Brexit has effectively blocked any attempt to bring Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner to trial in Britain, German officials have confirmed, dealing a blow to hopes of justice for the missing toddler, the Express understands. A spokesman for the German government explained the country’s post-war constitution bars the extradition of suspects to nations outside the EU. Asked whether Brexit had sealed Brueckner’s fate, the spokesman said: “Yes, that is the case.” Article 16 of the German constitution states that “no German may be extradited to a foreign country” — carving out only EU member states and bodies such as The Hague. German officials say extraditions to Britain have been “generally precluded by German constitutional law” since the UK left the EU. Prior to Brexit, the European Arrest Warrant allowed British authorities to secure the automatic transfer of suspects from Germany with few legal obstacles. The findings emerge days after Scotland Yard’s ambition to prosecute Brueckner on British soil over the toddler’s disappearance emerged – and cast serious doubt over whether the 49-year-old convicted paedophile will …