Scotland Yard made formal request to interview Christian Brueckner, due for release from seven-year rape sentence
The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has refused to be interviewed by the Metropolitan police before his pending release from prison in Germany, the force has said.
The Met confirmed it had submitted a formal international request to question Christian Brueckner, the 49-year-old German national who has long been under investigation in connection with Madeleine’s disappearance, but the suspect declined.
Madeleine went missing in 2007 from a holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, shortly after being put to bed by her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, while they dined with friends at a nearby restaurant. She was three years old.
Brueckner remains a suspect in Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange inquiry, which continues alongside investigations led by German and Portuguese authorities. Police in all three countries have carried out searches in Portugal over the years, most recently near the municipality of Lagos in June 2023. Investigators have also combed areas around the Barragem do Arade reservoir, 30 miles from Praia da Luz, where Brueckner was known to have spent time.
