04 May 2026 , 20:56
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Detectives from the Metropolitan Police are pushing to bring Christian Brueckner to the UK to stand trial, it has been reported.
A top Scotland Yard officer is reportedly driving efforts to bring charges against the German suspect before the 20th anniversary of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance next year, according to The Telegraph.
The force is keen for Brueckner, 48, to face trial at the Old Bailey and believes it can put together a strong case for the Crown Prosecution Service to bring charges.
Brueckner was freed from jail in September last year after serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005. He was allowed to leave Germany in November after a legal restriction was lifted.
Brueckner has never been charged over Madeleine’s disappearance, but remains the prime suspect in both the German and British investigations into what happened to her.
He refused to speak to the Metropolitan Police after UK investigators sent an international letter asking to speak to him on his release.
Technology & Business Editor