Madeleine McCann suspect ‘was tipped off about British tourists leaving their apartment doors open while they dined out by an ‘inside man’ at Praia da Luz complex’ Christian Brueckner was ‘friends’ with an Ocean Club employee in Praia da Luz Reports say suspect was ‘tipped off’ about British tourists leaving doors open Brueckner took 30 minute … Read more
‘When we arrested him we could see the surprise on his face’: Italian police set a trap for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘by making a fake appointment for a new passport’ Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner was arrested with a trap in Italy The Italian police made a fake appointment with him for a new passport … Read more
Christian Brueckner shouted ‘the child is dead now and that’s it’ when work colleagues discussed Madeleine McCann Lenta Johlitz, 34, worked at a kiosk shop in northern German town Braunschweig She said Christian Brueckner wanted her friends to stop talking about the case He ‘totally lost it’ and ‘shouted: “The child is dead now and that’s … Read more
Paedophile Christian Brueckner regularly visited a rundown house hidden away in the Portuguese countryside in the months after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The property – pictured exclusively and never before linked to Brueckner – could now become a focal point in the investigation into whether the German kidnapped and … Read more
A witness claimed to have spotted Madeleine McCann getting into a German-owned VW van with a man just weeks after her disappearance, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A police file unearthed by this paper details how the witness saw Madeleine emerging from a restaurant in the Spanish seaside town of Alcossebre before climbing into … Read more
Hunt for Maddie suspect’s string of lovers: British expat who dated him in Portugal is among the women who could have crucial information on German paedophile German paedophile Christian Brueckner wooed women with his classic Jaguar He had a relationship with one British woman who police would like to contact Brueckner courted a ‘string of … Read more
A campervan used by the new prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case was seized from a scrapyard run by another German, it was revealed today. Christian Breuckner sold the Volkswagen van for £5,000 in 2015 to a German compatriot who ran an unofficial yard in the Silves area of the Algarve. The 43-year-old German … Read more
Witnesses described seeing a blond man staring at Maddie McCann’s holiday flat four days before she was snatched – as e-fits bear striking resemblance to German suspect Photos of Christian Brueckner have matched description of man seen nearby Person was seen at resort in days leading up to girl’s disappearance in Portugal Witnesses told police … Read more
Former Neighbours of the German paedophile named as a suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance remember him as a loner who only occasionally stayed at a rented villa near Praia da Luz. The single-storey red-tiled villa where suspect Christian Brueckner lived is called Escola Vehla – the old school house – and is now owned by … Read more
The new prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance was today revealed as a rapist who lived in a farmhouse two miles from where she went missing in Portugal. German criminal Christian Brueckner lived on the Algarve between 1995 and 2007, including for a few years in the ramshackle home between Lagos and Praia da Luz. The suspected … Read more