Madeleine McCann suspect acquitted in unrelated rape trial
Christian Brueckner, a 47-year-old German national, is under investigation over the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007.
Christian Brueckner, a 47-year-old German national, is under investigation over the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007.
Only nine minutes into the hearing, Judge Christina Engelmann adjourned the case after Brueckner's team asked for the lay judge to be thrown out.
A search, 50km from Praia Da Luz, was launched after German police revealed new lines of inquiry into Madeleine McCann's disappearance.