- Metropolitan Police are reportedly pushing to bring Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, to the UK for trial.
- Officers aim to charge Brueckner, who has never faced charges in connection with the case, before the 20th anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance next year, according to The Telegraph.
- A significant obstacle to a UK trial is Germany's constitutional law, which prevents the extradition of its citizens to non-EU countries like Britain.
- Brueckner was living near the McCann family in Praia da Luz, Portugal, when three-year-old Madeleine vanished in 2007.
- He has a string of sexual offence convictions, including child sex abuse and raping a 72-year-old American woman, and was released from prison in 2025.
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