{"id":27320,"date":"2024-02-16T20:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/madeleine-mccann-kidnapping-suspect-on-trial-in-germany-for-unrelated-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T20:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:47:28","slug":"madeleine-mccann-kidnapping-suspect-on-trial-in-germany-for-unrelated-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/madeleine-mccann-kidnapping-suspect-on-trial-in-germany-for-unrelated-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeleine McCann kidnapping suspect on trial in Germany for unrelated charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christian Bruckner, 47, a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has gone on trial for unrelated sexual offenses in Portugal.<\/strong><\/li>\n
The charges include three counts of rape and two of sexual abuse of children.<\/strong><\/li>\n
Bruckner, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for a 2005 rape in Portugal, denied involvement in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A man who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann went on trial Friday over several unrelated sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. The trial was quickly adjourned until next week.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old German, who has been identified by media as Christian Bruckner, faces three counts of rape and two of sexual abuse of children in the trial at the Braunschweig state court in northern Germany. The start of the trial was delayed because of long queues to get into the courthouse, German news agency dpa reported.<\/p>\n
The proceedings were quickly adjourned until next Friday after defense lawyer Friedrich F\u00fclscher filed a challenge against a lay judge on the panel hearing the case who was once alleged to have spread a call to kill former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on social media. Prosecutors joined that challenge.<\/p>\n
MADELEINE MCCANN WITNESS CLAIMS SUSPECT IN HER KIDNAPPING DRUNKENLY CONFESSED TO CRIME<\/strong><\/p>\n
The suspect hasn\u2019t been charged in the McCann case, in which he is under investigation on suspicion of murder. He spent many years in Portugal, including in the resort of Praia da Luz around the time of Madeleine\u2019s disappearance there in 2007. He has denied any involvement in her disappearance.<\/p>\n