Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘snatched child from beach’ and forced her to ‘perform a sex act on him’ days before Maddie disappeared, court documents claim
The prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance allegedly “grabbed” a child and forced her to “perform sexual acts on him” days before Maddie disappeared, court documents allege.
Christian Brueckner, a 46-year-old convicted pedophile and rapist, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for the unrelated rape of a 72-year-old American tourist at the same resort where Madeleine disappeared – two years before she disappeared. disappeared.
Now court documents have revealed allegations that he snatched a child from a beach in April 2007 before forcing her to perform sex acts on him, just a month before Madeleine disappeared from her bed at a Portuguese resort.
Christian Brueckner, a 46-year-old convicted pedophile and rapist, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for the unrelated rape of a 72-year-old American tourist at the same resort where Madeleine disappeared
Madeleine McCann’s case continues to grip the world 16 years later, with police still trying to uncover the truth about what happened to the three-year-old girl who went missing on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, located in the Algarve region of Portugal.
German authorities have been investigating Brueckner for the past five years. He lived in the country between 1995 and 2007, spending time there in his camper, not far from the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.
He was named as a suspect in the McCann case after his yellow and white VW T3 Westfalia camper was reportedly spotted near the resort in Portugal where Madeleine disappeared.
He has denied he was in the area at the time and distanced himself from the allegations against him.
Madeleine McCann went missing on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, located in the Algarve in Portugal
Court documents have also revealed another alleged attack involving a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly tied to a post in her rented home in Portugal.
Brueckner is accused of beating her and forcing her to perform sex acts on him, allegedly recording the attack on a video camera.
Brueckner is accused by detectives of Madeleine’s murder but has yet to be formally charged. They say the German resident is still the main suspect and the missing toddler is believed to have died in Portugal.