Overview

• Christian Brueckner registered as homeless in Neumunster, where officials placed him in emergency accommodation for safety reasons.
• He was released this week from Sehnde prison and is subject to strict conditions including an electronic ankle tag for five years, monthly probation check-ins and passport restrictions.
• German media report that federal investigators are monitoring his movements, while local authorities have declined to disclose his exact lodging location.
• Metropolitan Police detectives traveled to Portugal and questioned two former acquaintances in Faro about Brueckner’s activities around Praia da Luz in 2007.
• German prosecutors continue to name him their sole suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance but say evidence remains insufficient for charges, with a separate appeal on past acquittals still pending.