Germany acquits suspect in British toddler disappearance case of unrelated sexual crimes
BRUNSWICK, Germany — A suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by a court in the German city of Brunswick on Tuesday.
BRUNSWICK, Germany — A suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by a court in the German city of Brunswick on Tuesday.
Christian Brueckner has been formally identified as a suspect in the case of “Maddie” McCann, who disappeared from her bedroom in 2007 during a family holiday in Portugal. He denies any involvement.
Brueckner, a convicted child abuser and drug trader, is already serving a seven-year prison term in Germany for raping a woman in the part of Portugal’s Algarve region where McCann went missing.
His sentence runs until September 2025.
In the trial in Brunswick, which started in February, Brueckner faced three charges of aggravated rape and two of sexual abuse of children committed between 2000 and 2017.
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