"They've got to a particular point in their inquiry where the prosecutor doesn't feel they're able to prosecute. We're now at a stage where he remains a suspect for us. We're taking stock. The Germans have done everything they possibly can do within their law. He has a track record for very serious offences. He remains a suspect in our investigation into Madeleine McCann being missing."
"Rowley, who is Britain's most senior police officer, said: There are hundreds of questions. One of the reasons we are involved is that murder is in many situations extraterritorial and potentially a murder of a British subject can in certain circumstances be charged in the UK. There's lots of maybes, so at the moment we are taking stock with the Germans and Portuguese."
The Metropolitan Police are considering whether to seek extradition of German national Christian Bruckner to face trial in the UK over Madeleine McCann's disappearance. Bruckner, 49, was released from a German prison after serving seven years for the 2005 rape of an elderly woman in Praia da Luz. British police have formally supported Portuguese and German investigations since 2011 and regard Bruckner as their main suspect. German authorities did not charge him over Madeleine's disappearance due to insufficient evidence under German law. Murder can be charged extraterritorially in the UK in some circumstances. Bruckner denies involvement.
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