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Christian Brueckner has sat down in an interview while cops search his former home for any evidence of the missing girl<\/h2>\n

The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has given his first interview amid a new search being launched.<\/strong><\/p>\n

German native Christian Brueckner, a\u00a0suspect<\/a>\u00a0in the case concerning\u00a0Madeleine McCann<\/a>, has spoken out as cops launch a fresh search for the missing child.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0British<\/a>\u00a0three-old vanished from her bed while on vacation in Portugal in 2007 with her family, and it has remained a mystery what happened to the youngster ever since.<\/p>\n

Brueckner is currently behind bars for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Praia da Luz in 2005, which he denies, and is set to be released this September if no further charges are brought forward.<\/p>\n

Now that investigators are searching for\u00a0signs of the missing toddler<\/a>\u00a0in a new area of Portugal, the incarcerated 48-year-old has spoken out from his cell in Sehnde Prison for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Christian Brueckner is considered the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance (MICHAEL MATTHEY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Ulrich Oppold, a journalist from\u00a0German<\/a>\u00a0broadcaster RTL, visited Brueckner in Germany where they talked about his possible pending release with the prisoner saying he is most looking forward to a\u00a0steak<\/a>\u00a0and beer.<\/p>\n

He also reportedly revealed he would leave Germany for a country with no extradition treaty and go into hiding if he does get out of prison, saying that he is ‘as well-known as a colorful\u00a0dog<\/a>.’<\/p>\n

The convicted sex offender added: “The fact that I have been in prison for many years for something that I cannot have committed and that therefore, through the participation of the media, half the world considers me a cruel rapist.”<\/p>\n

His attorney, Philipp Marquort, stated earlier this year that his client would consider relocating abroad and even plastic surgery.<\/p>\n

Brueckner further claimed to the reporter that he was ‘assaulted’ by an inmate where ‘at least one rib was broken.’<\/p>\n

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Cops have descended on the area in Portugal as part of a fresh search (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“I now stay in my cell 24 hours a day. I don’t go out. Not even for food,” he added.<\/p>\n

Oppold also commented after the interview how the prisoner seemed ‘intelligent’, if not ‘a little distant.’<\/p>\n

“I think he had prepared himself very well for our conversation. He knew exactly what he wanted to say and, above all, what he didn’t want to say,” he added.<\/p>\n

If investigators manage to link Brueckner to Maddie’s disappearance in any way, they could press further charges and keep him behind bars.<\/p>\n

German\u00a0cops<\/a>\u00a0have requested a four-day search near to the property Brueckner used to reside in, near the holiday resort of Praia da Luz where Maddie vanished 18 years ago.<\/p>\n

Despite being named in 2020 as the prime suspect in the case, Brueckner has still not been charged.<\/p>\n

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He has denied any involvement to do with the girl’s disappearance (JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

When visited by the journalist, Brueckner also refused to answer any questions relating to Maddie following discussions with his lawyers.<\/p>\n

He has denied any involvement in her disappearance.<\/p>\n

Around 30 cops from Germany’s FBI, the BKA, arrived in the Algarve resort this week as Portuguese officers closed off dirt roads to launch the fresh search.<\/p>\n

It’s the first major search for more than two years in the region, with a renewed focus on wells, water storage tanks and ruins across 21 plots of private land spanning around 120 acres,\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Investigators are also reportedly planning on using radar equipment to scan under the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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