The force says the 49-year-old German national remains a suspect in its own investigation

Christian Brückner is due to be released from prison in Germany in relation to a separate offence.

Christian Brueckner , 49, is due to be freed from a German prison as early as Monday after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape and assault of an American pensioner in…

The force says the 49-year-old German national remains a suspect in its own investigation

Christian Brueckner to be released from German prison this week after serving seven-year sentence for rape

Scotland Yard made formal request to interview Christian Brueckner, due for release from seven-year rape sentence

Madeleine’s case remains one of the most high-profile unsolved disappearances of recent decades – but 18 years on, investigators appear no closer to bringing a culprit to justice