";s:4:"text";s:4583:"His current prison term is due to expire in January.Dates an English woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal. News and updates for Madeleine McCann. German prosecutors said they have “strong evidence” that missing UK toddler Madeleine McCann is dead, as investigators also uncovered a trove of pictures and videos in an abandoned factory owned by prime suspect Christian Bruckner, according to a report.Asked if any of the uncovered images were of the toddler, Wolters said, “At the moment, I am not allowed to comment on that, so I am not able to say if there are pictures or there are no pictures of Madeleine.”He is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for raping a 72-year-old woman in the same Portuguese resort in 2005.Thanks for contacting us. Photograph: Metropolitan police/AFP/Getty Images “The operation is occurring in conjunction with our investigation into murder by … Sentenced to seven years for the rape.
It is flanked by a small house and shed which Brückner is believed to have lived in.A small excavator is being used to clear the plot and police officers are combing the ground with rakes and shovels, according to footage shown on German media.Madeleine McCann disappears from Praia da Luz.
Brückner buys marihuana and hashish and sells it to a middle-man on the northern German island of Sylt, where it is sold on.Opens a kiosk in Braunschweig, in north-west Germany.McCanns appeal to the German public on TV for evidence over Madeleine’s disappearance. Later in 2005 Brücknerrapes a 72-year-old American woman in the resort.Portuguese authorities drop the rape investigation due to lack of evidence.Convicted of sexual abuse of a child in Germany and sentenced to 15 months in prison.Braunschweig’s state prosecutor’s office has repeatedly said it has concrete evidence that Christian Brückner – a German man who was living in Praia da Luz when Madeleine was staying in the Algarve town with her family – was involved in her disappearance.