Christian Brueckner, 47, is currently standing trial for a string of sexual offences unrelated to the girl’s 2007 disappearance
The chief suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has complained about life in prison during his trial for a string of sexual offences.
Christian Brueckner is currently in court to face allegations he was responsible for a number of sex crimes unrelated to McCann’s disappearance, but which nevertheless took place in and around the Portuguese resort from which the young girl vanished in 2007.
A source told The Sun: ‘Brueckner has been moaning a lot about the impact this trial has had on him.
‘He thinks he is paraded as part of a game police are playing and that the whole thing is just designed to try and make him crack up.
‘He knows the police want him to confess to things he’s not responsible for.’
They added: ‘No-one has any sympathy for him, apart from his legal team. They have raised concerns on his behalf about the awful conditions he says that he’s being kept in while behind bars.
‘He’s forever moaning about his cell and the risk he is at from other inmates.’
Brueckner is in court for three rapes and two sexual assaults which took place in and around the resort where McCann was staying prior to her 2007 disappearance (Picture: DPA)
Earlier this week, Brueckner’s trial, in which he accused of three rapes and two sex assaults, was adjourned after just nine minutes when the suspect’s lawyers read out posts made by the one of the lay-judges on social media.
In an apparent attempt to discredit the lay-judge, Brueckner’s lawyer Dr Friedrich Fulshcer told the court how the woman had written on social media that anti-government forces in Brazil ought to kill former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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The judge’s alleged former comments apparently suggested people ought to ‘kill the devil’ and ‘kill the bastard now’.
Chief Judge Christina Engelmann has since ruled the lay judge cannot preside over the case as the result of having made such comments in the past.
Proceedings have been halted until next Friday while a replacement is found.
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