Overview
- Judges at the Upper Regional Court of Celle ruled that supervision cannot require Christian Brueckner to live in Germany, though his five‑year electronic ankle tag remains in place.
- Brueckner told a friend he plans to leave the country once remaining legal procedural steps are completed.
- A GoFundMe seeking €26,000 for his departure gathered about €100 before being taken down after roughly three hours, according to the Mirror.
- Reporting indicates the German ankle tag would not operate outside national borders, raising questions about cross‑border monitoring if he moves.
- He was freed on September 17 after seven years for a 2005 rape in Portugal and remains German prosecutors’ prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, as local residents have staged protests over his presence.