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Madeleine McCann investigators ‘100% sure’ German paedophile killed her

Police have gathered enough evidence to charge a man over the disappearance and death of British girl Madeleine McCann.

They named Christian Brueckner as the prime suspect in June last year and now say they are ‘100% certain’ he killed her.

The 44-year-old German is currently serving seven years in prison for rape.

German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said he has ‘evidence’ but no DNA which links Brueckner to her murder.

Maddie’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann previously said they will ‘never stop hoping their daughter will be found alive’.

But Mr Wolters said there is ‘no hope’ of that, even though his team has no proof yet that she is dead.

Undated handout file photo of Madeleine McCann. A German prisoner has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine, detectives have revealed. The Metropolitan Police have not named the man, 43, who is described as white with short blond hair, possibly fair, and about 6ft tall with a slim build. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday June 3, 2020. The German national is known to have been in and around Praia da Luz on the Algarve coast at the time Madeleine van-ished on May 3 2007 while on holiday with her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, and her twin siblings Sean and Amelie. See PA story POLICE Portugal. Photo credit should read: PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Madeleine McCann sporting her Everton FC football shirt (Picture: PA)
File photo dated 06/05/07 of Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, leave after attending a church service in Praia Da Luz, in the Algarve, Portugal. A German prisoner has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine, detectives have revealed. The Metropolitan Police have not named the man, 43, who is described as white with short blond hair, possibly fair, and about 6ft tall with a slim build. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday June 4, 2020. See PA story POLICE Portugal. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire
Kate and Gerry McCann pictured in 2017 when their daughter was last seen (Picture: PA)

He told them: ‘We are confident we have the man who took and killed your daughter.

‘All I can do is ask for your patience. I personally think a conclusion will be reached next year.

‘We have no body and no DNA but we have other evidence. Based on the evidence we have, it leads to no other conclusion.

‘I can’t tell you on which basis we assume she is dead. But for us, there’s no other possibility. There is no hope she is alive.’

Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX (706117k) Madeleine McCann Six months' Anniversary Vigil held for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Anglican Church of St Mary and St John, Rothley, Leicestershire, Britain - 03 Nov 2007
Maddie disappeared aged 3 from the Algarve on a family holiday (Picture: Rex)
Rex Features Ltd. do not claim any Copyright or License of the attached image Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX (10669866a) Christian Brueckner, 43, a German convictd paedophile, who has been named as the man suspected of abducting and murdering Madeleine McCann. He is said to be currently serving a prison sentence for raping a 72-year-old American woman in September 2005 at the Praia da Luz in Portugal where Madeleine disappeared where she was aged three. Brueckner, who has also been convicted of child sexual offences, is suspected of taking Madeleine from the family holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the night of May 3, 2007. German police have confirmed that a man serving seven years in prison in Germany, who is a convicted child sex offender, is the new main suspect in Madeleine's abduction and possible murder. New Suspect in the Madeleine McCann case - 04 Jun 2020
Brueckner who has past convictions for child sexual offences is suspected of abducting Madeleine (Picture: Rex)

Speaking to the Mirror, Mr Wolters said: ‘It is now possible that we could charge. We have that evidence now.

‘But it’s not just about charging him – we want to charge him with the best body of evidence possible.

‘When we still have questions, it would be nonsense to charge rather than wait for the answers that could strengthen our position.’

Mr Wolters admitted the pace of the investigation ‘could have gone better’ and said it’s ‘perhaps halfway through’.

He said it is likely Brueckner will be charged early next year, along with other offences including the rape of an Irish woman in the Algarve in 2004.

Maddie disappeared aged three from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Algarve, on May 3, 2007.

Brueckner denies involvement in Maddie’s disappearance and has called the investigation into him ‘scandalous’ in a letter from his prison cell.

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