37 h. ago Main suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance allowed to leave Germany, court rules

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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48 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Breuckner FREE to leave Germany after living in tent

Christian Brueckner, who has been investigated over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007, was freed from prison in Germany in September and has now been told he can leave the country

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53 h. ago Court makes bombshell ruling in case of Madeleine McCann prime suspect

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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54 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect allowed to leave Germany after restriction lifted

A German court has lifted a condition placed on Christian Brueckner meaning he is now free to leave his native country.

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54 h. ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case now free to leave Germany

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Bruckner is now free to leave Germany after a shock court ruling

Christian Bruckner, 48, was released from a prison near Hanover in September after serving seven years for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Portugal in 2005.

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump and the law: a restraint on the executive is morphing into its weapon | Editorial

The indictment of critics including John Bolton rings alarm bells as the US president expands his power and seeks to use the justice system to exact revenge“He who saves his country does not violate any law,” Donald Trump posted after beginning his second term – emboldened, perhaps, by the supreme court’s bombshell ruling on presidential immunity last year, which many say gave the office-holder the powers of a monarch.Millions of Americans are expected to push back against the president’s growing power at No Kings protests across the US on Saturday. The demonstrations come as former intelligence and national security officials warn that the country is sliding towards “competitive authoritarianism”, in which elections and courts survive but are systematically manipulated by the executive. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago DNA test confirmed alleged stalker was not Madeleine McCann, court hears

Investigating officer says he went against procedure to test Julia Wandelt, accused of campaign of harassment against McCann familyAn alleged stalker’s claim to be Madeleine McCann was ruled out after a DNA test proved conclusively she was not the missing girl, police have revealed in court.Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of a campaign of harassment against the family of Madeleine, who went missing from Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three. Continue reading...

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last month Christian Breuckner looks smug in new pictures as he denies abducting Madeleine McCann

Some 18 years after Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, the man British and German investigators consider their prime suspect drifts through Germany - appearing bitter, paranoid and consumed by self-pity

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