The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case my not be charged - despite prosecutors being 'convinced of his guilt'. Christian Brueckner, 43, is in prison in Kiel after being sentenced to 15 months for drug trafficking in Germany and seven years for raping a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal - the resort where three-year-old Madeleine vanished in 2007.
He was named as the prime suspect by German authorities investigating missing Maddie - but could be freed from prison within weeks as he seeks parole and challenges a rape conviction.
Prosecutors previously said they have "concrete evidence" that Madeleine was dead - and said they had phone data that put him close to the McCann apartment when the three-year-old went
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