German Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Sentence for Christian Brueckner in Unrelated Sex Offenses Trial
Brueckner, also a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, faces charges for multiple rapes and sexual abuses in Portugal.
- Christian Brueckner, a convicted paedophile and rapist, is on trial in Braunschweig, Germany, for offenses committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.
- Prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence and preventive detention after his term, citing his dangerousness and sadistic tendencies.
- The charges include two counts of rape and two counts of sexual abuse, with a third rape charge recommended for acquittal.
- Brueckner is currently serving a seven-year sentence for a 2005 rape in Portugal and could be released next year if acquitted in the current trial.
- He remains under investigation for the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann but has not been charged in that case.