Author: Anna Noryskiewicz

A recent court ruling in Germany acquitted Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, of unrelated sexual offense charges. However, Brueckner, a 47-year-old German national, will remain in prison due to a previous rape conviction. The court in Braunschweig found him not guilty of sexual offenses allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. Despite the ruling, Brueckner is serving a seven-year prison sentence for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal and will likely be in jail until September 2025. His lawyer argued that the case lacked reliable witnesses and…