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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad and Rachel Clun

REVEALED: Madeleine mccann case timeline of the missing child s disappearance 565a6590 cacf 482b bc94 b8be4486d25d | Rare Historical Photos

The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has walked free from prison.

The man, identified by local media as Christian Brueckner, was released on Wednesday after serving a seven-year sentence in Germany for the rape of an elderly woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2005.

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