Overview

• 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.