Christian Brückner
The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeliene McCann has refused to be interviewed by British police investigators.
Convicted rapist and know paedophile Christian Brückner is due for release a few days.
Brückner, a German national, has never been charged with any crime relating to Maddie’s disappearance.
The three-year-old girl vanished in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in 2007.
Madeleine had been left sleeping in the family’s holiday apartment while her parents, Kate and Gerry, joined friends for supper.
Brückner is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.
He is due to be released on Wednesday, September 17th.
The Metropolitan Police said an international letter of request was sent to Brückner, 48, which he rejected.
Det Ch Insp Mark Cranwell said Brückner remains a suspect in the Met Police’s own investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance.
He has been the prime suspect in the German and Portuguese investigations since 2020 and 2022, respectively.
Det Ch Insp Cranwell said. “We have requested an interview with this German suspect but, for legal reasons, this can only be done via an International Letter of Request which has been submitted,”
“It was subsequently refused by the suspect.
“In the absence of an interview, we will nevertheless continue to pursue any viable lines of inquiry.
“We can provide no further information while the investigation is ongoing.”
The BBC reported that Madeleine’s disappearance has become one of the highest-profile unsolved missing person cases in the world.
German prosecutors have pointed to evidence – including mobile phone data – indicating Brückner may have been in the area when she vanished.
They have consistently insisted that they think he is responsible.
However, they have not found strong enough evidence to bring charges.
Brückner, who spent many years in the Algarve, was a drifter, a petty criminal and a convicted sex offender.
He has several earlier convictions, including sexually abusing children in 1994 and 2016.
