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Thumbs Up Scotland Yard Pushes to Bring Madeleine McCann Suspect to Britain For Trial

Met Pushes to Bring Madeleine McCann Suspect to Britain

Scotland Yard Wants Christian Brueckner to Face UK Trial Before 20th Anniversary of Girls Disappearance

AP 5 MAY 2026



Off the grid and lying low in the woods Christian Brueckners life after prison


Madeleine McCann suspect has rarely stayed in one place for long since his release from prison for rape of elderly woman


Metropolitan Police detectives are trying to bring Christian Brueckner to Britain to stand trial for the abduction and murder of Madeleine McCann





Brueckner, 48, was named as the prime suspect in the toddler's disappearance by German police while serving a sentence for the rape of a pensioner.



However charges were never brought and he was released last year.

Now, one of Scotland Yards most senior officers is leading a push to charge Brueckner by the end of the year.

The Met wants to see him stand trial at the Old Bailey and is confident it can present a strong enough case to see the Crown Prosecution Service bring charges.

But the German constitution does not allow the extradition of its citizens to countries not in the European Union meaning the suspects transfer to the United Kingdom could cause a diplomatic row.




Brueckner was living just a mile away from the Praia da Luz hotel where Madeleine had been staying with her family at the time of her disappearance in 2007.


If Berlin rejects any extradition request, British officers are understood to be committed to ensuring that he faces charges in either Germany or Portugal.








Next year marks 20 years since Madeleine McCann went missing. If the evidence is strong enough to extradite the prime suspect and try him here, that is what we would seek to do.



Clearly, there are numerous hurdles but our priority at the moment is to amass the strongest evidence we can against that prime suspect.

Prior to the completion of Brexit, Brueckner could have been extradited to the UK without any complications.

The convicted rapist could stand trial abroad if British and German police hand over their evidence to investigators in Portugal, an EU state where his extradition could be more easily arranged.

The news comes just hours after Kate and Gerry McCann, Maddys parents, joined a prayer vigil in Leicestershire on the 19th anniversary of her disappearance.





It marked the first time that the couple had been pictured with their twins Sean and Amelie in public as wellwishers gathered in their home town.
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