The prime suspect in the disappearance and possible murder of Madeleine McCann is in prison for "brutally" raping and beating a 72-year-old tourist, it is reported.
The German man attacked the American woman in her home in Praia da Luz, Portugal in September 2005, about a year-and-a-half before Madeleine vanished in the same resort, the Braunschweiger Zeitung newspaper reported.
He was caught after a friend discovered video of separate attacks on an older woman and a young woman, who were both tied up and raped, and DNA evidence linked him to the rape of the 72-year-old.
The American woman told police after the attack, which lasted about 15 minutes: "I felt that he enjoyed torturing me." The 43-year-old man, who has not been named, is
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