3 h. ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance celebrates freedom with McDonald’s

Christian Brüeckner was driven out of German prison after being released from a seven-year sentence for rape committed two years before the Madeleine McCann vanished in 2007

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3 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner displays ankle tag while smoking and scoffing on McDonald's

The prime suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann's disappearance was spotted wearing an ankle tag just hours after his release from prison in Germany today. 

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3 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect celebrates freedom with McDonald's after prison release

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner, 48, enjoyed a McDonald's cheeseburger hours being released from prison at the end of his sentence for raping a pensioner

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6 h. ago Madeleine McCann's dad asks detective heartbreaking question as lead suspect freed

As the lead suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is freed from prison, a new ITV documentary sheds light on her parent's heartbreak during their 18-year search for answers

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9 h. ago Christian Brueckner's exact release conditions as he's freed from prison

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, has been released from prison following a rape sentence and has strict conditions to follow

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10 h. ago Police review possibility of charging Madeleine McCann suspect in the UK

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said that the force is examining its investigation into Christian Brueckner over the disappearance of Madeleine and is 'taking stock of where we are'

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10 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner seen buying McDonald's after release

After being whisked away for prison this morning, it was fast food first for Christian Brueckner who was seen at a McDonald’s outlet near Hamburg wearing an ankle tag

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11 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's sickening online chats with paedophile

Skype chats between Christian Brueckner - the suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann - and another paedophile reveal his 'sadistic glee' over child sex abuse and his plans to 'capture something small'

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12 h. ago Where will Madeleine McCann prime suspect roam as he's released and 'may flee Germany'

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from Sehnde prison near Hannover at 9.15am this morning after serving a seven-year sentence for raping an elderly woman in Portugal

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13 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'screams the girl is dead' in chilling outburst

German paedophile Christian Brueckner has been behind bars serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany over the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.

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14 h. ago Madeleine McCann: What next for infamous cold case as prime suspect walks free and refuses to answer Met Police questions

Madeleine’s case remains one of the most high-profile unsolved disappearances of recent decades – but 18 years on, investigators appear no closer to bringing a culprit to justice

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16 h. ago Timeline in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case

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16 h. ago Main suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is released from prison

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from prison in Germany after serving a sentence for an unrelated sex crime in Portugal’s Algarve region where McCann disappeared

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17 h. ago Christian Brueckner: Madeleine McCann suspect freed from prison

He left the prison at Sehnde, near Hannover in northern Germany, on Wednesday morning

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17 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner released from prison in Germany

Prosecutors had hoped to charge Christian Brueckner over Madeleine’s disappearance before his sentence ended.

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17 h. ago Four unanswered questions in Madeleine McCann disappearance as prime suspect walks free

As Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is released from prison, we examine the four questions that remain unanswered in the investigation into how and why the little girl vanished

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17 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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17 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner released from prison

Authorities had been hoping to speak with Christian Brueckner, 48, regarding the Madeleine McCann case, but the convicted sex offender refused to speak in the last days of his sentence

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17 h. ago Christian Brueckner screams 'the girl is dead' in chilling Maddie McCann outburst

The lead suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brueckner, once went on a disturbing rant about the missing girl, a new ITV documentary claims

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18 h. ago Madeleine McCann parents' agony as prime suspect Christian Brueckner released

Prosecutors had hoped to charge Christian Brueckner over Madeleine’s disappearance before his sentence ended - but they failed in their race against the clock and were powerless to stop him walking free

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