Christian Brueckner’s British ex fears he may have snatched Madeleine McCann in revenge for her dumping him. The German dated the woman, from Berkshire, for around a year in 2004 and 2005 after meeting at the restaurant where they worked.
He attacked her in a bar in Lagos after she hugged a man and later broke into her apartment and hid under her bed. They split after she found a pair of knickers in a bag at his farmhouse in Praia da Luz.
Madeleine vanished on May 3, 2007, the day after the woman, who is too afraid to be named, turned 32. She said: “I’ve watched TV shows about crazy criminals and how they commit crimes on dates that are significant.
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