A court in northern Germany cleared a drifter of rape and child sex abuse with knock-on effects on a separate criminal ...

A German court has acquitted Christian Brueckner, who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler ...

The main suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by ...

Christian Brückner was placid and silent as he was cleared of all charges against him at a district court in Braunschweig, ...

Defence lawyers claimed their client would not have been charged but for the McCann investigation.View on euronews ...

German prosecutors have said the investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance will continue despite a man under investigation over the 2007 incident being acquitted of unrelated sexual ...

But Brueckner, a convicted child abuser and drug trader, will remain in prison in Germany for at least another year due to his previous conviction for the 2005 rape of an elderly American woman in the ...

The main suspect in the German authorities' investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brueckner, has been found not guilty in a trial for separate sex crimes. The 47-year ...

Brueckner has not been charged in the McCann case, in which he is under investigation on suspicion of murder. Madeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3, 2007 (Picture ...

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has today been sensationally cleared of a string of rapes - meaning he could be freed in just weeks. Brueckner stood emotionless as the verdicts were ...

A convicted rapist who is the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s 2007 disappearance in Portugal was acquitted on Monday in ...