Madeleine McCann probe in a bid to provide investigators with a new breakthrough.German prisoner Christian Brueckner, 43, has been named as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.Though he has not yet been identified by police, German media outlets began circulating his mugshot last week.The convicted paedophile is thought to be serving a prison sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old American tourist in Portugal in 2005 – two years before Madeleine vanished in Praia da Luz.Police have seized two of Brueckner’s old vehicles – a VW camper van he was reportedly living in near the resort where Madeleine disappeared, and a Jaguar XJR6.If forensic teams are able to salvage any samples from them, DNA expert Dr Mark Perlin has offered to.
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