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

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

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

Related Madeleine McCann: Evidence from reservoir search ... as an official suspect in Madeleine's disappearance from Praia da Luz and believes is responsible for her death, is currently serving ...

Madeleine McCann’s disappearance has puzzled detectives ... was reportedly identified as having been near to the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal where the young girl went missing on May 3 ...

They were close to the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz from where Madeleine vanished in 2007 while on holiday with parents Kate and Gerry McCann. In his closing remarks at the courthouse in ...

Christian Brueckner arrives at the Landgericht Braunschweig state courthouse for one of the final days of his trial for sex crimes (Picture: Getty) The prime suspect in the disappearance of ...

Three year-old Madeleine disappeared while on a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Algarve ... newsletter We have more newsletters Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been cleared ...

The main suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann has been cleared of ... family's hotel room in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz. Her parents had left her and her ...

The pair were pals in Praia da Luz in the mid-2000s. Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner should never have been charged with vile sex crimes in Portugal, his lawyer argued. In his closing ...