Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could have been jailed two years before she disappeared but police in Portugal made mistakes over evidence in a rape case, it has been reported.
A rope, hair and some clothes from a house where Brueckner, 43, raped an American woman in 2005 didn’t get tested for DNA, leaving him at large until 2017 when he was caught.
The villa the rape took place in is a 10-minute stroll from the Praia da Luz apartment where Madeleine, who was three at the time, vanished in May 2007.
The case was plagued with errors and put on hold by Portuguese police, according to the Sun newspaper. A ripped up red T-shirt which had been stuffed in his victim’s mouth was apparently not DNA tested.
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