32 h. ago Madeleine McCann police make 'breakthrough' in probe of prime suspect Christian Brueckner

A new harrowing Madeleine McCann documentary lifts the lid on horrific evidence found at Breuckner's property, which included images of children in swimming costumes, toddler toys and sickening child kidnapping stories.

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34 h. ago Madeleine McCann searches concluded as planned, prosecutors say

Lead prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said the co-operation between the Portuguese and German authorities was ‘very constructive’.

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34 h. ago Madeleine McCann detectives discovered two buried GUNS during search of Portuguese land last week

Investigators looking for new clues relating to Madeleine McCann's disappearance found two buried guns near the resort where she vanished from, it has been revealed.

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34 h. ago Madeleine McCann police's major breakthrough in Christian Brueckner probe over disappearance

Professor of Forensic Science at the University of Kent, Robert Green, believes the discovery of a "musk, guns, and hard drive" may warrant a more "thorough investigation" into Christian Brueckner's past

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46 h. ago Madeleine McCann detectives 'sample clothes and bones found during search'

A search was carried out by German and Portuguese detectives last week

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47 h. ago Madeleine McCann: All evidence linking Christian Brueckner from hard drive to 'confession'

Police are determined to find conclusive evidence to link 48-year-old German paedophile Christian Brueckner to the Madeleine McCann case before he is set free from prison

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69 h. ago Madeleine McCann: New evidence found in Christian Brueckner lair

Christian Brueckner was revealed to be the chief suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann's disappearance with German police examining evidence from his property

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4 d. ago Irish woman ‘in fear’ ahead of release of Christian Brueckner

Hazel Behan, who has waived her right to anonymity, alleges she was raped at knifepoint by the German man, who was acquitted by a court.

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann police 'found something they were looking for' says detective

A detective who was brought in to help find Madeleine McCann, has said he is "convinced" that German police have found important evidence

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5 d. ago Is this the end of the road in the hunt for Madeleine McCann? How the desperate new search unfolded in Portugal

After a three-day search effort drew to a close without any sign of a breakthrough, crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin reports from Praia da Luz on the latest attempt to give the McCann family answers

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5 d. ago Six major questions raised by Madeleine McCann suspect's letter

In his latest bid to clear his name, and gloat at police, Christian Brueckner has sent a letter to police which highlights six major questions in relation to the case

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police decisive questions can never be answered’

Christian Brueckner is due to be released from jail in September if no further charges are brought.

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect makes sick taunt in letter about police investigation as German paedophile's prison release date draws closer

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has disturbingly taunted police in a new sickening letter about the toddler's disappearance as his prison release date looms closer.

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5 d. ago Inside abandoned farm buildings where cops held new search for Madeleine McCann

A latest Madeleine McCann search carried out by German and Portuguese teams has taken place in scrubland and derelict buildings near to where she disappeared in Praia da Luz

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6 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a 'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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6 d. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that 'drunk' German wife of British man ran the child over before couple dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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6 d. ago Brit man at centre of new Madeleine McCann theory 'overheard saying 5 chilling words'

Portuguese authorities are said to have received a chilling tip-off from a British woman who believed her own brother - and his German wife - may be hiding the truth behind Madeleine McCann's disappearance

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6 d. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that British man and his 'drunk' German wife ran the child over then dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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6 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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6 d. ago German police brand search for Madeleine McCann a 'waste of time' as sources claim three

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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