Christian Brueckner is yet to be charged in relation to the Madeleine McCann case (Pictures: PA/AP)
The main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case wrote letters begging old friends to be there for him if he ends up going to court, it has been claimed.
Christian Brueckner, 46, saw several charges for multiple alleged rapes and child sexual assaults – unrelated to Maddie – dropped earlier this year.
A court in the German city of Braunschweig ruled the prosecutors who brought the charges did not have jurisdiction.
But they are hoping to overturn this decision, and Brueckner appears to be preparing for a possible future trial.
The German paedophile, who is currently in jail for raping a 72-year-old woman, has reportedly reached out to ask for support in recent months.
A source quoted by The Mirror, who claims to have known Brueckner in the past, said two other friends had received letters from him.
The former associate said: ‘It really freaked them out. They hadn’t heard from him in years and then these letters suddenly arrived in the post from Germany.
Christian Brueckner is currently in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman (Picture: AFP)
Brueckner was named as a possible suspect in the McCann case in April 2022 (Picture: PA)
‘He was asking them to speak in his defence, about what a good guy he was. He said the German police and prosecutors have it in for him, that they are saying he is a monster.
‘It’s outrageous for Chris to ask for help because now we all know about his past. Back when we were hanging with him in the early 2000s it was all a secret.
‘We didn’t know he was a paedophile. But now he doesn’t stand a chance of anybody speaking up for him in court.’
Portuguese police named Brueckner, who has previously been convicted for sex crimes against young girls, as a suspect in the Madeleine case in April 2022 but he is yet to be charged in relation to this.
Last month saw German investigators use sniffer dogs, radar and search teams to scour land next to the Arade Dam in Portugal.
Brueckner had once referred to the location as a ‘little paradise’ but it is unclear why it was searched so thoroughly, and nothing seemed to have come of it.
Officers spent a number of days scouring the area (Picture: Getty)
Helge Busching – the man who claims to be the person who told police about Brueckner – recently revealed the eerie details of a conversation he says the pair had.
Mr Busching told German outlet Bild: ‘The topic [of Madeleine’s disappearance] came up and I said: ”Anyway, I don’t understand how the little one could have disappeared without a trace.”
‘Christian had drunk two or three beers, and he said: ”She didn’t scream.”’
Brueckner denies any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.
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