Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner confessed to a fellow inmate that he took a child from a Portuguese apartment, a court in Germany has heard today.

Christian Brueckner is said to have made the claims to Laurentiu Codin, his former cellmate.

A suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation confessed to abducting a young girl from her Algarve holiday apartment, a former cellmate said.

Convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner allegedly confessed to one of his former prison cellmates that he abducted a child in Portugal and buried their body in his garden

Prime suspect Christian Brueckner in the disappearance of Brit Madeleine McCann confessed to kidnapping and raping young girls, a former cellmate has told a court in Germany

German citizen Christian Brueckner allegedly made the confession about abducting a young girl in Portugal to a former cellmate

Christian Brueckner is accused of carrying out crimes in the Algarve between 2000 and 2017 and is currently standing trial in Germany.

Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, allegedly confessed to abducting her, a court was told. But more than 17 years on, what does life look like now for her distraught parents Kate and Gerry?