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.
Christian Brueckner's lawyers appeared before a panel of five judges at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. They insisted that Brueckner’s seven-year sentence for brutally attacking an American pensioner in Praia da Luz in 2005 should now be overturned.
The convicted paedophile's defence team argued that it was a breach of international law to put him on trial for rape. They claim because this was not the crime he was extradited for from Portugal in June 2017 he should be freed.
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