The prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance is only in the frame because German police think they are smarter than Brits, according to his lawyer.
The claim by the man acting for Christian Brueckner, 43, comes ahead of Monday's 14th anniversary of the youngster’s disappearance on holiday.
Paedophile Brueckner, a German, is suspected of taking the then three-year-old while he was living on Portugal’s Algarve. His lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher, speaking on German TV, said: “Different authorities have investigated – the Portuguese police and British. “My client has not been charged in these proceedings, he is considered as ‘accused’.
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