Madeleine McCann cops in race to CHARGE Brueckner over her disappearance before he’s released in months after acquittal --[Reported by Umva mag]

DEFIANT Madeleine McCann cops are prepared to charge prime suspect Christian Brueckner if that’s what it takes to keep him behind bars. The paedophile, 47, was sensationally cleared of a string of rape and child abuse allegations in court today – putting him on the path to freedom in just months. Dan CharityChristian Brueckner pictured in court in Braunschweig, Germany[/caption] PAMadeleine McCann vanished in 2007[/caption] Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters warned the clock was ticking on the McCann case. He said: “We can’t hold a trial if he is not here. “The only way to stop him leaving the country or going to a non-extradition country is to get an arrest warrant. “We have less than one hear now on the Maddie case – the clock is ticking.” But prosecutors say they will bring Maddie charges against the dangerous fiend if that’s what it takes to keep him behind bars. In a bombshell revelation they also admitted for the first time holding a string of secret Maddie witnesses whose identities have been kept hidden. Prosecutors were preparing to launch an immediate appeal – citing bias from the judges in the current case. But if it fails – or is incomplete by Brueckner’s release date in September – they plan to move for Maddie charges NEXT YEAR, admitting it would be their only chance to keep him locked up. Prosecutor Wolters told The Sun: “We hope we will get an appeal decision from the supreme court and get and get arrest warrant to keep him behind bars. “But if that is not decided by next September we will try and get an arrest warrant for Maddie. That will be our only chance to keep him behind bars. “I can’t say if we have enough right now – but it is a question we will answer next year because the investigation is still ongoing.” “The verdict today has no impact on the Maddie case. They are totally separate,” he added. He said: “We have witnesses no-one knows about for sure on the Maddie case. “I’m sure we do because it’s a case and things are not the same.” He added: “I can’t say which witnesses we have, but we have more witnesses than the two or three from the current case.” “We have witnesses the public don’t know about,” he added. Brueckner was today cleared of three counts of rape and two counts of indecent exposure meaning all that keeps him behind bars is a sentence from 2019 the runs out in September. If he settles an outstanding £1,000 fine he will be released then. It means under German law he could be back on the streets on day release within just weeks or months, despite a psychiatrist rating him as “top league of dangerousness”. Previously it had been thought drifter Helge B was the only key witness for investigators – after he told them Brueckner said “she didn’t scream” when they discussed Maddie’s disappearance. Former prison mate Laurentiu Codin became a surprise second witness when he told a court in Germany last week Brueckner allegedly confessed to taking a child in Portugal. What is next for Brueckner and the McCann case? BY Rob Pattinson, Senior District Reporter Paedophile Christian Brueckner, 47, was sensationally cleared of a string of rape and child abuse allegations in court – putting him on the path to freedom. Brueckner remains in prison due to a 2019 conviction for rape although The Sun understands that runs out next September. If he settles an outstanding £1,000 fine he will be released then. It means under German law he could be back on the streets on day release within just weeks or months, despite a psychiatrist rating him as “top league of dangerousness”. The investigators working on the acquitted allegations are the same people trying to crack the Madeleine McCann case. German officials are desperate to keep the man behind bars with investigators still labelling Brueckner as the prime suspect in McCann’s disappearance. Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told The Sun “the clock is ticking”. With German journalist Jutta Rabe also saying the prosecution must speed up their investigations around Maddie to keep him locked up. Those working to link Brueckner to the infamous case are now left with just two options as time continues to run out. They can appeal the case which saw him acquitted of several allegations of rape and sexual crimes which is unrelated to McCann’s. This will likely see them go directly to the Supreme Court – Germany’s highest court – to file the appeal. Jutta believes the prosecutors will appeal the decision due to the judge’s strict outlook over the minor discrepancies. She says they will say the trial did not apply the correct rules per German legal practice rather than directly appeal the verdict. If the Supreme Court agrees then a complete retrial will be called with the witnesses reexamined at a different

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Madeleine McCann cops in race to CHARGE Brueckner over her disappearance before he’s released in months after acquittal --[Reported by Umva mag]

DEFIANT Madeleine McCann cops are prepared to charge prime suspect Christian Brueckner if that’s what it takes to keep him behind bars.

The paedophile, 47, was sensationally cleared of a string of rape and child abuse allegations in court today – putting him on the path to freedom in just months.

a man in a suit and striped shirt looks at the camera

Christian Brueckner pictured in court in Braunschweig, Germany[/caption]

a little girl wearing a pink hat is holding two tennis balls

Madeleine McCann vanished in 2007[/caption]

Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters warned the clock was ticking on the McCann case.

He said: “We can’t hold a trial if he is not here.

“The only way to stop him leaving the country or going to a non-extradition country is to get an arrest warrant.

“We have less than one hear now on the Maddie case – the clock is ticking.”

But prosecutors say they will bring Maddie charges against the dangerous fiend if that’s what it takes to keep him behind bars.

In a bombshell revelation they also admitted for the first time holding a string of secret Maddie witnesses whose identities have been kept hidden.

Prosecutors were preparing to launch an immediate appeal – citing bias from the judges in the current case.

But if it fails – or is incomplete by Brueckner’s release date in September – they plan to move for Maddie charges NEXT YEAR, admitting it would be their only chance to keep him locked up.

Prosecutor Wolters told The Sun: “We hope we will get an appeal decision from the supreme court and get and get arrest warrant to keep him behind bars.

“But if that is not decided by next September we will try and get an arrest warrant for Maddie. That will be our only chance to keep him behind bars.

“I can’t say if we have enough right now – but it is a question we will answer next year because the investigation is still ongoing.”

“The verdict today has no impact on the Maddie case. They are totally separate,” he added.

He said: “We have witnesses no-one knows about for sure on the Maddie case.

“I’m sure we do because it’s a case and things are not the same.”

He added: “I can’t say which witnesses we have, but we have more witnesses than the two or three from the current case.”

“We have witnesses the public don’t know about,” he added.

Brueckner was today cleared of three counts of rape and two counts of indecent exposure meaning all that keeps him behind bars is a sentence from 2019 the runs out in September.

If he settles an outstanding £1,000 fine he will be released then.

It means under German law he could be back on the streets on day release within just weeks or months, despite a psychiatrist rating him as “top league of dangerousness”.

Previously it had been thought drifter Helge B was the only key witness for investigators – after he told them Brueckner said “she didn’t scream” when they discussed Maddie’s disappearance.

Former prison mate Laurentiu Codin became a surprise second witness when he told a court in Germany last week Brueckner allegedly confessed to taking a child in Portugal.

What is next for Brueckner and the McCann case?

BY Rob Pattinson, Senior District Reporter

Paedophile Christian Brueckner, 47, was sensationally cleared of a string of rape and child abuse allegations in court – putting him on the path to freedom.

Brueckner remains in prison due to a 2019 conviction for rape although The Sun understands that runs out next September.

If he settles an outstanding £1,000 fine he will be released then.

It means under German law he could be back on the streets on day release within just weeks or months, despite a psychiatrist rating him as “top league of dangerousness”.

The investigators working on the acquitted allegations are the same people trying to crack the Madeleine McCann case.

German officials are desperate to keep the man behind bars with investigators still labelling Brueckner as the prime suspect in McCann’s disappearance.

Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told The Sun “the clock is ticking”.

With German journalist Jutta Rabe also saying the prosecution must speed up their investigations around Maddie to keep him locked up.

Those working to link Brueckner to the infamous case are now left with just two options as time continues to run out.

They can appeal the case which saw him acquitted of several allegations of rape and sexual crimes which is unrelated to McCann’s.

This will likely see them go directly to the Supreme Court – Germany’s highest court – to file the appeal.

Jutta believes the prosecutors will appeal the decision due to the judge’s strict outlook over the minor discrepancies.

She says they will say the trial did not apply the correct rules per German legal practice rather than directly appeal the verdict.

If the Supreme Court agrees then a complete retrial will be called with the witnesses reexamined at a different court.

This will keep Brueckner in jail on a fresh arrest warrant.

Or they can begin proceedings against him in regards to McCann and officially name the accusations they believe will result in him being found guilty following a trial.

This will see a two decade hunt finally made public will all the files of evidence opened up.

Some witnesses from the first trial will be called up once again as well as some new and unheard from people who will testify against Brueckner.

Prosecutors can go ahead with this at any moment due to the sheer body of work they have built up overtime.

For the first time people will hear what prosecutors believe actually happened to Maddie in the Algarve all those years ago should it go to a trial.

If charges are officially made against Brueckner then he will have an arrest warrant placed on him and meaning he stays behind bars.

Even though Brueckner was acquitted for a multitude of charges Jutta still says it has provided a huge opportunity for prosecutors.

And has helped them get closer to finally getting justice for the McCann family after all these years.

Mr Codin’s evidence IS being taken seriously by investigators who now plan to reinterview him.

Explaining the basis of the imminent appeal, prosecutor Wolters told The Sun: “We will make an appeal to the highest court in Germany, the supreme court. They have the power to order a retrial with new judges.

“We believe we have enough evidence Christian B is guilty and we believe the court will see the judges here have misinterpreted the evidence.”

Mr Wolters added: “We believe one of the judges was not open to the possibility of Brueckner being guilty – and they had made their minds up before the case even started.

“As soon as we had an indication of this we applied for that judge to be removed, but the request was declined.

“We think there is a case to show bias among the judges and we believe we can show that.

“We think we can win an appeal – we hope so.”

a man and woman sit on a couch holding a picture of a little girl

Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate picture din 2007[/caption]

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The Portugal apartment Maddie was taken from in 2007[/caption]

During the trial, Brueckner was accused of breaking into a ground floor falt in Portugal to abuse Irish Hazel Behan.

She was raped at knifepoint, and claimed Brueckner was her attacker.

But the defence claimed Hazel could not have known her attacker was Brueckner, as he was wearing a mask.

They claimed she wrongly identified him after seeing Maddie coverage.

Brueckner was also cleared of raping a woman aged up to 80.

He was also cleared of grabbing the wrist of a child on a beach and performing a sex act on himself.

He was cleared of performed a sex act on himself in front of a child on a park-swing years later in the same region.

Judge Ute Engemann told Braunschweig Regional Court, in Germany, the witnesses in the incurrent trial had been “inconsistent”.

Madeleine McCann's disappearance

MADELEINE McCann vanished on May 3, 2007 - and cops believe Brueckner could have been behind her disappearance.

Almost 17 years on, no one has been charged in connection. These are the key dates

May 3, 2007 – Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10pm

May 14, 2007 – Property developer Robert Murat is named an “arguido” or formal suspect

August 31, 2007 – The McCanns launch libel action against Tal e Qual – a newspaper that claimed the couple killed Madeleine

September 7, 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made “arguidos”

September 9, 2007– Madeleine’s parents return to England with their two-year-old twins

October 2, 2007– Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is taken off the case after criticising British police in a newspaper interview

July 21, 2009 – Portuguese police lift the “arguido” status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns

May 12, 2011 – On Madeleine’s eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches a review into the case

April 25, 2012 – Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive

July 4, 2013 – Two years into a review of the case, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance

October 24, 2013– Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of inquiry are found

November 27, 2013 – Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for British and Portuguese police to work together

October 28, 2015 – Scotland Yard reduces the number of officers working on Madeleine’s disappearance

March 11, 2017 – The Home Office grants Operation Grange an extra £85,000 to continue from April until September

September 28, 2017 – British police are granted £154,000 to keep the probe going until March 2018

November 2017 – Cops moved the search to Bulgaria

May 2018 – Another round of funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted

September 2018 – An extra six months of funding is requested from the Home Office

November 2018 – More funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted

November 2018 – UK police re-examine a theory Madeleine left the apartment to look for her parents

June 2019 – Another round of funding, believed to be £300,000 of government cash is granted

June 2019 – Portuguese police are probing a “new clue and suspect” after talks with British officers

June 2020 – New prime suspect revealed as a German paedo Christian Brueckner

April 2022 – Brueckner formally made an “arguido”

May 2023 – Police search remote Algarve reservoir Brueckner called his “little paradise”

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