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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Irish woman says Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner’s eyes ‘bored into my skull’

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An Irish woman who claims to have been raped at knifepoint by the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has said she feared for her life during the assault and that she could never forget the attacker, whose eyes “bored into my skull”.

Hazel Behan, 40, who was allegedly raped by Christian Brückner in 2004, detailed her traumatic experience in a German court on Thursday.

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