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Rachel Clun

Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case could be freed from prison soon - but German prosecutors have ‘no current plans’ to charge him

Christian Brueckner, pictured with his lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher, was named as a suspect in the Madeliene McCann case in 2022 - (Reuters)

German prosecutors currently have “no plans” to charge a man they suspect was involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann despite his potential release from prison.

Christian Brueckner has been serving a seven-year sentence for the 2005 rape of a woman in Portugal’s Algarve region, in the area where Madeleine went missing.

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