Madeleine McCann Suspect on Trial for Unrelated Sexual Offenses in Germany

Christian Bruckner, under investigation for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, faces charges of rape and sexual abuse unrelated to the McCann case.

Christian Bruckner is facing trial in Germany for three counts of rape and two counts of sexual abuse of children, allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.
Bruckner, also a suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance, is exercising his right to remain silent during the trial.
The trial, which opened last week, was adjourned on its first day after a challenge against a lay judge on the panel.
Bruckner is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for a rape committed in Portugal in 2005.
He has not been charged in the McCann case, where he is under investigation on suspicion of murder, and denies any involvement in her disappearance.