The prime suspect within the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been charged with a number of intercourse offences, German prosecutors stated.
Convicted intercourse offender Christian Brueckner is accused of committing 5 offences between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal, the general public prosecutor’s workplace in Braunschweig stated, with the costs not associated to the McCann case.
In an announcement, they stated that the accused was the identical individual below investigation in reference to the disappearance of the then 3-year-old British woman Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007.
"Particularly, the accused is charged with three offences of aggravated rape and two offences of sexual abuse of kids,"
the prosecutor's workplace added.
"The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann continues," the workplace added.
Investigators consider the 45-year-old killed Madeleine, then three, after abducting her from a vacation residence in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on Might 3 2007.
Brueckner, who has reportedly denied any involvement within the case, was recognized as a suspect within the McCann case by Portuguese officers in June 2020.
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