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

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

Why police ran out of time to stop paedophile Christian Brueckner being released

Brueckner will be freed on Wednesday after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz two years before Madeleine vanished.

Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old British girl, disappeared in Portugal, the man considered a suspect by Britain and Germany was released after serving a…

Christian Brückner has never been charged with any crime in relation to the McCann case.

The German national drifer and sex offender was indentified as a ‘prime suspect’ in the case five years ago, but he has never been charged. As he is released from prison, David…

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

Met chief Mark Rowley says many questions remain and detectives are liaising with German and Portuguese police

Investigators spent several hours quizzing a couple who housed the sex offender just three months before Madeleine vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, in May…