14 h. ago Christian Brueckner walks free: Madeleine McCann chief suspect leaves prison... with prosecutors fearing he will immediately flee the country and never be seen again

Brueckner will walk out of Sehnde prison near Hannover after completing six years of a seven-year sentence for raping a 72-year-American woman in 2005

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15 h. ago Christian Brueckner walks free: Madeleine McCann chief suspect will leave prison this morning... with prosecutors fearing he will immediately flee the country and never be seen again

Brueckner will walk out of Sehnde prison near Hannover after completing six years of a seven-year sentence for raping a 72-year-American woman in 2005

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22 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner could walk free from prison 'today'

Christian Brueckner's seven-year prison sentence is coming to an end

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27 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'may vanish abroad' and 'has plan'

Christian Brueckner is set to walk free from prison on Wednesday after completing a seven-year sentence for rape, with police no closer to charging him in connection to Madeleine McCann's disappearance

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30 h. ago Madeleine McCann LATEST: Christian Brueckner set to walk free after Portugal search

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect is the Madeleine McCann case, is set to be released from prison this week - here's the latest on the investigation into her disappearance to date

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6 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner wants police protection for release

Germany's prison service is preparing to release of the chief suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, Christian Brueckner, as his seven-year rape sentence comes to an end

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4 w. ago At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family

Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous journeyFor three days, Mohanad had been lost at sea in an overcrowded wooden boat. Travelling across the Mediterranean from Libya to Europe, he and the other passengers had run out of food and water, were running out of fuel, and had mixed their remaining sugar with sea water to see if they could drink it. “It was madness,” he says.Weak and exhausted, passengers began drifting in and out of consciousness. Mohanad kept waking up an Ethiopian man – who was nearer the edge of the boat – worried he might fall in. At night, there were large waves, and Mohanad slept for a while himself, but was woken by a loud splash. People began screaming the Ethiopian man’s name. He had slipped over the side into the water. They turned the boat around to look for him, but he had drowned. Continue reading...

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