German prosecutor investigating the case assures he will soon be able to present the charges and the evidence collected
The German prosecutor investigating the disappearance in Portugal of the English girl Madeleine McCann 15 years ago announced on Portuguese television that they have found new evidence that confirms that Christian Brueckner killed the girl. Portuguese justice has identified the German citizen as a suspect, evading the deadline to continue the investigation.
The statements by prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters coincide with the anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine, who was three years old when she slept with her brothers in an apartment in a tourist complex in Praia de Luz, Portugal. The parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, had been out with friends at the resort’s restaurant and found their daughter missing when they returned to the apartment.
The little girl’s disappearance caused a stir in the UK and the parents, with the help of the British media, spread the word of what happened to encourage the search for the girl. This Tuesday, after two years of the pandemic, the couple resumed the ritual to commemorate Madeleine at a public gathering with friends and supporters in the town where they live, near the city of Leicester.
According to the newspaper ‘The Sun’, Wolters announced the finding of ‘new facts and new evidence’ in an interview with Portuguese television on Tuesday. It’s not forensic evidence, but it’s evidence that leads us to make sure he’s Madeleine McCann’s killer.” Brueckner, 45, lived in a house about two miles from where the girl disappeared.
The suspect has a long history of sexual offenses against minors and adults. Before an Irish woman charged him with rape in 2004, after entering his apartment, half an hour from Praida de la Luz, Brueckner had been convicted in Germany of the rape, in the same region and with similar violence, of a retired 72-year-old -old American
The German prosecutor explained that he will soon have gathered enough evidence to also charge Brueckner for the rape of the Irish woman. Until then, you have time to complete the Madeleine investigation.
The defendant’s lawyer – who confirms that his client was having a sexual relationship with a woman at the time of the girl’s disappearance – assured that Wolters has nothing against his client, stressing that he himself confirms that he has no forensic evidence.
The Portuguese journalist who interviewed prosecutor Wolters asked him if the new evidence is fibers from Madeleine’s pajamas found in the van Brueckner was traveling in and if he was the one who kidnapped the girl. The police declined to confirm or reject it, because the Portuguese legal system requires that the evidence collected is first reported to the defendant’s lawyers. Likewise, the German Public Prosecutor’s Office representative denied that Brueckner had a credible alibi on the day of Madeleine’s disappearance.
Source: La Verdad
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