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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... s-portugalMadeleine McCann suspect charged with sexual offences by German prosecutors
Officials say new charges relate to offences allegedly committed in Portugal between 28 December 2000 and 11 June 2017
German prosecutors said they have charged a 45-year-old German man, who is a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, with several sexual offences he allegedly committed in Portugal between 28 December 2000 and 11 June 2017.
Police in Germany had announced in 2020 they were investigating Christian Brückner in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine, who went missing from her family’s Portuguese holiday flat in May 2007.
A statement released on Tuesday by the prosecutor’s office in the German city of Braunschweig said: “The accused is the same person against whom charges were brought in connection with the disappearance of the then three-year-old British girl Madeleine Beth McCann.”
“Specifically, the accused is charged with three offences of aggravated rape and two offences of sexual abuse of children,” the prosecutor’s office added.
The new charges against him include the rapes of an unidentified woman aged between 70 and 80 and of a 20-year-old Irish woman. In both cases the accused had gained access to their apartments, tied up and lashed the women with a whip, and filmed the assault with a video camera he had brought along.
Hazel Behan, an Irish citizen, in 2020 asked UK detectives working on Madeleine’s disappearance to review her attack, after learning that a new suspect in the then three-year-old’s abduction had been convicted of a sexual assault with similarities to her own experience.
“My mind was blown when I read how he had attacked a woman in 2005, both the tactics and the methods he used, how well he had planned it out,” she told the Guardian.
Two of the charges are based on the testimonies of two former acquaintances of Brückner, who described having seen the sexual assaults on a video camera and videotapes they stole from his house in 2006. The videotapes that show these acts have never been found, and the identity of the two females described by the witnesses remain unknown.
Brückner is also charged with forcing a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, and of exposing himself to girls aged 10 and 11 on two separate occasions 10 years apart, in Faro in April 2007 and in São Bartolomeu de Messines in June 2017.
Madeleine was three when she went missing from her family’s holiday flat in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007, while her parents dined at a nearby tapas restaurant, triggering a huge missing person investigation.
German police said in June 2020 that she was assumed dead and that Brückner was probably responsible for her disappearance. Nevertheless, British officers continue to treat it as a missing person’s case. Unlike Portugal, Germany does not have a statute of limitations for murder.
In April, Portuguese authorities made Brückner an arguido – a “named suspect” or “formal suspect” – who is treated by Portuguese police as more than a witness but has not been arrested or charged.
He has been serving a sentence in Oldenburg prison in northern Germany for raping a woman in 2005 in the same area of the Algarve region of Portugal where Madeleine went missing.
Brückner has previously denied any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.
Christian Wolters, the state prosecutor in Braunschweig, is investigating Brückner for five separate alleged offences. They include three cases of rape and two cases of child molestation, the most recent in 2017 when Brückner is alleged to have exposed himself in front of a group of children.
Wolters said in May that new evidence had been found against the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.
He said in an interview on Portuguese television that investigators believed they had found “some facts, some new evidence, not forensic evidence”.
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PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Possible trial of Maddie suspects not before 2023
10/12/2022, 3:13 p.m
A view of Praia da Luz.
A view of Praia da Luz.
Photo: Steve Parsons / dpa
BRUNSWICK. The 45-year-old could probably only come to court in 2023. He is accused of three counts of serious rape and two counts of abuse.
The German suspect in the case of the missing girl Maddie will not have to face a trial this year for other allegations of s-e-x crimes. Such a procedure will not begin before 2023, the Braunschweig Regional Court announced on Wednesday. The responsible criminal chamber will now examine in a so-called interim procedure whether the indictment will be admitted and whether the main proceedings will be opened, it said.
On Tuesday, the public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig brought charges against the 45-year-old German. He is accused of three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of child sexual abuse. He is said to have committed the crimes between the end of December 2000 and June 2017 in Portugal.
The 45-year-old is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence
The 45-year-old is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. In May 2007, the then three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from an apartment complex in this holiday resort. She has been missing ever since. In the investigation into the murder of the 45-year-old in the so-called Maddie case, the Federal Criminal Police Office continues to ask for witnesses.
The accused would have served his sentence in full in September 2025, said the spokesman for the Braunschweig public prosecutor, Hans Christian Wolters, on Wednesday of the dpa. "We expect a main hearing in the middle of next year," he said, referring to the new allegations of s-e-x crimes. "But that's ultimately decided by the Braunschweig Regional Court."
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https://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/b ... -2023.html
Possible trial of Maddie suspects not before 2023
10/12/2022, 3:13 p.m
A view of Praia da Luz.
A view of Praia da Luz.
Photo: Steve Parsons / dpa
BRUNSWICK. The 45-year-old could probably only come to court in 2023. He is accused of three counts of serious rape and two counts of abuse.
The German suspect in the case of the missing girl Maddie will not have to face a trial this year for other allegations of s-e-x crimes. Such a procedure will not begin before 2023, the Braunschweig Regional Court announced on Wednesday. The responsible criminal chamber will now examine in a so-called interim procedure whether the indictment will be admitted and whether the main proceedings will be opened, it said.
On Tuesday, the public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig brought charges against the 45-year-old German. He is accused of three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of child sexual abuse. He is said to have committed the crimes between the end of December 2000 and June 2017 in Portugal.
The 45-year-old is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence
The 45-year-old is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. In May 2007, the then three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from an apartment complex in this holiday resort. She has been missing ever since. In the investigation into the murder of the 45-year-old in the so-called Maddie case, the Federal Criminal Police Office continues to ask for witnesses.
The accused would have served his sentence in full in September 2025, said the spokesman for the Braunschweig public prosecutor, Hans Christian Wolters, on Wednesday of the dpa. "We expect a main hearing in the middle of next year," he said, referring to the new allegations of s-e-x crimes. "But that's ultimately decided by the Braunschweig Regional Court."
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https://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/b ... -2023.html
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Criminal proceedings in brief
This section contains a brief outline of the steps involved in criminal proceedings.
Criminal proceedings are divided into three stages: Investigation, intermediate proceedings, and the main proceedings or trial (including appeals and enforcement).
Investigation (Ermittlungsverfahren): The prosecuting authorities (either the public prosecutor or the police) will start an investigation if they suspect you of a criminal offence. The aim of the investigation is to establish whether or not the suspicion against you is justified. In order to conduct their investigation they may take a variety of measures, including searching your home. When the investigation is complete, the public prosecutor will decide whether to discontinue the proceedings on lack of suspicion or whether to charge you
Intermediate proceedings (Zwischenverfahren): In the intermediate proceedings a court assesses the charge and decides whether or not the prosecution should proceed. If the court believes that there is enough evidence to make a conviction likely, it will open the main proceedings.
Main proceedings (Hauptverfahren): In the main proceedings, the court prepares and conducts the trial. The court tests the charge at an oral hearing on the basis of the evidence available (eyewitnesses, documents, etc.). You will also be given the opportunity to tell the court your version of events and to comment on the allegations. If you are found to have committed the offence, you will be convicted. If not, you will be acquitted. You can appeal against a judgment within certain time‑limits. In a full appeal (Berufsverfahren), the main proceedings are repeated before a higher court. In review proceedings (Revisionsverfahren), the judgment is checked only for legal defects.
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This section contains a brief outline of the steps involved in criminal proceedings.
Criminal proceedings are divided into three stages: Investigation, intermediate proceedings, and the main proceedings or trial (including appeals and enforcement).
Investigation (Ermittlungsverfahren): The prosecuting authorities (either the public prosecutor or the police) will start an investigation if they suspect you of a criminal offence. The aim of the investigation is to establish whether or not the suspicion against you is justified. In order to conduct their investigation they may take a variety of measures, including searching your home. When the investigation is complete, the public prosecutor will decide whether to discontinue the proceedings on lack of suspicion or whether to charge you
Intermediate proceedings (Zwischenverfahren): In the intermediate proceedings a court assesses the charge and decides whether or not the prosecution should proceed. If the court believes that there is enough evidence to make a conviction likely, it will open the main proceedings.
Main proceedings (Hauptverfahren): In the main proceedings, the court prepares and conducts the trial. The court tests the charge at an oral hearing on the basis of the evidence available (eyewitnesses, documents, etc.). You will also be given the opportunity to tell the court your version of events and to comment on the allegations. If you are found to have committed the offence, you will be convicted. If not, you will be acquitted. You can appeal against a judgment within certain time‑limits. In a full appeal (Berufsverfahren), the main proceedings are repeated before a higher court. In review proceedings (Revisionsverfahren), the judgment is checked only for legal defects.
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Questioning (1)
If you are suspected of an offence, the police or the public prosecutor will question you about the accusation, so as to ensure that you are given a proper hearing. In some cases, if the public prosecutor so requests, you may also be questioned by a judge.
What should I do if I have been called for questioning?
If the public prosecutor or a court has called you for questioning (Vernehmung), you must attend. If you fail to respond you may be brought before the prosecutor or court by force. If you are called for questioning by the police you are not bound to attend.
What will I be told before questioning?
Before you are questioned you will be told what you are accused of having done, and what laws may have been broken. You will be told that you have the right to remain silent, that you may consult a lawyer before you are questioned, and that you may ask for items of evidence in your favour to be considered.
Will I be provided with an interpreter if I don’t speak the language?
If your German is not good enough, an interpreter will be provided. This will not cost you anything. The interpreter will attend the whole interview and will translate the questions, your answers and the written record of the interview.
Can I talk to a lawyer?
As a suspect you may speak with a defence lawyer alone or in the presence of an interpreter. If you are questioned by the public prosecutor or a judge, you may have a defence lawyer present, but not if you are questioned by the police.
Will I be interviewed? Should I give information?
Before the end of the investigation the police or public prosecutor must question you, unless the proceedings are discontinued. If the case is straightforward, you may be questioned in writing.
When you are questioned, even in writing, you must give your personal particulars. These include your first names, surname, name at birth, place and date of birth, marital status, your occupation, your address and your nationality.
However, you are under no obligation to answer the accusation, or to provide information relating to the case. What you say, and how much, is up to you, though you may wish to speak to your lawyer first.
What happens if I say something to my disadvantage?
Everything you say during an interview will be recorded in minutes. If you say something that is to your disadvantage, the court that considers your case after you are charged will know of it. Even if at a later stage you want to remain silent or to withdraw your statement, the court may in its judgment take account of anything you said earlier.
Will I be told of the state of the investigation when I am questioned?
It is up to the public prosecutor whether to inform you about the state of the investigation. The public prosecutor may not, however, give you misleading information.
What methods may not be used?
You cannot be mistreated or otherwise physically handled during questioning. Nobody may threaten you or promise you anything that is not allowed by law. Any statement you make under those conditions cannot be taken into consideration, even with your agreement.
Further information
The rules on interviewing suspects are set out in Sections 136, 136a and 163a of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Questioning (1)
If you are suspected of an offence, the police or the public prosecutor will question you about the accusation, so as to ensure that you are given a proper hearing. In some cases, if the public prosecutor so requests, you may also be questioned by a judge.
What should I do if I have been called for questioning?
If the public prosecutor or a court has called you for questioning (Vernehmung), you must attend. If you fail to respond you may be brought before the prosecutor or court by force. If you are called for questioning by the police you are not bound to attend.
What will I be told before questioning?
Before you are questioned you will be told what you are accused of having done, and what laws may have been broken. You will be told that you have the right to remain silent, that you may consult a lawyer before you are questioned, and that you may ask for items of evidence in your favour to be considered.
Will I be provided with an interpreter if I don’t speak the language?
If your German is not good enough, an interpreter will be provided. This will not cost you anything. The interpreter will attend the whole interview and will translate the questions, your answers and the written record of the interview.
Can I talk to a lawyer?
As a suspect you may speak with a defence lawyer alone or in the presence of an interpreter. If you are questioned by the public prosecutor or a judge, you may have a defence lawyer present, but not if you are questioned by the police.
Will I be interviewed? Should I give information?
Before the end of the investigation the police or public prosecutor must question you, unless the proceedings are discontinued. If the case is straightforward, you may be questioned in writing.
When you are questioned, even in writing, you must give your personal particulars. These include your first names, surname, name at birth, place and date of birth, marital status, your occupation, your address and your nationality.
However, you are under no obligation to answer the accusation, or to provide information relating to the case. What you say, and how much, is up to you, though you may wish to speak to your lawyer first.
What happens if I say something to my disadvantage?
Everything you say during an interview will be recorded in minutes. If you say something that is to your disadvantage, the court that considers your case after you are charged will know of it. Even if at a later stage you want to remain silent or to withdraw your statement, the court may in its judgment take account of anything you said earlier.
Will I be told of the state of the investigation when I am questioned?
It is up to the public prosecutor whether to inform you about the state of the investigation. The public prosecutor may not, however, give you misleading information.
What methods may not be used?
You cannot be mistreated or otherwise physically handled during questioning. Nobody may threaten you or promise you anything that is not allowed by law. Any statement you make under those conditions cannot be taken into consideration, even with your agreement.
Further information
The rules on interviewing suspects are set out in Sections 136, 136a and 163a of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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The public prosecutor will forward the indictment to the court, which will decide in intermediate proceedings whether or not to proceed to the main proceedings stage, i.e. to a trial.
If the court allows the indictment to go to trial, the main proceedings begin with a court hearing. Court hearings may take place on one day or over several days. The indictment may also be dealt with in expedited proceedings governed by separate rules.
How will the trial proceed?
First of all, the court will determine who is present: the public prosecutor, you and your defence lawyer (if any), and witnesses. The witnesses will then be asked to wait outside the courtroom.
You will be asked to give your personal particulars. You must give your name, address, place of birth, marital status and occupation. You do not need to say how much you earn.
The charge will then be read out.
You will be able to state your view on the accusations made. You do not have to say anything: you may remain silent. The court may not draw any inference against you from your silence. After that the evidence will be produced, i.e. witnesses questioned, expert witnesses heard and/or documents read out.
The public prosecutor and your defence lawyer (if any) will then give their assessments of the evidence and propose that you be convicted or acquitted.
You will have the last word.
The court will then give judgment and state the grounds on which its judgment is based.
Where will the trial take place?
The trial will be held in the place where the public prosecutor brought the charge; there are specific rules governing this aspect. Often the trial takes place in the court with jurisdiction for the area where the offence was committed.
Whether the proceedings will be conducted in the local court (Amtsgericht), the regional court (Landgericht) or the higher regional court (Oberlandesgericht) depends on the likely penalty for the offence. If a fine or a term of imprisonment of no more than two years can be expected, the case will be heard by a single judge sitting in the local court. If a sentence of two to four years’ imprisonment is expected, the case will be heard in the local court before three judges, consisting of one professional judge and two non‑professional judges (Schöffen). If a sentence of more than four years’ imprisonment is expected, the case will be heard in the regional court, before two or three professional judges and two non‑professional judges. Matters of national security are heard by the higher regional court, consisting of three professional judges.
Will the trial be public?
The trial is public. The public will be excluded only in exceptional circumstances, e.g. in order to protect witnesses.
Can the charges be changed during the trial?
Minor changes can be made to the charges on the instructions of the court. Supplementary charges may be brought during the trial. But supplementary charges will be considered only if you and the court agree.
What happens if I plead guilty to some or all of the charges in the course of the trial?
An admission will not end the proceedings. However, the court may decide not to hear some of the evidence if it regards your admission as reliable, for example because it is corroborated by evidence already heard. If you admit any of the charges the court may reduce the sentence. In some cases your admission may form part of a plea bargain. A plea bargain relates to the sentence, and not to the verdict of guilty or not guilty.
What are my rights during the trial?
You are required to attend the trial. If you have not been excused from attending and nevertheless fail to appear, the trial will be stayed, and a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Proceedings for a summary order are an exception to this rule.
If you cannot speak the language well enough, the court will provide an interpreter to translate all important steps taken and statements made during the trial.
You can appoint a lawyer to defend you. In some cases you must have a defence lawyer. If you do not choose a lawyer, the court will designate a court-appointed defence lawyer.
Can I challenge the evidence presented against me?
When evidence is brought against you, you can express your opinion of it. You can dispute any evidence which you believe has been improperly brought against you.
You can also apply for further evidence to be brought. You can gather your own evidence, but you will not enjoy the same powers as the police. For example, you cannot intercept telephone calls and produce the recordings n evidence.
You may ask witnesses to appear and say what they know, and you may bring them to the court. Bear in mind, however, that witnesses are under an obligation to tell the court the truth.
Witnesses are questioned first by the judge or judges and then by the public prosecutor. You and your lawyer may question them after that.
As a rule, an extract from the register showing your criminal record, clean or otherwise, will be read out. If you have already been convicted of a crime similar to the one at issue in the present proceedings, the previous judgment may also be read out. The criminal register does not show previous convictions in other Member States. However, if the court learns of previous convictions in some other way it may take them into account.
What happens at the end of the trial?
The trial ends with a judgment, or the proceedings may be discontinued.
In the majority of cases trials end with a judgment. The court may find you guilty or acquit you, depending on the evidence. The judgment may impose a fine or a term of imprisonment. In particular circumstances provided for by law, the court may order a measure such as placement in a psychiatric hospital or a drug rehabilitation centre, or preventive detention. Withdrawal of your driving licence is another possible measure of this kind. A driving ban may be imposed as a supplementary penalty.
A fine is measured in terms of a certain number of daily quotas (Tagessätze, e.g. 50 daily quotas of €15). The daily quota is always one-thirtieth of your monthly income. You can also work to discharge a fine. If you do not pay the fine, and do not work off the fine, you will be imprisoned for one day per daily quota. If the fine is no more than 180 daily quotas, it may be suspended. That means you will be given a warning, and will have to pay the fine only if you offend again after sentencing, or otherwise breach any orders made by the court.
Prison sentences of up to two years can also be suspended. If you fail to meet the probation conditions, the sentence can be enforced.
Other measures and additional penalties can be attached to the sentence.
What is the role of the victim during the trial?
In the majority of cases the victim is an important witness, and will be heard in that capacity.
Victims of certain crimes may also take an active part in the trial if they are entitled to join their own civil action to the public criminal action. Victims may then themselves ask questions or apply for evidence to be considered, and may be represented by a lawyer who will do this on their behalf. At the end of the trial the victim or the victim’s lawyer may make closing submissions recommending a particular sentence.
Further information
The main proceedings are governed by the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Organisation of the Courts Act.
The public prosecutor will forward the indictment to the court, which will decide in intermediate proceedings whether or not to proceed to the main proceedings stage, i.e. to a trial.
If the court allows the indictment to go to trial, the main proceedings begin with a court hearing. Court hearings may take place on one day or over several days. The indictment may also be dealt with in expedited proceedings governed by separate rules.
How will the trial proceed?
First of all, the court will determine who is present: the public prosecutor, you and your defence lawyer (if any), and witnesses. The witnesses will then be asked to wait outside the courtroom.
You will be asked to give your personal particulars. You must give your name, address, place of birth, marital status and occupation. You do not need to say how much you earn.
The charge will then be read out.
You will be able to state your view on the accusations made. You do not have to say anything: you may remain silent. The court may not draw any inference against you from your silence. After that the evidence will be produced, i.e. witnesses questioned, expert witnesses heard and/or documents read out.
The public prosecutor and your defence lawyer (if any) will then give their assessments of the evidence and propose that you be convicted or acquitted.
You will have the last word.
The court will then give judgment and state the grounds on which its judgment is based.
Where will the trial take place?
The trial will be held in the place where the public prosecutor brought the charge; there are specific rules governing this aspect. Often the trial takes place in the court with jurisdiction for the area where the offence was committed.
Whether the proceedings will be conducted in the local court (Amtsgericht), the regional court (Landgericht) or the higher regional court (Oberlandesgericht) depends on the likely penalty for the offence. If a fine or a term of imprisonment of no more than two years can be expected, the case will be heard by a single judge sitting in the local court. If a sentence of two to four years’ imprisonment is expected, the case will be heard in the local court before three judges, consisting of one professional judge and two non‑professional judges (Schöffen). If a sentence of more than four years’ imprisonment is expected, the case will be heard in the regional court, before two or three professional judges and two non‑professional judges. Matters of national security are heard by the higher regional court, consisting of three professional judges.
Will the trial be public?
The trial is public. The public will be excluded only in exceptional circumstances, e.g. in order to protect witnesses.
Can the charges be changed during the trial?
Minor changes can be made to the charges on the instructions of the court. Supplementary charges may be brought during the trial. But supplementary charges will be considered only if you and the court agree.
What happens if I plead guilty to some or all of the charges in the course of the trial?
An admission will not end the proceedings. However, the court may decide not to hear some of the evidence if it regards your admission as reliable, for example because it is corroborated by evidence already heard. If you admit any of the charges the court may reduce the sentence. In some cases your admission may form part of a plea bargain. A plea bargain relates to the sentence, and not to the verdict of guilty or not guilty.
What are my rights during the trial?
You are required to attend the trial. If you have not been excused from attending and nevertheless fail to appear, the trial will be stayed, and a warrant may be issued for your arrest. Proceedings for a summary order are an exception to this rule.
If you cannot speak the language well enough, the court will provide an interpreter to translate all important steps taken and statements made during the trial.
You can appoint a lawyer to defend you. In some cases you must have a defence lawyer. If you do not choose a lawyer, the court will designate a court-appointed defence lawyer.
Can I challenge the evidence presented against me?
When evidence is brought against you, you can express your opinion of it. You can dispute any evidence which you believe has been improperly brought against you.
You can also apply for further evidence to be brought. You can gather your own evidence, but you will not enjoy the same powers as the police. For example, you cannot intercept telephone calls and produce the recordings n evidence.
You may ask witnesses to appear and say what they know, and you may bring them to the court. Bear in mind, however, that witnesses are under an obligation to tell the court the truth.
Witnesses are questioned first by the judge or judges and then by the public prosecutor. You and your lawyer may question them after that.
As a rule, an extract from the register showing your criminal record, clean or otherwise, will be read out. If you have already been convicted of a crime similar to the one at issue in the present proceedings, the previous judgment may also be read out. The criminal register does not show previous convictions in other Member States. However, if the court learns of previous convictions in some other way it may take them into account.
What happens at the end of the trial?
The trial ends with a judgment, or the proceedings may be discontinued.
In the majority of cases trials end with a judgment. The court may find you guilty or acquit you, depending on the evidence. The judgment may impose a fine or a term of imprisonment. In particular circumstances provided for by law, the court may order a measure such as placement in a psychiatric hospital or a drug rehabilitation centre, or preventive detention. Withdrawal of your driving licence is another possible measure of this kind. A driving ban may be imposed as a supplementary penalty.
A fine is measured in terms of a certain number of daily quotas (Tagessätze, e.g. 50 daily quotas of €15). The daily quota is always one-thirtieth of your monthly income. You can also work to discharge a fine. If you do not pay the fine, and do not work off the fine, you will be imprisoned for one day per daily quota. If the fine is no more than 180 daily quotas, it may be suspended. That means you will be given a warning, and will have to pay the fine only if you offend again after sentencing, or otherwise breach any orders made by the court.
Prison sentences of up to two years can also be suspended. If you fail to meet the probation conditions, the sentence can be enforced.
Other measures and additional penalties can be attached to the sentence.
What is the role of the victim during the trial?
In the majority of cases the victim is an important witness, and will be heard in that capacity.
Victims of certain crimes may also take an active part in the trial if they are entitled to join their own civil action to the public criminal action. Victims may then themselves ask questions or apply for evidence to be considered, and may be represented by a lawyer who will do this on their behalf. At the end of the trial the victim or the victim’s lawyer may make closing submissions recommending a particular sentence.
Further information
The main proceedings are governed by the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Organisation of the Courts Act.
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EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann case now sole focus of probe team - but quick breakthrough 'unlikely'
German investigators have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance
Madeleine McCann
ByMartin FrickerNews Reporter
18:19, 12 Oct 2022
Investigators into the Madeleine McCann disappearance are now focusing solely on her case but a breakthrough this year is “unlikely”, German prosecutors say.
They have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over her 2007 disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Brueckner, 45, was charged on Tuesday with five s-e-x crimes allegedly carried out in Portugal from 2000 to 2017.
He is currently serving a seven-year prison term for rape and is not expected to stand trial on the new charges until next summer.
German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said it was “unlikely” he will be charged over Madeleine’s disappearance ahead of the trial.
The Braunschweig-based official told the Mirror: “Anything is possible, but it is unlikely, at least in terms of time.”
Christian Brueckner was charged on Tuesday with five s-e-x crimes allegedly carried out in Portugal from 2000 to 2017
But he revealed investigators are now working “solely” on the Madeleine probe after completing their work on the other cases. Parents Kate and Gerry McCann, of Rothley, Leics, remain hopeful that their daughter is still alive. Madeleine was three when she vanished from their holiday apartment.
An Irish tour rep allegedly raped by Brueckner in nearby Praia da Rocha in 2004 is delighted with the new charges.
Hazel Behan claims the German forced his way into her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. Brueckner was charged with that crime, two other rapes and two child s-e-x assaults on Tuesday.
Mum-of-three Hazel, 39, who waived her anonymity, said: “I’m delighted that after many hours and days of interviews in Ireland and Germany, I am finally going to see justice.
“It was very hard and gruelling going back over the attack. I always said my attacker was a German with piercing blue eyes and a voice I would recognise immediately.
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“When Brueckner’s name was released, I knew it was him.”
Her lawyer Darragh Mackin added: “We are confident German police are mounting a strong and credible case.”
German Brueckner is currently in jail in northern Germany for raping a pensioner in Praia da Luz.
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EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann case now sole focus of probe team - but quick breakthrough 'unlikely'
German investigators have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance
Madeleine McCann
ByMartin FrickerNews Reporter
18:19, 12 Oct 2022
Investigators into the Madeleine McCann disappearance are now focusing solely on her case but a breakthrough this year is “unlikely”, German prosecutors say.
They have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over her 2007 disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Brueckner, 45, was charged on Tuesday with five s-e-x crimes allegedly carried out in Portugal from 2000 to 2017.
He is currently serving a seven-year prison term for rape and is not expected to stand trial on the new charges until next summer.
German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said it was “unlikely” he will be charged over Madeleine’s disappearance ahead of the trial.
The Braunschweig-based official told the Mirror: “Anything is possible, but it is unlikely, at least in terms of time.”
Christian Brueckner was charged on Tuesday with five s-e-x crimes allegedly carried out in Portugal from 2000 to 2017
But he revealed investigators are now working “solely” on the Madeleine probe after completing their work on the other cases. Parents Kate and Gerry McCann, of Rothley, Leics, remain hopeful that their daughter is still alive. Madeleine was three when she vanished from their holiday apartment.
An Irish tour rep allegedly raped by Brueckner in nearby Praia da Rocha in 2004 is delighted with the new charges.
Hazel Behan claims the German forced his way into her apartment and raped her at knifepoint. Brueckner was charged with that crime, two other rapes and two child s-e-x assaults on Tuesday.
Mum-of-three Hazel, 39, who waived her anonymity, said: “I’m delighted that after many hours and days of interviews in Ireland and Germany, I am finally going to see justice.
“It was very hard and gruelling going back over the attack. I always said my attacker was a German with piercing blue eyes and a voice I would recognise immediately.
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“When Brueckner’s name was released, I knew it was him.”
Her lawyer Darragh Mackin added: “We are confident German police are mounting a strong and credible case.”
German Brueckner is currently in jail in northern Germany for raping a pensioner in Praia da Luz.
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"German investigators have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance.
They have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over her 2007 disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal.", well, well, I´m not surprised, because he is not involved in her disappearance.
although the trial for his crimes mentions Madeleine, the trial is not about Madeleine, but about other cases in which he is involved with.
They have dismissed reports that convicted p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner could be charged by Christmas over her 2007 disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal.", well, well, I´m not surprised, because he is not involved in her disappearance.
although the trial for his crimes mentions Madeleine, the trial is not about Madeleine, but about other cases in which he is involved with.
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The creepy idiot can't do research (although she comments on the leading research site about the Mccann case that according to her will be used forever as a reference tool in criminologyRe: Christian Brueckner: To be or not to be
Post by Verdi Today at 17:13
I'm not conversant with German law from the perspective of working within in a professional capacity, nor Portuguese law nor even British law, hence I'm not in a position to comment on such - I'm confined to what I see and hear and there lies the problem from the beginning of the Brueckner appearance to present day.
I think I can say without fear of stoning, the only information available for scrutiny thus far emanates from the press and media, not from a reliable official source!
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20075456/ ... aham-hill/
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MADDIE MYSTERY I helped Madeleine McCann investigation – Christian B revelations could be tip of iceberg… he’s the rarest of monsters
Alison Maloney
15:27, 13 Oct 2022Updated: 15:27, 13 Oct 2022
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FOR 15 years, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has devastated her family and baffled police across the globe.
This week, there was fresh hope the crime could be solved after German prosecutors charged prime suspect Christian B with a string of sexual assaults against children and women in Portugal, spanning 17 years between 2000 and 2017.
Madeleine disappeared from her holiday resort in May 2007
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Madeleine disappeared from her holiday resort in May 2007Credit: PA
Kate and Gerry McCann were on holiday on Praia da Luz when their daughter was taken
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Kate and Gerry McCann were on holiday on Praia da Luz when their daughter was takenCredit: EPA
The convicted p.a.e.dophile, who was 30 at the time of Madeleine's disappearance, has twice been convicted of s-e-x crimes against young girls.
However, former detective Dr Graham Hill - who was sent to the resort of Praia da Luz, Portugal, to advise local police in the days after her abduction - believes the new revelations could just be the "tip of the iceberg".
"What people need to do is to park up the Madeleine McCann case and look at him as a s-e-x offender in his own right," he tells The Sun.
"He's a man that's been committing sexual crimes for long periods of time
"The likelihood is that he would have committed many, many offences, most of them would have gone unrecorded and unreported. This would be just the tip of the iceberg for him."
Abduction 'spontaneous'
As founder of the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre (CEOP), Graham - who fronts a new true crime series, The Murder Detective, on C+I from this Sunday - is Britain’s leading expert on the abduction and sexual abuse of children.
He believes the person who took Madeleine did not set out to do so initially, but seized the opportunity during a burglary.
“It tends to be an opportunistic crime. I think it was a random thing that she was taken,” he says.
“There are millions of people across the world that have a sexual interest in children, but the number that will actually abduct a child is very small which is why the crimes are so rare.
“But child abduction is often spontaneous. Offenders have been thinking sexually about children for long periods of time and then they're confronted with a set of circumstances that leads them to act on it. They don't necessarily go out seeking the child.
“In the McCann case there was evidence of a burglary or break in, so I think someone went in there to commit another kind of crime, to steal, rather than take a child.
“Christian B has previous for sexually abusing children but he’s also a burglar and a risk taker, who was known to Portuguese police and was living in the area at the time.
“If I'd been investigating this crime, he would have been a suspect for me early on and he should have been top of their list.
“I’d like to know if the Portuguese police knew about him? And if they did, what did they do to eliminate him from the investigation?
“And when the Portuguese police passed their information to the Metropolitan Police for their investigation, did they include Christian B's name in that suspect list?”
Christian B has been charged with a string of crimes in Portugal
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Christian B has been charged with a string of crimes in Portugal
Dr Graham Hill is an expert in child abduction
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Dr Graham Hill is an expert in child abductionCredit: drgrahamhill1/twitter
Graham, who was sent to help in his role as CEOP behavioural expert, also revealed the heartbreaking first words he heard from Gerry McCann, the distraught father of the three-year-old.
“When I arrived in Portugal, I had a meeting with Gerry McCann and the first question he asked me was, ‘Do you think she's dead?’” he says.
“That's a difficult question to answer but I had to tell him that, statistically, children who are abducted by a stranger usually end up murdered or dead within three to six hours.
“It’s a fallacy that people abduct children and keep them locked up because the logistics of doing that are almost impossible. You’ve got to feed the child, keep them clean, keep them quiet and people who abduct children don't plan in that way."
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MADDIE MYSTERY I helped Madeleine McCann investigation – Christian B revelations could be tip of iceberg… he’s the rarest of monsters
Alison Maloney
15:27, 13 Oct 2022Updated: 15:27, 13 Oct 2022
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FOR 15 years, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has devastated her family and baffled police across the globe.
This week, there was fresh hope the crime could be solved after German prosecutors charged prime suspect Christian B with a string of sexual assaults against children and women in Portugal, spanning 17 years between 2000 and 2017.
Madeleine disappeared from her holiday resort in May 2007
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Madeleine disappeared from her holiday resort in May 2007Credit: PA
Kate and Gerry McCann were on holiday on Praia da Luz when their daughter was taken
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Kate and Gerry McCann were on holiday on Praia da Luz when their daughter was takenCredit: EPA
The convicted p.a.e.dophile, who was 30 at the time of Madeleine's disappearance, has twice been convicted of s-e-x crimes against young girls.
However, former detective Dr Graham Hill - who was sent to the resort of Praia da Luz, Portugal, to advise local police in the days after her abduction - believes the new revelations could just be the "tip of the iceberg".
"What people need to do is to park up the Madeleine McCann case and look at him as a s-e-x offender in his own right," he tells The Sun.
"He's a man that's been committing sexual crimes for long periods of time
"The likelihood is that he would have committed many, many offences, most of them would have gone unrecorded and unreported. This would be just the tip of the iceberg for him."
Abduction 'spontaneous'
As founder of the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre (CEOP), Graham - who fronts a new true crime series, The Murder Detective, on C+I from this Sunday - is Britain’s leading expert on the abduction and sexual abuse of children.
He believes the person who took Madeleine did not set out to do so initially, but seized the opportunity during a burglary.
“It tends to be an opportunistic crime. I think it was a random thing that she was taken,” he says.
“There are millions of people across the world that have a sexual interest in children, but the number that will actually abduct a child is very small which is why the crimes are so rare.
“But child abduction is often spontaneous. Offenders have been thinking sexually about children for long periods of time and then they're confronted with a set of circumstances that leads them to act on it. They don't necessarily go out seeking the child.
“In the McCann case there was evidence of a burglary or break in, so I think someone went in there to commit another kind of crime, to steal, rather than take a child.
“Christian B has previous for sexually abusing children but he’s also a burglar and a risk taker, who was known to Portuguese police and was living in the area at the time.
“If I'd been investigating this crime, he would have been a suspect for me early on and he should have been top of their list.
“I’d like to know if the Portuguese police knew about him? And if they did, what did they do to eliminate him from the investigation?
“And when the Portuguese police passed their information to the Metropolitan Police for their investigation, did they include Christian B's name in that suspect list?”
Christian B has been charged with a string of crimes in Portugal
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Christian B has been charged with a string of crimes in Portugal
Dr Graham Hill is an expert in child abduction
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Dr Graham Hill is an expert in child abductionCredit: drgrahamhill1/twitter
Graham, who was sent to help in his role as CEOP behavioural expert, also revealed the heartbreaking first words he heard from Gerry McCann, the distraught father of the three-year-old.
“When I arrived in Portugal, I had a meeting with Gerry McCann and the first question he asked me was, ‘Do you think she's dead?’” he says.
“That's a difficult question to answer but I had to tell him that, statistically, children who are abducted by a stranger usually end up murdered or dead within three to six hours.
“It’s a fallacy that people abduct children and keep them locked up because the logistics of doing that are almost impossible. You’ve got to feed the child, keep them clean, keep them quiet and people who abduct children don't plan in that way."
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Thanks sal
He is saying that abductors are unlikely to keep the child locked up for days, yet that is exactly what CB was fantasising about on the dark web. I read a case where a man abducted two children who were on their way to school and kept them locked up. Luckily they were rescued. Also the man who abducted the little girl from a tent kept her for days. So I don't think it can be ruled out. CB went somewhere on the evening of the 3rd of May, why don't they find out where he went? He could have handed her over to someone else.
He is saying that abductors are unlikely to keep the child locked up for days, yet that is exactly what CB was fantasising about on the dark web. I read a case where a man abducted two children who were on their way to school and kept them locked up. Luckily they were rescued. Also the man who abducted the little girl from a tent kept her for days. So I don't think it can be ruled out. CB went somewhere on the evening of the 3rd of May, why don't they find out where he went? He could have handed her over to someone else.
“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.” – Unknown
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your words are mine: "He is saying that abductors are unlikely to keep the child locked up for days, yet that is exactly what CB was fantasising about on the dark web. I read a case where a man abducted two children who were on their way to school and kept them locked up. Luckily they were rescued. Also the man who abducted the little girl from a tent kept her for days. So I don't think it can be ruled out. CB went somewhere on the evening of the 3rd of May, why don't they find out where he went? He could have handed her over to someone else."
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https://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.p ... 693662#new
Vertigo swirl writes:
But I have pointed out before that Wayne Cousins had never murdered anyone before he murdered Sarah Everard.
Vertigo swirl writes:
I'm not up to speed on the Leah Croucher investigation.People who think s-e-x offenders like Bruckner who don't have a track record of murder and so should be discounted as a suspect in Madeleine's abduction and murder should check out developments in the Leah Croucher murder investigation.
But I have pointed out before that Wayne Cousins had never murdered anyone before he murdered Sarah Everard.
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Unfortunately I can't copy and paste from the Olive website but I think Sal can.
Brueckner, charged with a series of s-e-x crimes across the algarve.
And they are extending their investigation to Spain.
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news ... -in-spain/
Brueckner, charged with a series of s-e-x crimes across the algarve.
And they are extending their investigation to Spain.
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news ... -in-spain/
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EXCLUSIVE: RAPE VICTIM AND LOCALS CLAMOUR FOR NEW LOOK AT ANY CRIMES THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED GERMAN MADDIE SUSPECT IN SPAIN
The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain
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Dilip Kuner
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19 Oct, 2022 @ 17:00
POLICE in Spain are being urged to re-open any unsolved rape or child abuse cases that could involve a foreigner over the past two decades.
It comes after dangerous p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner was charged with five more serious s-e-x crimes on the Algarve between 2000 and 2017.
The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain.
He criss-crossed the country on ‘dozens of occasions’, frequently staying in Granada, as well as Malaga, Almeria and Valencia, from 1995.
Expats and locals have now joined an Irish rape victim – allegedly attacked by Brueckner, 45, in 2004 – who believes there are ‘likely’ many more victims across the Iberian Peninsula.
Hazel Behan, 39, told the Olive Press this week: “Given what we know about Brueckner’s past, alongside the crimes he has recently been charged with, surely it makes sense to revisit all unsolved similar cases in areas where he was known to spend significant lengths of time.”
Behan, who was raped as a young holiday rep on the Algarve, is due to face her alleged attacker Brueckner in a German court in the Spring.
Hazel
FIGHTING BACK: Rape victim Hazel Behan happy to see Brueckner in court. copyright Olive Press Spain
Waving her right to anonymity, the mother-of-three, from Dublin, added: “Victims and their families deserve answers and closure. If there is any indication that Brueckner could be connected to a crime, then this needs the full attention of the police and warrants, at the very least, further investigation.”
In addition to Behan, prosecutors in Germany have charged Brueckner with two further rapes, one of a teenage girl, around 15, as well as another woman in her ‘70s or 80s’.
All three rapes were filmed, after he had attacked and bound the victims.
He will also face two charges of assaulting young children as far apart as 2007 and 2017.
The Olive Press revealed in 2020 that Brueckner was a regular visitor to the Alpujarra region of Granada and stayed for many days at a time.
He was certainly in the Orgiva area for the Dragon music festival in March 2007 and 2008 and he was a regular visitor ‘until at least 2011’ revealed various former friends.
Orgiva Qanon Jo 2
Orgiva. Brueckner paid many visits to the town in Granada
“He was here on dozens of occasions in many vehicles, including his Jaguar, the famous VW van and even his giant winnebago,” one confirmed to the paper this week.
“He was mostly coming here to buy and sell drugs, but who knows what else he got up to,” he added.
It was allegedly during a week-long visit to the Dragon bash in 2008 that he admitted to friends he was involved in the snatching of Maddie, then 3, on the Algarve, in May 2007.
One Orgiva resident, Jo Chipchase, a mother-of-two, is ‘horrified’ that he could be behind crimes in her area.
Chipchase, who attended the Dragon Festival and other parties at the time, added: “I often took my kids so it is horrifying to think that an international sexual predator was mingling among families using the itinerant and largely traveller community to hide within.
“I was completely unaware of the dark element that was clearly lurking, but it would be a perfect way to mask his sick activities.”
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Christian Brueckner
The former PR executive, 50, added: “I think there should be more cross-border control of s-e-x offenders to protect the public from crimes like this and anything unsolved, involving any potential links to Brueckner must be reopened.”
Mayor of Orgiva, Raul Orellana, told the Olive Press: “I don’t think there are any ‘denuncias’ to corroborate crimes being committed by him during his time here.”
While Brueckner was first summoned to answer questions over the Maddie case a decade ago, detectives in Germany didn’t start properly probing him until 2016 and named him an official suspect in June 2020.
When police raided his secret box factory, in Saxony, then found hundreds of child p*rn films and photos – alongside dozens of other, as yet unnamed items – buried in a bag under the body of his dead dog.
Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, at Braunschweig Court, told the Olive Press Brueckner will face the five charges in ‘the Spring or early summer’.
Jon Clarke With German Prosecutor Wolters.
Editor of the Olive Press Jon Clarke with Prosecutor Hans Wolters
Wolters, whose department has been probing Brueckner over Maddie since 2018, added: “We are also certain that he killed the British toddler.”
He would not speculate on any other crimes he might have committed in Spain, or other European countries, but confirmed his department would investigate any credible evidence.
The Guardia Civil was not able to provide any information as we went to press. “We are looking into it, but it will probably take some time,” said a spokesman in Madrid. “We can’t comment at this stage.”
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The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain
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19 Oct, 2022 @ 17:00
POLICE in Spain are being urged to re-open any unsolved rape or child abuse cases that could involve a foreigner over the past two decades.
It comes after dangerous p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner was charged with five more serious s-e-x crimes on the Algarve between 2000 and 2017.
The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain.
He criss-crossed the country on ‘dozens of occasions’, frequently staying in Granada, as well as Malaga, Almeria and Valencia, from 1995.
Expats and locals have now joined an Irish rape victim – allegedly attacked by Brueckner, 45, in 2004 – who believes there are ‘likely’ many more victims across the Iberian Peninsula.
Hazel Behan, 39, told the Olive Press this week: “Given what we know about Brueckner’s past, alongside the crimes he has recently been charged with, surely it makes sense to revisit all unsolved similar cases in areas where he was known to spend significant lengths of time.”
Behan, who was raped as a young holiday rep on the Algarve, is due to face her alleged attacker Brueckner in a German court in the Spring.
Hazel
FIGHTING BACK: Rape victim Hazel Behan happy to see Brueckner in court. copyright Olive Press Spain
Waving her right to anonymity, the mother-of-three, from Dublin, added: “Victims and their families deserve answers and closure. If there is any indication that Brueckner could be connected to a crime, then this needs the full attention of the police and warrants, at the very least, further investigation.”
In addition to Behan, prosecutors in Germany have charged Brueckner with two further rapes, one of a teenage girl, around 15, as well as another woman in her ‘70s or 80s’.
All three rapes were filmed, after he had attacked and bound the victims.
He will also face two charges of assaulting young children as far apart as 2007 and 2017.
The Olive Press revealed in 2020 that Brueckner was a regular visitor to the Alpujarra region of Granada and stayed for many days at a time.
He was certainly in the Orgiva area for the Dragon music festival in March 2007 and 2008 and he was a regular visitor ‘until at least 2011’ revealed various former friends.
Orgiva Qanon Jo 2
Orgiva. Brueckner paid many visits to the town in Granada
“He was here on dozens of occasions in many vehicles, including his Jaguar, the famous VW van and even his giant winnebago,” one confirmed to the paper this week.
“He was mostly coming here to buy and sell drugs, but who knows what else he got up to,” he added.
It was allegedly during a week-long visit to the Dragon bash in 2008 that he admitted to friends he was involved in the snatching of Maddie, then 3, on the Algarve, in May 2007.
One Orgiva resident, Jo Chipchase, a mother-of-two, is ‘horrified’ that he could be behind crimes in her area.
Chipchase, who attended the Dragon Festival and other parties at the time, added: “I often took my kids so it is horrifying to think that an international sexual predator was mingling among families using the itinerant and largely traveller community to hide within.
“I was completely unaware of the dark element that was clearly lurking, but it would be a perfect way to mask his sick activities.”
Maddie Abductor
Christian Brueckner
The former PR executive, 50, added: “I think there should be more cross-border control of s-e-x offenders to protect the public from crimes like this and anything unsolved, involving any potential links to Brueckner must be reopened.”
Mayor of Orgiva, Raul Orellana, told the Olive Press: “I don’t think there are any ‘denuncias’ to corroborate crimes being committed by him during his time here.”
While Brueckner was first summoned to answer questions over the Maddie case a decade ago, detectives in Germany didn’t start properly probing him until 2016 and named him an official suspect in June 2020.
When police raided his secret box factory, in Saxony, then found hundreds of child p*rn films and photos – alongside dozens of other, as yet unnamed items – buried in a bag under the body of his dead dog.
Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, at Braunschweig Court, told the Olive Press Brueckner will face the five charges in ‘the Spring or early summer’.
Jon Clarke With German Prosecutor Wolters.
Editor of the Olive Press Jon Clarke with Prosecutor Hans Wolters
Wolters, whose department has been probing Brueckner over Maddie since 2018, added: “We are also certain that he killed the British toddler.”
He would not speculate on any other crimes he might have committed in Spain, or other European countries, but confirmed his department would investigate any credible evidence.
The Guardia Civil was not able to provide any information as we went to press. “We are looking into it, but it will probably take some time,” said a spokesman in Madrid. “We can’t comment at this stage.”
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sal wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:04 pmEXCLUSIVE: RAPE VICTIM AND LOCALS CLAMOUR FOR NEW LOOK AT ANY CRIMES THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED GERMAN MADDIE SUSPECT IN SPAIN
The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain
By
Dilip Kuner
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19 Oct, 2022 @ 17:00
POLICE in Spain are being urged to re-open any unsolved rape or child abuse cases that could involve a foreigner over the past two decades.
It comes after dangerous p.a.e.dophile Christian Brueckner was charged with five more serious s-e-x crimes on the Algarve between 2000 and 2017.
The German rapist, who has been named as an official suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, spent long periods of time in Spain.
He criss-crossed the country on ‘dozens of occasions’, frequently staying in Granada, as well as Malaga, Almeria and Valencia, from 1995.
Expats and locals have now joined an Irish rape victim – allegedly attacked by Brueckner, 45, in 2004 – who believes there are ‘likely’ many more victims across the Iberian Peninsula.
Hazel Behan, 39, told the Olive Press this week: “Given what we know about Brueckner’s past, alongside the crimes he has recently been charged with, surely it makes sense to revisit all unsolved similar cases in areas where he was known to spend significant lengths of time.”
Behan, who was raped as a young holiday rep on the Algarve, is due to face her alleged attacker Brueckner in a German court in the Spring.
Hazel
FIGHTING BACK: Rape victim Hazel Behan happy to see Brueckner in court. copyright Olive Press Spain
Waving her right to anonymity, the mother-of-three, from Dublin, added: “Victims and their families deserve answers and closure. If there is any indication that Brueckner could be connected to a crime, then this needs the full attention of the police and warrants, at the very least, further investigation.”
In addition to Behan, prosecutors in Germany have charged Brueckner with two further rapes, one of a teenage girl, around 15, as well as another woman in her ‘70s or 80s’.
All three rapes were filmed, after he had attacked and bound the victims.
He will also face two charges of assaulting young children as far apart as 2007 and 2017.
The Olive Press revealed in 2020 that Brueckner was a regular visitor to the Alpujarra region of Granada and stayed for many days at a time.
He was certainly in the Orgiva area for the Dragon music festival in March 2007 and 2008 and he was a regular visitor ‘until at least 2011’ revealed various former friends.
Orgiva Qanon Jo 2
Orgiva. Brueckner paid many visits to the town in Granada
“He was here on dozens of occasions in many vehicles, including his Jaguar, the famous VW van and even his giant winnebago,” one confirmed to the paper this week.
“He was mostly coming here to buy and sell drugs, but who knows what else he got up to,” he added.
It was allegedly during a week-long visit to the Dragon bash in 2008 that he admitted to friends he was involved in the snatching of Maddie, then 3, on the Algarve, in May 2007.
One Orgiva resident, Jo Chipchase, a mother-of-two, is ‘horrified’ that he could be behind crimes in her area.
Chipchase, who attended the Dragon Festival and other parties at the time, added: “I often took my kids so it is horrifying to think that an international sexual predator was mingling among families using the itinerant and largely traveller community to hide within.
“I was completely unaware of the dark element that was clearly lurking, but it would be a perfect way to mask his sick activities.”
Maddie Abductor
Christian Brueckner
The former PR executive, 50, added: “I think there should be more cross-border control of s-e-x offenders to protect the public from crimes like this and anything unsolved, involving any potential links to Brueckner must be reopened.”
Mayor of Orgiva, Raul Orellana, told the Olive Press: “I don’t think there are any ‘denuncias’ to corroborate crimes being committed by him during his time here.”
While Brueckner was first summoned to answer questions over the Maddie case a decade ago, detectives in Germany didn’t start properly probing him until 2016 and named him an official suspect in June 2020.
When police raided his secret box factory, in Saxony, then found hundreds of child p*rn films and photos – alongside dozens of other, as yet unnamed items – buried in a bag under the body of his dead dog.
Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, at Braunschweig Court, told the Olive Press Brueckner will face the five charges in ‘the Spring or early summer’.
Jon Clarke With German Prosecutor Wolters.
Editor of the Olive Press Jon Clarke with Prosecutor Hans Wolters
Wolters, whose department has been probing Brueckner over Maddie since 2018, added: “We are also certain that he killed the British toddler.”
He would not speculate on any other crimes he might have committed in Spain, or other European countries, but confirmed his department would investigate any credible evidence.
The Guardia Civil was not able to provide any information as we went to press. “We are looking into it, but it will probably take some time,” said a spokesman in Madrid. “We can’t comment at this stage.”
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I don't think there's any particular problem with pressing charges against Brueckner in respect of Madeleine.
I think it's just the sheer weight of work in processing a massive backlog of charges against multiple Brueckner-victims, of which Madeleine is 'just' one, that is the reason for the delay.
With the 'the McCanns must be guilty because Madeleine's disappearance was one-off and unique and offenders of Brueckner's type are serial offenders' line looking decidedly sick.
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I agree HB. They have a huge backlog to sort out. The case against CB for Madeleine's abduction is now being investigated without so many other cases, Wolters wanted to get the other cases out of the way first and he wants to be absolutely sure he has a solid case against CB before taking him to court.
I can't imagine CB being able to control his urges when travelling to Spain, I wouldn't be surprised if there are other rapes he will be accused of.
I can't imagine CB being able to control his urges when travelling to Spain, I wouldn't be surprised if there are other rapes he will be accused of.
“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.” – Unknown
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MADELEINE MCCANN
The masked witness says he saw videos that have now disappeared
Status: 07:25 a.m | Reading time: 7 minutes
per_hinrichs_WORLD
By Per Hinrichs
Chief reporter WELT AM SONNTAG
After Maddie's disappearance, her parents launched a media-effective search operation
After Maddie's disappearance, her parents launched a media-effective search operation
Source: pa/dpa/John Stillwell
The public prosecutor has accused Christian Brückner of three rapes. She has a key witness who wants to see evidence. It was also he who gave the decisive clue to Brückner in what is probably the most well-known criminal case in the world. How credible is the man?
Dhe man, who is likely to be one of the most important witnesses for the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office in recent years, wears a bulletproof vest and a black mask. He is standing outdoors, behind him a grove can be seen, the sky is blue. Helge Büsching is in Corsica, he's giving a video interview, and he's dressed as if he wants to go to war right away.
"You don't even know who you're messing with," he whispers into the camera in a dark voice. "It's a fire hazard," claims the disguised witness. "You do know that people have fallen off the stairs? The detective, who spent years researching, died,” says Büsching.
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https://www-welt-de.translate.goog/verm ... _tr_pto=sc
The masked witness says he saw videos that have now disappeared
Status: 07:25 a.m | Reading time: 7 minutes
per_hinrichs_WORLD
By Per Hinrichs
Chief reporter WELT AM SONNTAG
After Maddie's disappearance, her parents launched a media-effective search operation
After Maddie's disappearance, her parents launched a media-effective search operation
Source: pa/dpa/John Stillwell
The public prosecutor has accused Christian Brückner of three rapes. She has a key witness who wants to see evidence. It was also he who gave the decisive clue to Brückner in what is probably the most well-known criminal case in the world. How credible is the man?
Dhe man, who is likely to be one of the most important witnesses for the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office in recent years, wears a bulletproof vest and a black mask. He is standing outdoors, behind him a grove can be seen, the sky is blue. Helge Büsching is in Corsica, he's giving a video interview, and he's dressed as if he wants to go to war right away.
"You don't even know who you're messing with," he whispers into the camera in a dark voice. "It's a fire hazard," claims the disguised witness. "You do know that people have fallen off the stairs? The detective, who spent years researching, died,” says Büsching.
continues behind paywall
https://www-welt-de.translate.goog/verm ... _tr_pto=sc
Rogério Alves says claims made by Gonçalo Amaral are a 'waste of time'
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sal
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20348760/ ... ps-update/
FAMILY’S TORMENT Madeleine McCann’s parents left in dark over cops’ claims they will charge suspect over her kidnap & murder, family says
FAMILY’S TORMENT Madeleine McCann’s parents left in dark over cops’ claims they will charge suspect over her kidnap & murder, family says
Rogério Alves says claims made by Gonçalo Amaral are a 'waste of time'
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with that I agree:
"The retired head teacher, 83, added: “It seems he is certainly being prosecuted for several other things but has never admitted involvement with Madeleine, so we wait to see.”
"The retired head teacher, 83, added: “It seems he is certainly being prosecuted for several other things but has never admitted involvement with Madeleine, so we wait to see.”
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... n-28461839
Exclusive: Madeleine McCann suspect's rambling prison letter about prosecutors 'trying to trap me'
Christian Brueckner, 45, has written a letter from prison, after being charged last month over accusations of rape and sexual assault in Portugal and insists he did not commit the crimes