2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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3 w. ago ‘Everybody’s fed up’: Inside the Algarve resort haunted by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann went missing from an apartment block in Praia Da Luz, the Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin discovers a coastal resort desperate to move on

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3 w. ago Maddie McCann search in Algarve called off after three days finding ‘nothing of consequence’

Scores of police have been searcing scrubland and an abandoned building near Praia da Luz with JCBs, radar and fingertip searches

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3 w. ago Inside abandoned Madeleine McCann search farmhouse as new 'evidence' found

In what is understood to be the most significant search operation since 2008, German police are scouring the area of Praia da Luz in search of missing Madeleine McCann, with fresh evidence leading them to lonely abandoned farm buildings

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3 w. ago Man who knew Madeleine McCann suspect makes dramatic plea to police searching in Portugal

Investigators continue to search abandoned buildings close to the area of Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann was last seen

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann update as police continue search of Portugal farmhouse for 'potential evidence'

The new search is being carried out on the request of the German federal police alongside Portuguese police

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police ramp up Praia da Luz hunt for missing girl with radar and excavator

Investigators are focused on an area between Praia da Luz, where she disappeared 18 years ago, and Christian Brueckner’s former house

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann: Search teams scour scrubland and abandoned buildings

Painstaking work is taking place in an area a few miles from the Algarve resort where Madeleine was last seen in 2007.

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search latest as police find 'potential evidence' in Portugal farmhouse

The new search for Madeleine McCann is being carried out at the request of the German federal police

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: New farmhouse building investigated by police after draining well in Praia da Luz

Investigators are focused on an area between Praia da Luz, where she disappeared 18 years ago, and Christian Brueckner’s former house

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police investigate another farmhouse building as day two of new hunt begins

Investigators are focused on an area between Praia da Luz, where she disappeared 18 years ago, and Christian Brueckner’s former house

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search LIVE: Cops seen at abandoned farmhouse as sick theory shared

Disgraced former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral has branded the new Madeleine McCann searches over the top and wheeled out a sick theory about her disappearance

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3 w. ago Shovels, pickaxes and an abandoned farmhouse: Inside the new search for Madeleine McCann as police race against time

With police scouring derelict farm buildings in Praia da Luz, time is running out to find evidence linking Madeleine’s disappearance to the only suspect, The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin writes

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search: Police 'bring in radar equipment' as hunt for missing girl continues near Portugal's Praia da Luz

Search teams seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings in an area near Praia da Luz

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3 w. ago Shovels, pickaxes and an abandoned farmhouse: Inside the search for Madeleine McCann near Praia da Luz

With police scouring derelict farm buildings for Madeleine McCann, writes The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin, time runs out to find evidence linking her disappearance to the only suspect

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann search: Police scour abandoned farmhouse and drain well as major operation in Algarve under way

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann cops prepare to drain two wells as they search derelict Portuguese farmhouse for signs of her body

Portuguese and German police launched joint searches of an area in the Algarve, a short distance from the resort of Praia da Luz where the British toddler disappeared.

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