Overview

• DCI Mark Cranwell said Christian Brueckner remains a suspect in the Met’s inquiry and declined an interview sought via an International Letter of Request.
• Brueckner, 49, is due to leave a German prison as early as Wednesday after serving seven years for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz.
• Prosecutors in Braunschweig have petitioned a regional court for supervisory oversight that could include an ankle tag, residence and travel restrictions, and notification requirements.
• UK, German and Portuguese authorities say investigations continue on other viable lines, but no charge has been brought in Madeleine’s disappearance and Brueckner denies involvement.
• German authorities stated in 2020 that they believe Madeleine is dead and consider Brueckner the likely perpetrator, though they have said current evidence is not strong enough to secure a conviction.