Maddie McCann case - Christian B.'s lawyer certain: "There will be no trial"

The lawyer for suspect Christian B. in the Maddie McCann case is convinced that his client will never face a trial in the case of the missing girl.

• The case of the missing Madeleine " Maddie " McCann has picked up speed again.
• Christian B. also had an allotment plot in Braunschweig .
• Before the ECJ, Christian B. suffered a setback

Update from Sunday, August 9th, 2020, 4:28 p.m.: Christian B., the suspect in the Maddie McCann case , according to his lawyer, will not have to fear any proceedings for the disappearance of the three-year-old. B.'s lawyer, Friedrich Fülscher, seems certain of his cause, the British newspaper “Mirror” quotes him as follows: “Where is the evidence? Why didn't the prosecutor disclose it? There will be no trial for my client over Madeleine McCann. I'm sure. " Christian B. has nothing to hide.

Christian B's attorney previously told the Australian newspaper "Sydney Morning Herald" that his client would never cooperate with the police regarding Maddie McCann's disappearance . "Before my client cooperates with the public prosecutor, you can order holy water as a drink in hell," the Australian newspaper quotes Fülscher.

Maddie McCann case: suspect Christian B. experiences a setback

Update from Thursday, August 6th, 2020, 12:02 p.m.: The suspect in the Maddie McCann case, Christian B., has suffered a setback in his efforts to be released from prison . An advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) came to the conclusion in a legal opinion on Thursday (August 6th, 2020) that the 43-year-old German could be convicted of the rape of an American woman in December 2019 by the Braunschweig Regional Court . The opinion is not binding for the ECJ judges *, but mostly they follow the assessment of the responsible advocate general.

The proceedings are also relevant because of the possible effects on the case of the British woman Maddie McCann, who disappeared 13 years ago : If Christian B. gets the case from the ECJ, he may not be tried in Germany. The man is suspected of kidnapping three-year-old Maddie in 2007 from a holiday resort in the Portuguese Algarve. The German investigators assume that the girl is dead.

Video shows Christian B. laughing in his trailer - shortly before Maddie McCann's disappearance

Update from Monday, August 3rd, 2020, 1:59 p.m.: A newly emerged video of the murder suspect Christian B. in the Maddie McCann case causes a stir and shudder. The recordings, which are available to the British "Daily Mail", show Christian B. in his VW camper van. It is the vehicle he is said to have used to abduct Maddie McCann just three weeks later.

Maddie McCann: New recordings of Christian B. emerged - he laughs and jokes into the camera

On board the caravan: three German tourists whom Christian B. is said to have brought from Portugal to Spain. The recordings were probably made on March 30, 2007, the murder suspect laughs and jokes in the direction of the camera.

One of the tourists is reflected to the newspaper shocked: "It makes me sick to think that the little girl was abducted a month later in the same Van could." For him, Christian B . been a normal young man. Back then, the holidaymakers were just happy that he brought them to Spain in his mobile home.

The video was recorded in this caravan owned by Christian B.

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With today's level of knowledge, however, the assessment is completely different: “One is scared to know that he is the rapist of an older woman and that he is targeting children. We couldn't have known that he was really such a monster. "

Case of Maddie McCann: Christian B. owned further allotment gardens in Braunschweig

Update from Thursday, 07/30/2020, 1:43 p.m.: According to the "Bild" newspaper, Christian B. , the suspect in Maddie McCann's missing person case , also owned an allotment plot in Braunschweig. Club members showed up about his short-term move there. It is still unclear whether the plot in Braunschweig is related to the disappearance of Maddie McCann . So far there have been no police investigations there.

The authorities have not yet commented on the investigations in Christian B.'s former parcel in Hanover. The excavations there were not continued on Thursday.

Police find previously unknown cellar in Christian B.

+++ 1.45 p.m.: During their excavations in an allotment garden in Hanover in the Maddie case , the police came across a previously unknown cellar. This is reported by the "Bild" newspaper. As a result, the excavations continue. It is still unclear whether something was found in the basement.

The excavations began on Tuesday (07/28/2020) and are, according to prosecutors Hannover in connection with the missing Maddie McCann and investigations against Christian B . B. is suspected to have something to do with Maddie's disappearance. The girl has been missing since 2013. At that time she disappeared from her parents' hotel room.

Further excavations in the case of Maddie near Hanover

Update from Wednesday, July 29th, 2020, 11.15 a.m.: In the case of Maddie McCann and Christian B. , who is suspected of murder, the search of an allotment garden near Hanover will continue on Wednesday. After clearing trees, the police also had foundations removed. Further digging is to be carried out. A police dog is also used in the search.

The police did not disclose what exactly the police are looking for or what connection there is between the allotment garden and the suspect Christian B. According to a neighbor, the plot has been unused for a long time.

A digger has been seen at the search of an allotment near Hanover, Germany linked to the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

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Maddie McCann: Search in an allotment garden near Hanover

Update from Tuesday, 07/28/2020, 2:00 p.m.: Investigators are searching an allotment garden near Hanover in the "Madeleine McCann" case. The use is in connection with the investigation into murder against the suspected 43-year-old Christian B., said a spokeswoman for the Braunschweig public prosecutor on Tuesday. The public prosecutor's office has not yet disclosed any further details, such as what exactly is being searched for in the allotment garden.

The "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" first reported on the police operation, during which an excavator was also used and some trees were cleared.

Saw Maddi McCann in the supermarket? “I'm sure,” says one woman

Update from Sunday, July 26th, 2020, 12.50 p.m.: The Portuguese teacher Maria wants to have recognized Maddie McCann in a supermarket. She is said to have spoken German . This reports "The West" and refers to an interview that the woman gave on a Portuguese television station.

Marie claims to have seen Maddie three or four years ago in a supermarket in Albufeira , around 45 minutes' drive from Praia da Luz. But why is the woman so sure that the girl is the missing Maddie? According to her statement, due to a so-called coloboma, an innate gap formation in the area of ​​the right eye. “There was a girl to my right who spoke German with another. When I looked into her eyes, I was sure what I was seeing, ”she said in the interview.

Maddie McCann has been missing since 2007.

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Teacher claims to have seen Maddie McCann

The girl the retired teacher describes is said to have been 13 or 14 at the time, which could be Maddie McCann. Because today she would be 17 years old. "Unfortunately, it wasn't until a few seconds after you left the supermarket that I realized who I could tell the face."

But Maria did not share her observations directly with the police, she only reported them after the revelations about the suspect Christian B.

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Maddie McCann case: Another serious suspicion against Christian B.

Update from Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020, 8:25 p.m.: The police in The Hague sees parallels in the Maddie case and the case of a boy who disappeared in the Netherlands 25 years ago. She suspects that Christian B., who is said to have kidnapped and killed Madeleine " Maddie " McCann, could be linked to both crimes. There are similarities to the case of the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 , a spokesman said.

The coldcase team of the The Hague police have now presented the case of seven-year-old Jaïr, which has never been solved, to colleagues in Lower Saxony. The Braunschweig public prosecutor is investigating the Maddie case  against the 43-year-old German.
The Hague police say they are investigating whether the German has something to do with the disappearance of the Dutch boy. The police spokesman did not give any details. The seven-year-old disappeared in 1995 after a day on the North Sea beach near the city of Monster near The Hague.

Movement in the Maddie case: Christian B. is said to have boasted in front of witnesses

Update from Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020, 10:16 am: The investigators in the case of the missing Maddie are apparently on the verge of a breakthrough. A witness is said to have called the authorities and heavily incriminated the main suspect Christian B. with his testimony.

Maddie misses: Witness charges Christian B. with the police

As reported by the British daily “The Sun”, the father of an ex-girlfriend of Christian B. made contact with the police. He met the 43-year-old personally a few years ago - before Maddie disappeared . Christian B. showed him his caravan and stated what he could smuggle with it. Christian B. is said to have named "Drugs and Small Children" as examples.

But that apparently did not make the witness puzzled, even if he ruefully admits to the “Sun”: “If I had known then what I know today. I would have strangled him with my hands. "

Update from Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 2:09 p.m.: Christian B. , the main suspect in the case of the missing Maddie , may have received a call from a German pedophile the night the girl disappeared. British investigative journalist and former police officer Mark Williams-Thomas claims that he found out that Christian B. received a 30-minute call in 2007 from a number linked to a German pedophile. He told the British tabloid "The Sun".

It is said to be a person who operates in Germany on the Darknet and exchanged material there with others about child abuse. "The question that needs to be answered now is whether the suspect used that number in 2007," said Williams-Thomas.

According to the report, in his research on the Maddie case , Williams-Thomas worked with people who tracked pedophiles online. He passed on his results to the German and British investigators.

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Update from Thursday, July 16, 2020, 5.47 p.m.: The investigators are still looking for traces of "Madeleine" Maddie McCann, who has been missing since 2007. The main suspect in the case is Christian B. , who is currently in prison in Kiel for another sentence B. has already served two thirds of his custody for a drug offense, he applied for parole.

But also the district court of Braunschweig had sentenced the 43-year-old main suspect in December 2019 to seven years in prison for raping a 72-year-old American woman around one and a half years before Maddie disappeared in Portugal . The convict appealed against it. The Federal Court of Justice then forwarded the appeal request to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The 43-year-old with multiple criminal records could be released if the rape judgment, which has not yet become final , is overturned, for example because the ECJ declared the German trial in Portugal to be illegal.

Maddie McCann: Does "Aktenzeichen XY" viewers provide the crucial clue?

Update from Wednesday, July 15th, 2020, 11:58 am: In the case of the missing Madeleine "Maddie" McCann , the reference of a "file number XY ... unsolved" viewer in June could be useful, said moderator Rudi Cerne of "Bild". This concerns a Portuguese telephone number whose owner is to be found. It is still very vague, but there are ways to determine the origin of the call, explains Cerne.

The girl's body has not yet been found. AgainstAccording to Cerne, the suspect Christian B. is currently suspected of having committed a crime, but not an urgent one. Evidence was still missing. A “Aktenzeichen XY” broadcast next August is to address the clues in the “Maddie” case again, according to Cerne.

Maddie McCann case: Police in Portugal are looking for her body

Update from Monday, July 13th, 2020, 5:51 pm: The police are still looking for the remains of Madeleine "Maddie" McCann . According to the Portuguese media, three wells have already been searched in the small village of  Vila do Bispo  in the south-west of  Portugal . According to the English newspaper "Sun", the search should have lasted twelve hours. However, no traces were found there.

Residents noticed the search for the three irrigation wells that had been shut down for years. Compared to “Bild.de” they said: “15 firefighters and police officers came. I saw divers let into the well with flashlights. Whoever falls in there, never comes out again. "

The investigators came to the place because Christian B. was seen there by witnesses on a beach near the three wells. He is also said to have lived only 15 minutes away in Praia de Luz 13 years ago. "Maddie" disappeared there in 2007.According to the Portuguese TV broadcaster "RTP", the police also questioned a couple who were living near Christian B. at the time of Madeleine's disappearance . The investigators are said to have discovered “fundamental pieces of evidence” . According to the British media, other wells are now also to be searched.

Maddie McCann case: Portuguese police search for body in well

Update from Sunday, July 12th, 2020, 12:57 pm: According to media reports, no traces of the British girl Madeleine "Maddie" McCann  have been discovered in the three wells in the Portuguese community of Vila do Bispo . The newspaper "Expresso" reported on the operation of the Portuguese police there, citing an eyewitness. The TV broadcaster RTP and other Portuguese media reported similarly, citing police circles. It was not known whether it was part of the routine of the investigation or whether there was a specific hint, possibly even from Germany, that led the investigative authorities to the well.

The investigators in Germany have become convinced that Madeleine McCann is dead. The authorities in Portugal do not comment on this assumption . The British police continue to assume a missing person . In the investigation of the case, the Portuguese police said they had interviewed numerous residents of the region in recent weeks. Portuguese media reports, according to which evidence of a suspected involvement of the suspect German was gathered, has not yet been commented on by the Portuguese criminal investigation agency.

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Maddie McCann case: Police are looking for her body in wells in Portugal

Update from Saturday, July 11th, 2020, 2:20 p.m.: According to the Portuguese daily Correio da Manhã, the Portuguese police have searched three wells on the Algarve coast for the body of Maddie McCann in the past few weeks . According to this, the wells are located in the area of ​​Vila do Bispo, around 16 kilometers from Praia da Luz, where Maddie disappeared on May 3rd, 2007. As Correio da Manhã further reports, special forces from the fire brigade and divers were also involved in the search. So far, however, the search has been unsuccessful.

The investigators are investigating the assumption that the German Christian B. hid little Maddie McCann in a well after her murder. Vila do Bispo is connected to Praia da Luz via the national road N125 and can therefore be reached quickly and easily. So far, Christian B. denies any involvement in the disappearance of Maddie McCann . It only seems certain that the convicted sex offender Christian B. stayed in the Algarve in 2007 without a permanent residence.

Again serious allegations against Christian B. in the Maddie McCann case

Update from Tuesday, 07/07/2020, 10:43 a.m.: Did the German Christian B. kidnap and kill the little Maddie McCann ? International investigators are still investigating this question. While the suspect's defense attorney complains about his client's prejudice , possible witnesses keep coming up with some serious accusations. For example, several parents reported on the Portuguese TV broadcaster RTP that Christian B. had sexually abused their children .

In the course of the worldwide reporting, the Portuguese from the Algarve want to have recognized the face of the imprisoned 43-year-old. This is possible because many media now show unpixeled pictures of Christian B. - despite the legally valid presumption of innocence in the Maddie McCann case.

Maddie McCann case: Christian B. is said to have molested children on a playground in Portugal

In interviews within the half-hour TV show, the parents now claim that Christian B. exposed himself in 2017 on a playground in São Bartolomeu de Messines , Portugal, and masturbated in front of four children. The children were girls, all younger than 14 years, it is said. According to the report, the police are said to have even arrested the German . The case is said not to have been prosecuted further.

It is known that the convicted sex offender Christian B. lived in Portugal before and after the disappearance of the then three-year-old Maddie McCann . That was in May 2007. He is currently in prison in Germany for a drug offense. The investigation against him is in full swing.

Maddie case: Christian B. is said to have made a terrible announcement shortly before her disappearance

Update from Monday, July 6th, 2020, 10:59 am: More and more details about the Maddie McCann case and the suspect Christian B. are coming to light. B. is said to have made a terrible announcement the day before the then three-year-old disappeared.

“I'm going to do something bad!” Christian B. is said to have said to his German acquaintance on May 2, 2007. This is reported by "Bild.de", citing a contribution from the Portuguese television station "RTP". B. is also said to have lived in Portugal for 22 years. During this time, he also traveled a lot in his camper through Europe. According to the report, he bought the VW bus from a German mechanic who is said to have operated an illegal junkyard in Portugal.

The 70-year-old scrap dealer is also the only person who is said to have visited Christian B. in the Portuguese prison. B. is said to have been imprisoned for stealing fuel. As a result, he was held in the prison between April and December 2006.

Maddie McCann: Christian B.'s attorney attacks prosecutors

+++ Sunday, July 5th, 2020, 5:37 p.m.: The criminal record of Christian B., suspect in the Maddie McCann case, includes not only drug offenses, but also sexual  abuse . When Christian B. was only 17 years old, he is said to have abused a then six-year-old girl in Bavaria. He served a 14-month prison sentence for this. As the "Bild" reports, there are now new, terrible allegations against the suspect Christian B.

In 2017, B. is said to have been guilty of sexual abuse again. The "Bild" reports that parents of alleged abuse victims explain on Portuguese television that it was Christian B. who sexually molested four underage girls in 2017. The suspect in the Maddie case is said to have snuck around a children's playground near his former home Foral and masturbated in front of the children. It is uncertain whether Christian B. was charged with this, but the Portuguese police allegedly  arrested  the man.

Maddie case: Christian B.'s lawyer attacks the public prosecutor's office

+++ 4.42 p.m.: The suspect's lawyer in the Maddie case , Christian B., sharply criticized the investigating public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig after the ZDF program “Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved”. "The public prosecutor's office has obviously shot at our client and is now trying hard and fast to resolve the need for evidence," said lawyer Friedrich Fülscher the RTL / n-tv station. He is very curious about the evidence-based suspicion of the public prosecutor's office. "I consider this statement by the Braunschweig public prosecutor to be incredibly daring."

Fülscher defends Christian B. together with the Hamburg lawyer Johann Schwenn. Fülscher said that Christian B. was completely different from how it was presented in public. "I experience him as a very calm and friendly conversation partner." On his advice, his client did not want to give any further information on the allegations in the Maddie case.

Puzzling call in the Maddie case: BKA receives a promising tip

+++ 12:04 p.m .: In the case of Maddie , 16 new reports were received during the TV show "Aktenzeichen XY ... unselöst" on ZDF. One of them was probably particularly promising and had to do with the Portuguese cell phone number sought by the BKA .

Alfred Hettmer from the LKA Munich explained: “Below was a reference to a possible approach to determine the mobile phone number. In Portugal it is possible to top up the mobile phone at the multi-banker machines. ”Perhaps banks would have made such a registration of the mobile phone number at that time.

Puzzling call in the Maddie case: The BKA is now looking for a specific cell phone number

+++ Thursday, July 2nd, 2020, 10.18 a.m.: More than 800 reports have been received by the Federal Criminal Police Office ( BKA ) in the case of the missing Maddie McCann since the beginning of June . That said BKA investigator Christian Hoppe in the ZDF program "Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved" . The disappearance of the then three-year-old Maddie was on Wednesday evening (July 1st, 2020) for the second time within a short time on the TV show. Some clues are now to be described as further for the investigation, said Hoppe.

The 43-year-old Christian B. is suspected of having kidnapped the girl in May 2007. He is under suspicion of murder, the Braunschweig public prosecutor is investigating. According to their own statements, the investigators got on his trail after a ZDF broadcast on the Maddie case  in October 2013.

Maddie case: BKA is looking for users of Portuguese cell phone numbers

On May 3, 2007, the suspect is said to have made a phone call on his cell phone at a “relevant” time in Praia da Luz, Portugal. The investigators are therefore still looking for the user of the Portuguese cell phone number +351 912 730 680 , which was also shown on Wednesday at “Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved” on ZDF. BKA investigator Hoppe called on all viewers who had contact with Portuguese telephone numbers up to June 2007 to look for the number in their old cell phones, telephone books or bills. When asked, he did not want to comment on whether the evidence against the 43-year-old Christian B. in the Maddie case was already sufficient for an indictment.

Maddie case: Rudi Cerne in conversation with an investigator from the BKA. 

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File number XY on ZDF for the Maddie case: Suspect Christian B. received an enigmatic call

Initial report of Wednesday, 01.07.2020, 14:17: Mainz - The case Maddie McCann is this Wednesday (07.01.2020) at 20:15, again issue in the TV show "file number XY ... unsolved" in ZDF . A live link with Christian Hoppe from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) deals with the question of who owns the number of a Portuguese prepaid card with which the suspect Christian B. had contact in May 2007.

In an interview with “focus.de”, ZDF presenter Rudi Cerne said: “I (...) am very excited about what the BKA will report and ask on Wednesday.” The broadcast a month ago triggered a huge response. The BKA investigators had received almost 1,000 reports from the population. "I have the impression that something important is happening now," explained Cerne.

Maddie McCann case: ZDF program "Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved" important for investigators

At the beginning of June the Madeleine "Maddie" McCann case picked up speed rapidly. The then three-year-old British girl has been missing for 13 years . Maddie disappeared from a holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007. The parents' desperate search received unprecedented media attention. All over the world, people took part in the fate of their families. But although doctor couple Gary and Kate McCann never gave up hope of seeing their daughter again, the Maddie case grew quiet over time - until June 3, 2020 .

On a Wednesday evening the BKA dropped the bomb in Wiesbaden and announced that it was investigating a 43-year-old German from Braunschweig. Prosecutors are now certain that Christian B. kidnapped and killed Maddie McCann. The day after this spectacular revelation, the BKA official Christian Hoppe called on the viewers on the ZDF program “Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst” to come up with information. Several responded to this call.

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"Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved" on ZDF: TV on puzzling call in the case of Maddie McCann

In the following weeks, acquaintances, neighbors and the suspect Christian B.'s ex-girlfriend spoke up in the media . The TV broadcaster RTL showed a whole special program on Maddie McCann , in which insiders unpacked about the convict , who had already been convicted of sex crimes against children several times. He is currently in jail for drug trafficking. A trial for the rape of a then 72-year-old American woman is about to be concluded. Christian B. is said to have molested the woman - in the same place where Maddie McCann was  kidnapped about a year and a half later  . Between 1995 and 2007, the suspect is said to have lived regularly in the Algarve in southern Portugal, where Maddie is said to have been his victim.

In the TV show "Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst", which will be shown on ZDF from 8:15 pm,it is now about a phone call that Christian B. should have received on the evening of Maddie McCann's disappearance. The number +351 912 730 680 with the Portuguese country code is said to have contacted the suspect. The call was taken in the area around Praia de Luz. Investigators believe the caller could be an important witness. You also want to go into "Aktenzeichen XY ... unsolved" on the latest developments in the Maddie case. And maybe the prognosis of moderator Rudi Cerne will come true and the decisive hint will finally come in. (ag / kke) * fnp.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.

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