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The Independent UK
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Nicole Wootton-Cane

Met Police ‘pushing to bring Madeleine McCann suspect to trial in UK’

Madeleine McCann Christian Brueckner Police United Kingdom
  • Metropolitan Police are reportedly pushing to bring Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, to the UK for trial.
  • Officers aim to charge Brueckner, who has never faced charges in connection with the case, before the 20th anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance next year, according to The Telegraph.
  • A significant obstacle to a UK trial is Germany's constitutional law, which prevents the extradition of its citizens to non-EU countries like Britain.
  • Brueckner was living near the McCann family in Praia da Luz, Portugal, when three-year-old Madeleine vanished in 2007.
  • He has a string of sexual offence convictions, including child sex abuse and raping a 72-year-old American woman, and was released from prison in 2025.

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Met Police ‘seek trial’ for Madeleine McCann suspect

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