“A sadistic psychopath, dangerous pedophile and serial rapist“This is how it was defined this Wednesday Christian Brueckner47 years old, the main suspect in the disappearance and murder of Madeleine McCann in 2007 and who is now being tried in Germany for sexually assaulting women in Praia da Luz between 2000 and 2017. Precisely the same area where the three-year-old girl disappeared.
According to British media such as Daily Mail either The Mirrorprosecutor Ute Lindemann closed the judicial process with a speech in which she urged the judge to that Brueckner be sentenced to 15 years in prison. Lindemann has indicated that if Brueckner were acquitted of the three violations for which he is being prosecuted, he would be acquitted next year, something that would be “a nightmare” for Madeleine case investigators. Brueckner is currently serving time for the rape and murder of a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz in 2005.
During the session, in addition, some of the fantasies written by the accusedwhich have been defined by Lindemann as “rituals of torment and humiliation in which he enjoys watching his victims suffer. In them, Brueckner details how he kidnaps a mother and her daughter and forces the former to observe the rape of the girl with a series of details that show similarities with some of his real attacks. “It gets excited through pincite fear in their victims and humiliate them“said the prosecutor.
“Arrogant and manipulative”
A few days ago it also came to light that the German had been subjected to a psychopathy and dangerousnesswhich had turned out with a 99% probability. Forensic psychiatrist Christian Riedemann made it clear that the accused is extremely dangerous and has a sexual disorder with “sadistic and pedophilic elements.” Riedemann said the defendant finds satisfaction in tormenting, subjugating and humiliating others.
Riedemann also detailed that Brueckner had refused to answer his questions and that he had carried out his analyzes through documents, interrogations and his own diaries. He also compared the man with 1,078 other criminals to reach his conclusions. “He is arrogant, manipulative, passive-aggressive, cynical and unapproachable,” he sentenced.
Brueckner, born in Würzburg, south of Germanyhas an extensive criminal record with up to twelve convictions, some of them for theft, falsification of documents and sexual crimes against children and adults. He first abused a child in 1993 and a year later, when he was only 17 years old, he was sentenced to two years in juvenile prison. It was then that he fled to Portugal, where he continued his crimes.
Regarding the Madeleine casea few days ago, a cellmate testified in court that the accused had confessed to having kidnapped a girl from an apartment in the Portuguese coastal area during a robbery and that he even asked if “DNA can be extracted from buried bones“.
