Christian Brueckner - the prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann - has been described as being in the 'top league of dangerousness'

Convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner is currently on trial in Germany on a string of unrelated sex charges said to have taken place in the Algarve between 2000 and 2017

A man who is suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann allegedly confessed to abducting a young girl from her holiday apartment in Portugal while in custody, a former cellmate said. Convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner is suspected of snatching and killing the three-year-old British girl in Praia da Luz in 2007.

Brueckner is currently behind bars serving a seven-year prison term for raping an American pensioner in Praia da Luz.

Christian Brueckner is suspected of snatching Madeleine, 3, from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007 and then killing her

In May 2009, the McCanns announced they would be taking the Portuguese detective in charge of the original investigation, Goncalo Amaral, to court, after he published a book that claimed Maddie died in her family’s holiday apartment and wasn’t abducted.

Christian Brueckner, a convicted paedophile, is suspected of snatching and killing the three-year-old British youngster in Praia da Luz in May 2007. Brueckner’s former cellmate Laurentiu Codin told a

A suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann reportedly admitted to his cellmate that he abducted a child in Portugal.This testimony was made in a German court Wednesday where Christian Brueckner,

The lead suspect in the Madeleine McCann case once confessed to stealing a child in Portugal, a court has heard today. Christian Brueckner, currently imprisoned for raping an American pensioner in holiday hotspot Praia da Luz,

A new breakthrough in the investigation appears to be coming through the testimony of a cellmate of the prime suspect. Christian Brückner is currently on trial for facts that took place between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal,