German suspect in McCann case charged with 5 unrelated sexual offences

The German suspect within the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was accused of 5 unrelated sexual offences, the general public prosecutor’s workplace in Braunschweig introduced on Tuesday.

“The accused is charged with three acts of significant rape and two acts of sexual abuse of youngsters,” the prosecutor’s spokesman Hans Christian Wolters mentioned within the assertion.

The 45-year-old, Christian B, allegedly dedicated the offences between December 2000 and June 2017 in Portugal.

He’s presently serving a seven-year-long jail sentence over the 2005 rape of a girl in Portugal.

The newest 100-page-long indictment for the 5 sexual offences “is the results of a number of years of intensive and expensive investigations in a number of European international locations,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in an announcement.

German investigators recognized Christian B. as the principle suspect within the Madeleine McCann disappearance case in 2020, saying they believed the lacking lady was lifeless.

McCann disappeared with no hint from a seashore resort in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2007 on the age of three.

The British toddler’s case sparked worldwide curiosity. McCann’s mother and father had been initially declared suspects in 2007 however had been formally cleared in 2008. The case was then closed and later reopened.

The German suspect has reportedly denied any involvement within the case; Euronews has reached out to his lawyer for remark.

The investigation into McCann’s disappearance continues regardless of the present indictment, the Braunschweig public prosecutor’s workplace mentioned. The suspect’s earlier deal with earlier than dwelling in Portugal was in Braunschweig.