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Post by Admin on Jun 6, 2020 22:05:32 GMT
Many of Friday's papers lead on the new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. The Scottish Sun claims that police identified the suspect after he told a friend in a pub that he had taken the three-year-old when she went missing in 2007 during a holiday with her family in Portugal. MADELEINE McCann's suspect "Christian B' has now been linked the disappearance of a boy, 6, in 1996 and a girl, 5, in 2015 by police. "Christian B", 43, is believed to have been investigated over the disappearance of a German boy, René and a girl named only as Inga, according to media reports. Inga went missing from a family party in Saxony-Anhalt on May 2, 2015, and has never been found, while police have reopened the investigation in René Hasee's disappearance in 1996. The schoolboy, from Elsdorf, Germany, vanished on June 21, 1996 while on holiday with his family in Aljezur - just 25 miles from Praia da Luz, in the Algarve. Police homed in on "Christian B" after he told a pal in a pub he snatched Madeleine, who believe he staked out the McCanns’ holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, for four days before the three-year-old was snatched in May 2007. Portuguese cops revealed that they did tell their British counterparts about the new prime suspect when the 2012 case files were handed over. He is currently in prison for raping a 72-year-old woman in the Algarve resort in 2005.
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Post by Admin on Jun 7, 2020 5:41:55 GMT
The new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is reportedly being investigated over the disappearance of two other children. The 43-year-old convicted German child sex offender, currently in prison in his home country, has been named as Christian B. German prosecutors believe Madeleine is dead after she vanished from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3 2007, while on holiday with her family, and are investigating the suspect over her murder. German news websites have reported that authorities are now also allegedly examining connections to the disappearance of Rene Hasee. Rene Hasee was six when he disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal. It was believed that the little boy had drowned but 24 years since he went missing his parents claim German police are re-investigating what happened to their son, and the possibility that he could have been abducted. Rene's father, Andreas Hasee, told ITV News: "It's also a big blow for me. "I've always assumed that my son is dead. But when you now hear that he might have fallen into the hands of a peadophile, then its even worse." Rene was last seen on a beach about 25 miles from Praia de Luz, the resort Madeleine McCann went from missing 11 years later. Christian B apparently being investigated again brought back painful memories but also some hope for Rene's father. Mr Hasee added: "Certainty, knowing what really happened. Because there is nothing we can do to change it now. But it is important to be able to say with certainty: this is what really happened to my son, and to Maddie. Whether what happened was good or not." Prosecutors in the northern German town of Stendal confirmed to the PA news agency they are probing possible connections between the cases of Madeleine and Inga. But they said the man, who has been partially identified as Christian B by local media due to the country’s strict rules on the naming of criminals, is not currently a suspect. He reportedly had a property in the town of Neuwegersleben, around 60 miles south-west of Stendal when she went missing. It comes after claims, originally reported by Sky News, that the suspect confessed to his part in Madeleine’s disappearance to a friend as they watched a TV news report on the case in a German bar on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance.
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Post by Admin on Jun 7, 2020 20:00:36 GMT
The suspect is reportedly serving a seven-year prison sentence in the German port city of Kiel for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal in 2005 after he was convicted at Braunschweig District Court in December last year. Der Spiegel reported his criminal record contains a total of 17 entries, including a conviction for the sexual abuse of a child in 1994 when he was aged 17, and a 2016 conviction for abusing another child and possession of child pornography. The details emerged after British, German and Portuguese authorities revealed a new suspect had been identified in Madeleine’s disappearance as a fresh appeal was launched on Wednesday night. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, who is leading the Metropolitan Police probe, said he was “pleased” with information coming in after receiving more than 270 calls and emails by 4pm on Thursday. Madeleine’s doctor parents Kate and Gerry McCann from Rothley, Leicestershire, welcomed the latest appeal in a statement saying: “We will never give up hope of finding Madeleine alive.” Kate and Gerry McCann during an interview with the BBC's Fiona Bruce in 2017. Credit: BBC/PA Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said on Friday: “They certainly will be encouraged to know the appeal is yielding results already and hopefully within that there will be crucial bits of information the police can act upon.” He added: “They are trying to maintain as normal a life as possible under the circumstances, continuing their medical work where necessary and bringing the twins up as best they can, while shielding them from all the attention. “They wait to hear any developments from police.” The suspect is known to have been living in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007, where he funded his lifestyle by committing crimes, including breaking into hotel complexes and holiday apartments. His Portuguese mobile phone was in Praia da Luz when it received a half-hour phone call around an hour before Madeleine, three, was last seen. Detectives said he was believed to have been living in a distinctive early 1980s VW T3 Westfalia campervan at the time and re-registered a 1993 Jaguar XJR6 in someone else’s name the day after her disappearance.
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Post by Admin on Jun 11, 2020 8:08:22 GMT
German prosecutors say they may have to drop the investigation into a convicted paedophile suspected of killing Madeleine McCann if they do not receive more information from the public. Investigators told the BBC they have substantial evidence that Madeleine is dead - but this is not enough to take the suspect to court. The three-year-old disappeared while on holiday in Portugal in 2007. The suspect, 43, has been named by German media as Christian B. Hans Christian Wolters, a prosecutor in the northern city of Braunschweig - where detectives are leading the investigation - told the BBC: "We have evidence against the accused which leads us to believe that he really killed Madeleine but this evidence is not strong enough at the moment to take him to court." The evidence is "strong enough to say that the girl is dead and strong enough to accuse a specific individual of murder - that strong," he said. However he added: "One has to be honest and remain open to the possibility that our investigation could end without a charge, that it ends like the others have. "We are optimistic it will be different for us but for that we need more information." He is believed to have been in the Praia da Luz area in 2007, when Madeleine went missing. She had been there on a family holiday with her parents and siblings. In December 2019, the man was sentenced to seven years for raping a 72-year-old American woman in the same Portuguese resort in 2005. The rape conviction is currently under review in the German courts, according to German n-tv news. German media say Christian B has also been investigated over the disappearance of a five-year-old German girl, named only as Inga. She went missing from a family party in Saxony-Anhalt on 2 May 2015 and has never been found.
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Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2020 7:22:29 GMT
Madeleine McCann is dead, according to a letter German prosecutors sent to the missing British girl's parents. But German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters would not disclose what evidence he had that led police to that conclusion. Mr Wolters told British tabloid The Mirror that he had "re-established contact" with the McCann family in writing. "We, of course, really consider the fact that it is going to be very hard for the family when we tell them we assume Madeleine is dead. "But we can't say why she is dead. "It is more important that we are successful and we are able to get the culprit, as opposed to just putting our cards on the table and tell them why we think she might be." Madeleine went missing in 2007 while on holiday in Portugal with her family. She was aged three at the time of her disappearance. Last week Mr Wolters said his office had "findings" that showed a 43-year-old male suspect had murdered Madeleine. "At the moment, there is insufficient evidence to convict," he said. Although he did not mention the suspect by name, media has reported that man as Christian B. "We have a well-founded suspicion, but this suspicion is below the sufficient level we need to actually bring charges to court," Mr Wolters told CNN. The new prime suspect had lived in Portugal's Algarve region from 1995 to 2007, and also resided in a house in Praia da Luz, the resort town where Madeleine disappeared. Portuguese prosecutors have confirmed Christian B had two previous convictions in the country, one for disobedience and another for theft, and had served time in prison.
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