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A new documentary called Madeleine McCann : The Hunt for the Prime Suspect, has explained that police are looking for a new person of interest.

A new documentary on Madeleine McCann has explained the recent developments in the case as a new prime suspect has been named.

Madeleine McCann prime suspect.Hazel Behan, 37, said she believes her attacker was Christian Brueckner, named last month in connection with Madeleine’s disappearance in May 2007.He was convicted of a similar rape just a year after Hazel was attacked in 2004 and two years before Madeleine vanished from the resort of Praia da Luz.Hazel says they failed to properly investigate the attack first time around. One problem they now face is vital DNA evidence was destroyed on the orders of a judge, usual in Portugal when no suspect is identified.

DNA evidence in the case of a woman who may have been raped by the Madeleine McCann prime suspect was destroyed on a judge's orders.

Police investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance have just 22 months to prosecute the prime suspect, the family's lawyer says.

Madeleine McCann have just 22 months to convict their prime suspect, according to the family’s lawyer.It will be a race against the clock for police investigating the 13-year mystery of what happened to the Brit youngster.The toddler was just three-years-old when she was taken from a holiday resort in Praia Da Luiz in Portugal.Lawyer Rogerio Alves said there is a 22-month window to secure a conviction because of a 15-year time limit on prosecutions in Portugal.Paedophile Christian Brueckner, 42, was sensationally named as the prime suspect earlier this year for the 2007 abduction.He is currently in jail in Germany for drug offences and the rape of a US woman in Portugal in 2005.Alves told ITV the time is getting short for police.He said:

The Madeleine McCann case is "90% solved" as German police remain "confident" in their prime suspect, a source said.

Christian Brueckner, a career criminal with a sordid history of child sex offences, has become the focus of the investigation.The 43-year-old, who was living near the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished in 2007, received a half-hour phone call the evening she disappeared.This month, German cops appealed on their country’s version of Crimewatch for help in identifying the other number.Police received 16 tips, of which one was described as “useful”, according to The Sun.It reportedly came from Germany’s Bavaria region, where Brueckner used to live.The caller claimed to have recognised the number, with more details due to be revealed tonight on the show.Its presenter Rudi Cerne said: “I have the impression that the noose

The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case this morning demanded to be freed from jail - despite being convicted of the horrific rape of a 72-year-old woman.

German prosecutors were not told about fresh searches for Madeleine McCann – and say they do not even know what prompted them.

Madeleine McCann has stepped up a gear as Portuguese authorities search further wells for clues.Cops and divers in the Algarve region examined three disused wells in Vila do Bispo for eight hours last Thursday.Now a source says police are exploring more in the region as detectives hone in the potential involvement of German Paedo suspect Christian Brueckner.A source told The Sun on Sunday night: “Those well searches are unlikely to be the last."They were the most obvious, close to Boca do Rio beach where Christian B stayed and next to the road."At least 20 more will need to be checked.”The area cops are scouring is around 10 miles from the Praia da Luz resort, where Madeleine disappeared on May 3, 2007.Last week it was widely reported

Police probing Madeleine McCann’s abduction have drawn up a list of potential new witnesses to quiz.

The Mirror reported that police and divers in the Algarve region examined three disused wells in Vila do Bispo for eight hours on Thursday.

shell out for Daily Star's newsletter. It's FREE! Sign up today for the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inboxThese are the wells where police have been hunting for ­Madeleine McCann.Divers and Portuguese detectives in climbing gear searched irrigation systems in a village 10 minutes’ drive from where she vanished.There were reports tonight that police had found “no sign” of the youngster.

Portuguese police have launched searches for Madeleine McCann’s body on the Algarve, according to Portuguese media reports.

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