
German prosecutors have confirmed that their prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be released from prison within weeks.
Christian Brückner, 48, is currently serving a sentence in northern Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old American tourist in Portugal in 2005. He will be freed by 17 September at the latest, according to Hans Christian Wolters, the lead prosecutor investigating Madeleine’s disappearance.