Christian Brueckner broke into his British ex’s flat through a window and lay in wait for her under her bed in chilling echoes of the Madeleine McCann case.
The disturbing incident took place hours after he brutally attacked her in a jealous rage after she innocently hugged another man, she told the Mirror.
She claims he repeatedly slammed her head against a wall in the ladies toilets of the Algarve bar where she worked - leaving her a bloodied mess.
When the woman returned home she had a “horrible feeling” someone was inside and found Brueckner under her bed. The 45-year-old believes the German was lying in wait to attack her if she brought another man back to her studio flat.
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