A MYSTERY woman has paid Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner’s £1,200 of outstanding fines.
The monster’s release date from prison is now confirmed for September 17 after prosecutors had hoped to keep him behind bars.
AFPMadeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3, 2007[/caption]
Dan CharityPrime suspect Christian Brueckner is imprisoned in Germany[/caption]
Dan CharityGerman cops searched through scrubland to find links to Bruckner[/caption]
Brueckner, 48, owed €1,446 (£1,232) for a fine from a previous conviction, Bild reports.
The unpaid money had been hoped to keep Brueckner behind bars until the end of January – giving investigators crucial time to bring charges over the missing British toddler.
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But an anonymous donor has now paid the fine – allowing Brueckner to walk free when he was due to.
Brueckner’s own lawyers revealed the mystery woman’s help in German newspaper Bild but it remains unclear who she is.
Tuesday marks exactly three months until the man suspected of kidnapping and killing the three-year-old Brit will walk free.
Brueckner’s lawyers claim the fiend plans to live on German millionaire playboy island of Sylt, where Brueckner previously dealt drugs.
But prosecutors fear he has plans to leave Germany.
If he travels to a non-extradition country it could be impossible to bring him back for a court case.
Brueckner is also reported to have had extensive cosmetic surgery in the past to alter his appearance raising the possibility he could do it again.
He has a long history of evading court sentences and police.
The mystery payment comes after a gun was reportedly found during the latest search near Bruckner’s former ramshackle cottage in the Praia da Luz area.
The 48-year-old German sex offender is said to have carried a gun with him during his time living in the Algarve.
The three-day search had widely been labelled a flop after police appeared to leave the site next to Praia da Luz empty-handed last week.
AFPPortuguese police spent three days searching for clues around Madeleine last week[/caption]
Dan CharityPolice have been searching various sites in and around the resort of Pria du Luz[/caption]
As eagle-eyed police did find tiny fragments, which they are speculating could have links to Madeleine after prime suspect Brueckner wild camped at the site, the Berlin Morning Post reported.
The samples were sent to Germany for testing amid hopes they could finally reveal the forensic link cops are missing on the case.
Cops are understood to have found clothes and animal bones during the extensive search through an area known as Brueckner’s “rat run”.
Without evidence pinning Madeleine’s disappearance to the convicted German rapist, prosecutors risk not being able to get the arrest warrant they need to keep Brueckner behind bars.
The search took place around an area of scrubland which is located close to where the British toddler was staying with her parents back in 2007.
It was reported that animal bones and adult clothing were the only things unearthed – but no traces could be linked to Madeleine.
This quickly dashed hopes of pinning Brueckner with fresh DNA evidence until the latest developments today.
It comes as The Sun uncovered new Maddie evidence in a bombshell documentary.
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TIMELINE OF EVENTS
HERE’S a timeline of the case which has gripped the world.
May 3, 2007
Madeleine McCann disappears from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, sparking a massive police search and becoming one of the most famous missing persons cases in history.
January 15, 2016
Neighbour reports a possible ‘grave’ at Brueckner’s abandoned factory in East Germany.
Cops find disturbing images on USB sticks and launch a full-scale search.
February 16, 2016
Christian Brueckner is convicted for abusing a girl of five in a park after images found on his laptop.
He was sentenced to 15-months behind bars but was already on the run by then.
May 3, 2017
Around this time, Helge B calls an information hotline after watching a ten-year anniversary special on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
He reports an alleged confession by Christian Brueckner.
September 27, 2018
On-the-run Christian Brueckner is arrested over outstanding drugs claims in Italy.
He is extradited to Germany the following year.
December 16, 2019
Christian Brueckner was convicted, in Germany, for the 2005 rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, after his DNA was matched to a hair found on her bed.
He was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
June 4, 2020
German prosecutors reveal to the world they have a suspect in custody under investigation for the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
For the first time they claim Madeleine is dead.
German media later name him as Christian B (Christian Brueckner).
June 23, 2023
In his first interview, witness Helge B alleges to German newspaper Bild that Christian Brueckner all-but-confessed the Madeleine abduction to him, by allegedly saying “she didn’t scream” as they talked about the case, at a music festival, in Spain.
February 16, 2024
Brueckner goes on trial accused of none-McCann allegations of rape and sex assault, in Braunschweig, Germany.
Prosecutors hope for a conviction to keep him behind bars permanently and lead to McCann charges.
October 8, 2024
Brueckner was acquitted of all claims.
Prosecutors launch an appeal, however. Decision pending.
September 17, 2025
Date on which Christian Brueckner will be released from custody without action being taken.
Prosecutors require an arrest warrant for a retrial over claims from last year – or over the McCann case.
June 1, 2025
Police order a renewed search for clues in Praia Da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal.
It lasts for just three days.
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