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

The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case boasted he had abducted a young girl in Portugal, a German court has heard.

A man who is suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann allegedly confessed to abducting a young girl from her holiday apartment in Portugal, 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.

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, allegedly confessed to abducting a child from a Portuguese apartment, according to startling testimony from his former cellmate.

Christian Brueckner is accused of carrying out crimes in the Algarve between 2000 and 2017 and is currently standing trial in Germany.

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,

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner confessed to a fellow inmate that he took a child from a Portuguese apartment, a court in Germany has heard today.