The tabloid Daily Mail revealed the facts on Thursday. Committed by the German Christian Brueckner, they date back a year and a half before the disappearance of the little girl. His identification was made possible thanks to a video of the scene and a hair left on the scene.
A year and a half before Maddie’s disappearance, another crime took place in the same holiday village of Praia da Luz in the Algarve in Portugal, reveals the English tabloid Daily Mail. A 72-year-old American woman was brutally raped and robbed by Christian Brueckner, the German who is now the main suspect in the disappearance, or probably murder, (according to the German prosecutor himself, who revealed on Thursday that Christian Brueckner was the suspect n ° 1), by Maddie.
Christian Brueckner was tried and sentenced for these despicable acts last December, 14 years later since the rape dates back to September 2005.
The matter started when two people who knew that Christian Brueckner was imprisoned for theft of diesel fuel took advantage of his absence to break into his house, the Daily Mail begins. They looked at the contents of a camera and discovered a rape scene whose author was none other than the one they knew, the occupant of the house, Christian Brueckner. The police then investigated rapes in the area and ultimately resulted in a 72-year-old American tourist.
His victim testified. She says she was watching television when she was grabbed from behind and dragged by her hair to her bedroom where she was struck with a metal object before being tied up, blindfolded. He then raped the septuagenarian and demanded money from her. She says that she went to her kitchen to take her wallet and give her what she had, around 100 euros. Christian Brueckner left, not without stealing a computer from him, but also leaving a … hair. It was this tiny part of his body that caused his loss, DNA analysis allowing identification.
During the trial, he denied being the rapist, putting forward the names of several ex-girlfriends who could attest to his normal sexuality. His hair? Brought by a cat that he would have petted on the street, he supposed.
Christian Brueckner had arrived in Portugal, barely 18 years old, with his girlfriend, to flee problems with German justice, reports the Daily Mail. But he was arrested in 1999 and extradited to Germany.
He has been sentenced several times in Germany and Portugal for theft and trafficking in documents and drugs.
Returned to Portugal, he was arrested in 2017 and extradited again to Germany. The reason ? His conviction to 15 months in prison by a German court for the sexual abuse of a child. Released in August 2018 and homeless, he left for Italy where he was arrested again a month later.
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