"The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is expected to be freed on Wednesday as German authorities admit they no longer have legal justification to hold him in jail. Christian Bruckner, 49, is due to be released from prison in Sehnde, northern Germany, after serving a sentence for the rape of an American woman, then 72 years old, in Portugal in 2005."
"German prosecutors say that Bruckner, a German national, remains their prime suspect in the disappearance, which they are treating as a murder inquiry. British police call him a suspect in their investigation, which they continue to treat as a missing-persons case. Madeleine went missing on 3 May 2007 while on holiday with her parents. She vanished from the ground-floor apartment where the family was staying, while her parents were at a restaurant close by. Her young twin siblings had been in the room with her."
Christian Bruckner, 49, will be released from a German prison after serving a sentence for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal. German authorities say they no longer have legal grounds to continue holding him. German prosecutors say Bruckner remains their prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and are treating the case as a murder inquiry, while British police continue to treat it as a missing-persons investigation. Madeleine vanished from a ground-floor apartment on 3 May 2007 while her parents were at a nearby restaurant and her twin siblings were present. Prosecutors have requested an electronic ankle tag, passport surrender and regular reporting; state prosecutors cited circumstantial evidence including his mobile phone logging in the area where she vanished and the sworn testimony of three.
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