The suspect of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brueckner, arranged at its launch in Germany, refuses to talk to the United Kingdom Police

Berlin – Christian Brueckner, the sentenced sexual offender appointed by the German authorities as the main suspect in the disappearance of little and little British Madeleine McCann almost two decades ago, has refused to be interviewed by the United Kingdom police a few days before his expected release from the prison.

The 49 -year -old German citizen must walk free on Wednesday after completing a seven -year sentence for a separate crime, the rape of an 72 -year -old American woman in the same region of Portugal from which McCann disappeared during a vacation with her family.

While Brueckner remains under formal Research on McCann’s disappearance in 2007has never been accused in relation to the case and continues to deny any participation.

His decision to reject the formal application of the London Metropolitan Police for an interview is seen as a setback in the long search for responses in the case that has frustrated investigators in Britain, Portugal and Germany for years.

British researchers hoped to question Brueckner to clarify the key details about their movements in Praia da Luz, the city of the resort in the region of southern Algarve in Portugal, of which McCann, then three, disappeared. She disappeared from her family’s rental apartment while her parents had dinner near.

For many connected to the case, BruecknerThe imminent release represents a fundamental moment and an obstacle. The authorities have been weighing the amount of supervision that they can reasonably keep on the sentenced sexual offender once it is no longer behind bars.

The prosecutors of the city of Braunschweig have requested the Regional Court in Hildesheim what is known as supervision supervision, a form of monitoring similar to probation that could allow them to impose strict conditions for Brueckner after their release, possibly including an ankle tracking label.

It may also be required that Brueckner declare a place of fixed residence, inform the authorities of any change in the address or the workplace, and in front of restrictions on where he is allowed to travel. Such restrictions could include coming from areas linked to His past crimes. He could also be forbidden to leave Germany without requesting the explicit approval of the authorities.

Brueckner’s lawyer, Friedrich Fuelscher, declined to comment when News themezone asked him about the possibility that his client is subjected to supervision supervision measures.

A regional court will finally decide what measures, if any, will implement after the launch of Brueckner.

Even if supervision supervision measures are granted, they are unlikely to satisfy critics who believe that the circumstantial evidence that links Brueckner with the McCann case should issue greater cooperation with British researchers.

His refusal to answer the questions of the detectives of the United Kingdom means that they will not have the opportunity to promote him on the inconsistencies in their co -stories or face it directly with the statements of witnesses who have gathered in the last 18 years.

The McCann case remains one of the investigations of missing people more high profile in the world.

Brueckner has been in the investigation center since public prosecutors publicly identified him as suspicious In 2020, citing telephone records and its history of violent crimes in the Algarve region of Portugal. But charges have never been filed against him in the case of McCann, since the circumstantial evidence has been considered insufficient to advance with positions under German law.

• Rape
• Portugal
• Great Britain
• Madeleine McCann
• Sexual aggression
• Murder
• United Kingdom
• Kidnapping
• Abduction of children
• Germany