in the case since he was named by German authorities two years ago. However, he has been named as an official suspect or "arguido" as it is known in the Portuguese police system.

A German man has been formally named as a suspect in connection with the 2007 disappearance of British three-year-old Madeleine McCann, who went missing ...

In 2020, while waiting in a holding cell for a court appearance on an unrelated drug charge, guards broke two of Brückner’s ribs while attempting to restrain him during an altercation. Later, in a disjointed letter to a German documentary crew, Brückner maintained his innocence, writing, “Where possible, only drive during the day so my battered ‘hippy bus’ didn’t attract attention, only driving on roads I needed to and, most importantly, never provoking the police. Brückner first emerged in 2017 as a person of interest in McCann’s disappearance.