What we know about 'Christian B', the new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case

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What we know about 'Christian B', the new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case
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German police have identified a new suspect in the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal in 2007. As the investigation zeroes in, here's what we know about him.

German police have identified a new key suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann from a hotel in Portugal in 2007.

Kate and Gerry McCann with a computer generated image of their daughter Madeleine at nine years of age. He reportedly fled to Portugal a year later, at the age of 18, to avoid his two-year sentence, but returned to Germany in 1999 to serve out his sentence.Then in 2019, he was sentenced to another seven years in prison for aPortuguese authorities investigated the assault at the time, but ultimately dropped the case due to lack of evidence., the evidence to convict Christian B of the rape came from two burglars.

German Federal Police want to talk to anyone who can remember and provide information about the house in the picture.Those close to the McCann family believe the fact police are treating Christian B as a main suspect is important.that in the 13 years of the investigation, he couldn't recall any police force "focusing so specifically on one individual with such detailed requests for such information from the public".

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