Suspect in Madeleine McCann disapperance acquitted in separate rape, child sex abuse trial

Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A court in northern Germany on Tuesday acquitted a drifter suspected of involvement in the abduction of Madeleine McCann of rape and child sex abuse charges in a result that could impact the separate criminal investigation into the 2007 disappearance of the British child in Portugal.

Christian Bruckner, 47, was cleared of three charges of aggravated rape and two of sexual abuse of children in Portugal between 2000 and 2017 after an eight-month trial by Braunschweig District Court judge Uta Engemanndue who threw out the case due to lack of evidence.

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