2 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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5 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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6 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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6 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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8 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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9 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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9 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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10 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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11 h. ago Family of Maddie McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner's victim rage over release

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released after serving a prison term for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in the same area of Portugal Madeleine McCann vanished from

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12 h. ago Madeleine McCann: where the family are now, from Kate's moving memoir to the brother tipped for the Olympics

Gerry and Kate McCann recently said they and their twin children were grateful to be able to “live a relatively normal and enjoyable life now”, with Maddie’s siblings studying at university and Gerry working as a heart specialist. Katie Strick reports

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12 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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13 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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13 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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13 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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14 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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14 h. ago German investigated in Madeleine McCann disappearance released after serving time in unrelated case

A German man who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said

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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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14 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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14 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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14 h. ago 'Moment Maddie McCann investigators hoped would never happen

Christian Brueckner, German prosecutors' prime suspect in the Maddie McCann case, has walked from prison after serving a sentence for rape - a moment officials have long dreaded

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