The chief suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance allegedly ‘snatched’ a child and forced her to ‘perform sex acts on him’ days before Maddie disappeared, court documents claim.
Christian Brueckner, a 46-year-old convicted pedophile and rapist, is currently serving a seven-year jail 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 vanished.
Now, court documents have revealed allegations that in April 2007 he snatched a child from a beach before forcing her to perform sex acts on him, just one month before Madeleine disappeared from her bed in a Portuguese resort.
Christian Brueckner, a 46-year-old convicted pedophile and rapist, is currently serving a seven-year jail 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 still grips the world 16 years on, as police are yet to uncover the truth about what happened to the three-year-old girl who went missing on 3 May 2007, whilst on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, located in the Algarve region of Portugal.
German authorities have been investigating Brueckner for the last five years. He resided in the country between 1995 and 2007 and spent time living in his campervan there 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 campervan was reportedly spotted near the resort in Portugal where Madeleine vanished.
He has denied he was in the area at the time and distanced himself from the allegations against him.
Madeleine McCann went missing on 3 May 2007, whilst on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz, located in the Algarve region of Portugal
Court documents have also revealed another alleged attack involving a 14-year-old girl who was said to be tied to a post in her rented home in Portugal.
Brueckner is accused of whipping her and forcing her to perform sexual acts on him, allegedly recording the assault on video camera.
Brueckner is accused by detectives of killing Madeleine, but is yet to be formally charged – they say the German native is still the prime suspect and said the missing toddler likely died in Portugal.