A grandmother who was questioned by British police about Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Breuckner revealed she told cops about his 'special place' two years ago.
Elke Piro, 69, who alongside her husband Bernhard, 72, was acquainted with the sex offender for years, told police about Arade Dam where the paedophile would disappear 'for a week at a time' in 2023.
Her revelation ignited a search at the site, 30 miles from Praia da Luz where the three-year-old vanished in 2007. However, no evidence was found by specialists in the area where Brueckner would spend days in his Volkswagen camper van.
Brueckner, who was released from jail earlier this week after serving six years of a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old pensioner, would often stay in his vehicle at the couple's rural Algarve home.
Describing how he 'loved the lakeside' and would go to the location for days at a time, she told The Sun on Sunday: 'When I found out he was a suspect in the Maddie case I told the police how much he loved it there and they were very interested.
