Christian Brueckner, in prison for rape in Germany, was told Portuguese police have declared him a suspect
in the case since Kate and Gerry McCann, the toddler’s parents, were declared such in 2007. They were formally cleared of suspicion in 2008.
“We note the announcement from Faro, but it does not affect our own work in a significant way”, Wolters told the Guardian. Asked if it was possible that Brückner was about to be charged in Portugal and could be extradited there from Germany, Wolters said he believed it was “rather unlikely there will be an indictment in Portugal”.
German police said in June 2020 that Madeleine was assumed dead and that Brueckner, 44, was likely responsible for it. However, British officers continue to treat it as a missing persons case, and her parentsGermany, unlike Portugal, does not have a statute of limitations for murder, and the state prosecutor in Braunschweig is currently investigating Brueckner for five separate alleged offences.
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