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Major Madeleine McCann update as cops handed bombshell files | UK | News

Major Madeleine McCann update as cops handed bombshell files | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have received a dossier of new evidence relating to the prime suspect in the case. It has been revealed by The Sun that police were handed crucial files containing fresh information about Christian Brueckner, the German national currently identified as the main suspect. The newly submitted documents have been passed to the Metropolitan Police, who continue to investigate the case under Operation Grange. Plans to extradite Brueckner remain a “long way off”, but the dossier handover proves a significant gear-shift by the Met. Madeleine was just three years old when she went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007. Brueckner, a convicted sex offender, was living near the resort at the time. German prosecutors officially named him as the prime suspect in 2020, though he has consistently denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has never been charged with any crime relating to the McCann case. He was recently released from a German prison after serving a seven-year sentence for an …

Under Suspicion: Kate McCann review – Drama doesn’t reveal bigger picture

Under Suspicion: Kate McCann review – Drama doesn’t reveal bigger picture

Published by Daniella Wilson

A star rating of 2 out of 5. So public was the police condemnation of Kate and Gerry McCann in the wake of their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance in 2007 from a holiday apartment in Praia de Luz, that suspicion has seemed to cling to them ever since, fuelling years of conjecture. Media reporting, too, has at times slid into sensationalism. This latest true-crime drama from 5 – whose previous reconstructions have included the Soham murders and the scandal surrounding Huw Edwards – returns to the moment that narrative first took hold: when Kate (played by Laura Bayston) was formally declared an “arguida”, or suspect. Rather than rewinding to the events leading up to the discovery of Madeleine’s empty bed on 3 May, we first encounter Kate four months into the investigation, hollowed out by grief and relentless scrutiny, as she’s summoned for another meeting with Portuguese detectives. Progress has stalled, leads are sketchy and no arrests have been made. Yet it quickly becomes clear that Inspectors Joao Carlos (Hugo Nicolau) and Ricardo Paiva (Miguel Freire) …

Under Suspicion: Kate McCann true story – How accurate is the 5 drama?

Under Suspicion: Kate McCann true story – How accurate is the 5 drama?

Published by Daniella Wilson

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann is one of the most well-known missing child cases of all time, with the sad sequence of events unfolding in 2007 and still, to this day, remaining a topic of conversation. It’s been the subject of heavy media coverage and countless documentaries, and is now the subject of 5’s latest factual drama, Under Suspicion: Kate McCann. The one-off drama homes in on a different angle of the case, focusing on the eventual questioning of Madeleine’s mother, Kate. As detailed in the drama, Portuguese investigators felt mounting pressure to find the perpetrator and, soon, the spotlight fell on Kate. As per the synopsis: “After 11 hours of questioning, Kate is told that the next day she will be named ’arguida’ – a formal suspect. What’s more, the police want a confession, and without one, they may charge her with her daughter’s murder.” But what actually happened to Kate McCann and is the new 5 drama accurate in its portrayal? Read on to find out. Under Suspicion: Kate McCann true story – How accurate …

Maddie McCann: Inside the outrageous police interview that smeared Kate and Gerry as suspects

Maddie McCann: Inside the outrageous police interview that smeared Kate and Gerry as suspects

Published by Sam Flores

Four months after Madeleine McCann – a three-year-old girl from Leicestershire – vanished while she and her family were on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007, the investigation into her disappearance was in chaos. The Portuguese Polícia Judiciária (PJ) had admitted that a failure properly toF secure the scene meant vital forensic evidence could have been destroyed. It had been revealed that neither border nor marine police had been given descriptions of Madeleine for many hours after her parents, Kate and Gerry, raised the alarm. On August 11, detectives had publicly declared that Madeleine might be dead, suggesting they were no longer channelling resources into a “missing persons” investigation. And then, on September 6, officers hauled Kate in for 11 hours of questioning before making her and Gerry officially “arguidos” – suspects – on September 7. The detectives’ focus had suddenly switched from finding the child and her abductor to investigating her parents on suspicion of covering up Madeleine’s accidental death inside their holiday apartment and concealing her body. A trace of …

Major Madeleine McCann bombshell as huge update issued on prime suspect | UK | News

Major Madeleine McCann bombshell as huge update issued on prime suspect | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

The prime suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance will not be extradited to the UK because of Brexit, German officials said. Christian Brueckner cannot face trial in Britain due to strict rules in Germany’s post-war constitution, a government spokesperson told The Telegraph. They admitted it “is the case” that Brexit effectively blocked the UK from extraditing suspects. Article 16 of Germany constitution states that “no German may be extradited to a foreign country”, unless it’s a member of the EU or an international court, such as The Hague. Extraditions to the UK have been “generally precluded by German constitutional law” since Brexit, German officials said. Before Brexit, German nationals could be automatically extradited to Britain under the European Arrest Warrant, which makes EU member states hand suspects over to each other with minimal legal barriers. The 48-year-old has not been reliably located in recent weeks after a period of drifting between temporary accommodation, shelters and improvised campsites around Kiel. Authorities say he is required to wear an electronic ankle tag and remains under …

Madeleine McCann family ‘not involved’ as Channel 5 announces first ever drama about case

Madeleine McCann family ‘not involved’ as Channel 5 announces first ever drama about case

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Channel 5 is set to air the first drama to be based on Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, almost 19 years after the three-year-old was taken from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Madeleine went missing in May 2007 and the case garnered huge attention, with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann’s emotional turmoil laid bare as they desperately pleaded for anyone with information to come forward. But in September 2007, the couple found themselves named suspects in their daughter’s disappearance and questioned by Portuguese police. They were later acquitted when authorities said there was no evidence against them. Channel 5’s drama will focus specifically on Kate being questioned, with Killing Eve star Laura Bayston playing the former GP in the film, titled Suspect: Kate McCann. The broadcaster has confirmed to The Independent that the McCanns are “not involved editorially”. They …