DCI Mark Cranwell, Senior Investigating Officer for the Met’s investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, confirmed that Christian Brueckner, 49, remains a suspect in their own investigation.
“In the absence of an interview, we will nevertheless continue to pursue any viable lines of enquiry.”
Germany’s chief prosecutor in the case, Christian Wolters, said that he believes Brueckner remains ‘fundamentally dangerous’ (Photo: Gaspard Flamand / AFP)
The convicted rapist and paedophile has never been charged over the disappearance of Madeleine, who was three years old when she vanished from her parents’ hotel room in a Portuguese holiday resort.
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He is serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American tourist in Praia da Luz in 2005, two years before Madeleine disappeared from the same Algarve town.
But lacking sufficient evidence to lay charges, prosecutors are helpless as Brueckner, who has a history of violent sex crimes, is due to be released from a German prison by 17 September.
The chief prosecutor in the case, Christian Wolters, told the news agency AFP that he believes Brueckner remains “fundamentally dangerous”.
In August, he told the BBC that he had not ruled out further searches, saying: “I can only ask for your understanding that we would certainly not have positioned ourselves so clearly five years ago if we only had hot air.”
The Met Police statement in full:
“For a number of years, we have worked closely with our policing colleagues in Germany and Portugal to investigate the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and support Madeleine’s family to understand what happened on the evening of 3 May 2007 in Praia da Luz.
“We are aware of the pending release from prison of a 49-year-old German man who has been the primary suspect in the German federal investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance.
“We can confirm that this individual remains a suspect in the Metropolitan Police’s own investigation. We have requested an interview with this German suspect, but, for legal reasons, this can only be done via an International Letter of Request, which has been submitted. It was subsequently refused by the suspect. In the absence of an interview, we will nevertheless continue to pursue any viable lines of enquiry.
“We can provide no further information while the investigation is ongoing. Any questions about the conditions around his release should be directed to the German authorities.”
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