2023-09-19 14:54:00
There are new details in the Maddie McCann case. More than 16 years after the British toddler’s disappearance, charges have now been brought against a suspect at the Braunschweig Regional Court. A German citizen is accused of kidnapping and killing the girl in Portugal in the summer of 2007.
Suspect lived in Portugal for several years
According to German newspaper Bild, the 46-year-old suspect is also accused of raping an Irish woman in 2004. As the British “Mirror” reports, the suspect is said to have recently written letters to his friends in which he accused the police of plotting against him.
According to police information, the suspect is said to have lived regularly in the Algarve in southern Portugal between 1995 and 2007. That’s where Maddie disappeared from her hotel room.
During the intensive investigation, Portuguese and German authorities pursued several different leads. In the meantime, Maddie’s parents were also suspected of being involved in their daughter’s disappearance. However, these theories did not solidify.
The suspect, a sex offender with multiple previous convictions, is currently in custody. However, the trial for his role in the Maddie case will be heard in Germany.
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