June 6, 2024 • 7 mins
New information has been revealed about Christian Brueckner, the lead suspect in the long-running Madeleine McCann case.
German police have claimed Brueckner had an email account containing messages related to the killing of McCann.
UK Correspondent, Enda Brady told Jack Tame “Police have discovered a Hotmail account and external hard drive, which they say link him to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.”
Brady says “We’ve long suspected the German police know a lot more than they’re going to tell the public – but this is the first time that they’ve acknowledge this link.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
UK correspondent Inda Brady is with us this evening.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hi Inda Cloud and Clear. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Yeah, very well, thank you. How you've got an update
on the Medal McKain situation for us.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yes, So this story and this ongoing case makes the
papers yet again here today because a German detective has
given just a few words in public about the case.
There is a man on trial for a string of
sex attacks at the turn of the century, early two thousands.
His name is Christian Bruckner. He denies charges and that
(00:31):
trial is still ongoing in Germany, and a detective involved
on the German police inside has said now publicly that
they have discovered a hotmail account and an external hard
drive and he said that contains evidence linking Bruckner they
believe to the disappearance of Madeline McCann. So this is
(00:53):
the first kind of public acknowledgment of any of the elds.
We've long suspected that the German police know an awful
lot more than obviously they're going to tell the public,
But this is the first time they've acknowledged that they
do have a link between this guy Brewner and the
disappearance of Madeline McCann. Now, Quinn pushed the detective did
not reveal what was in the emails or what is
(01:13):
on the hard drive, but it's clear he is the
main suspect.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
It's eighty years, eighty years since the day, and of
course that anniversary has been commemorated.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yes, so it's a huge day ahead. You'll see a
lot of live coverage news events coming from Normandy in
the next four or five hours. There are handful of
men and women who were there still alive. Some of
them are past one hundred now and they have traveled
all the way back to Normandy. So in all honesty, Jack,
this is probably the last big commemoration of D Day
(01:48):
with veterans present. I've been listening to their stories on
radio this morning. Extraordinary men and women, what they did,
what they went through, what they gave for Europe and
the world years ago. Today it was the single defining
moment really of World War Two, swung everything in the
Allies favor and King Charles will be there later today.
(02:10):
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunaku is traveling as well, and
we're told Joe Biden has flown in from the United States.
So a huge, huge event and it was interesting. Charles
spoke at an event on the South Coast in England yesterday,
surrounded by veterans, and he was visibly overcome with the
motion as he sat down after speaking, wiping tears from
(02:31):
his eyes. I think it was all a bit too
much for charlds.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, and how's that sort of how will this event
do you think be seen by younger generations in the like?
You know, what does the how does a generational divide
play into today? Or you know, is there a scence
that younger generations appreciate the significance?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Well, I think when we've got war in Europe on
our doorsteps, not two and a half hours out of London,
in Ukraine a moment, I think it's very fitting that
we should observe and pay tribute to these men and
women and what they did in the face of utter
tyranny eighty years ago. It is happening to European neighbors
(03:14):
of ours not that far away right now. So I
think anyone who anyone who doesn't listen or watch this
today just needs to think. You know, we have situations
in Europe at the moment that could spiral even further
and come closer to our doorsteps.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And of course we are into the uk election campaign
and there has been a huge boost for Nigel Farage
in the latest Paul.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yes. So his party is now called Reform. This was
born out of UKIP and Breaksist and everything he helped
deliver over the course of the last eight years. He
is now standing for parliament, which is a big deal
certainly in the media bubble. Will he get elected eight time? Lookye,
he's run for parliament seven times here and he's never
got in, so it'd be interesting to see if he
does so. This latest poll has Reform on seventeen percent.
(04:05):
Why is that important? The Conservative Party, the ruling party
of government right now on this poll, are nineteen percentage
point So there's a two percentage point gap between these upstarts.
As some would see it, they are very right wing
Reform and the Conservatives. And I think rishis next big
(04:26):
headache is that Reform voters will traditionally be older people
who have always voted Conservative and are now disgruntled with
him and Forage everywhere he goes. He even gets hit
with a milkshake the other day, laughed at all smile,
gave interviews, just keeps going, Sunak has problems.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, so does this affect Labor's position hitting into the addiction,
you know, meaningfully? Or is there are scenes that all
of the support for Raj and reform is ostensibly coming
from people who would have otherwise been Tory voters.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, I think you're Jack. I think Labor won't be
worried about Faraj and the slightest, but they will benefit
from him because in key seats, and it will get
really key in some places, you know, floating voters, elderly conservatives,
if they desert sooner and give their vote to reform,
that strengthen's labor. So Labor candidates I don't think will
(05:21):
be that bothered about reform really, maybe in one or
two seats up north, but I think overall they will
be rubbing their hands with glee and just delighted that
the Conservative vote could splinter. Now, these poles may well
be wrong, but as it stands, Keir Starmer is nailed
on to be Brits Prime Minister on July the fifth,
if you believe the polls.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. As we've learned in recent years,
there's always a big if. But I mean, certainly the
Labor goes into this campaign with a huge, huge lead.
They're being said. You know that the campaigns so far
has been interesting in terms of momentum, right, because those
first couple of days were terrible for issue. Sooner he'd
announced the election and the poor rain you had the
(06:01):
song playing in the background. He went over to Ireland,
ended up doing a press conference in the Titanic, the
former Titanic neighborhood, which was, you know, a kind of
visual disaster for him. But I would have thought that
he was benefiting from a little bit of momentum out
of that televised debate with Kostama the other day and preps.
This poll has kind of deflated him from you know,
(06:23):
whatevern momentum he might have been enjoying in the last
day or two.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah, I think you're right, Jack. I watched the TV
debate and I think Suna behaved like a boxer in
the twelfth round who's just been told by his corner
that the previous eleven rounds have gone to the other
guy and you need to land a knockout punch. So
he was extremely aggressive from the get go, talked over Starmer,
talked over the moderator as well as Julie Etchingham. You know,
(06:50):
he was very aggressive and quite rude, I thought, and
it really struck me, the body language and sunak how
he behaved. I thought, you know, two years almost as
Prime Minister, we've never seen him behave like this. He
just looked a little bit desperate and adrift. And the
one thing he did say, Labor now denouncing is a
massive lie four thousand dollars per person tax trizeer Labor
(07:11):
get in Labor are saying this is an outrageous life.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, yeah, Hey, thank you so much for your time, Inda,
We really appreciate it. UK correspondent in the Brady did
for more.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
From hither duplusy Alan Drive. Listen live to news talks.
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
UK correspondent Inda Brady is with us this evening.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hi Inda Cloud and Clear. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Yeah, very well, thank you. How you've got an update
on the Medal McKain situation for us.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yes, So this story and this ongoing case makes the
papers yet again here today because a German detective has
given just a few words in public about the case.
There is a man on trial for a string of
sex attacks at the turn of the century, early two thousands.
His name is Christian Bruckner. He denies charges and that
(00:31):
trial is still ongoing in Germany, and a detective involved
on the German police inside has said now publicly that
they have discovered a hotmail account and an external hard
drive and he said that contains evidence linking Bruckner they
believe to the disappearance of Madeline McCann. So this is
(00:53):
the first kind of public acknowledgment of any of the elds.
We've long suspected that the German police know an awful
lot more than obviously they're going to tell the public,
But this is the first time they've acknowledged that they
do have a link between this guy Brewner and the
disappearance of Madeline McCann. Now, Quinn pushed the detective did
not reveal what was in the emails or what is
(01:13):
on the hard drive, but it's clear he is the
main suspect.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
It's eighty years, eighty years since the day, and of
course that anniversary has been commemorated.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yes, so it's a huge day ahead. You'll see a
lot of live coverage news events coming from Normandy in
the next four or five hours. There are handful of
men and women who were there still alive. Some of
them are past one hundred now and they have traveled
all the way back to Normandy. So in all honesty, Jack,
this is probably the last big commemoration of D Day
(01:48):
with veterans present. I've been listening to their stories on
radio this morning. Extraordinary men and women, what they did,
what they went through, what they gave for Europe and
the world years ago. Today it was the single defining
moment really of World War Two, swung everything in the
Allies favor and King Charles will be there later today.
(02:10):
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunaku is traveling as well, and
we're told Joe Biden has flown in from the United States.
So a huge, huge event and it was interesting. Charles
spoke at an event on the South Coast in England yesterday,
surrounded by veterans, and he was visibly overcome with the
motion as he sat down after speaking, wiping tears from
(02:31):
his eyes. I think it was all a bit too
much for charlds.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, and how's that sort of how will this event
do you think be seen by younger generations in the like?
You know, what does the how does a generational divide
play into today? Or you know, is there a scence
that younger generations appreciate the significance?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Well, I think when we've got war in Europe on
our doorsteps, not two and a half hours out of London,
in Ukraine a moment, I think it's very fitting that
we should observe and pay tribute to these men and
women and what they did in the face of utter
tyranny eighty years ago. It is happening to European neighbors
(03:14):
of ours not that far away right now. So I
think anyone who anyone who doesn't listen or watch this
today just needs to think. You know, we have situations
in Europe at the moment that could spiral even further
and come closer to our doorsteps.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And of course we are into the uk election campaign
and there has been a huge boost for Nigel Farage
in the latest Paul.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yes. So his party is now called Reform. This was
born out of UKIP and Breaksist and everything he helped
deliver over the course of the last eight years. He
is now standing for parliament, which is a big deal
certainly in the media bubble. Will he get elected eight time? Lookye,
he's run for parliament seven times here and he's never
got in, so it'd be interesting to see if he
does so. This latest poll has Reform on seventeen percent.
(04:05):
Why is that important? The Conservative Party, the ruling party
of government right now on this poll, are nineteen percentage
point So there's a two percentage point gap between these upstarts.
As some would see it, they are very right wing
Reform and the Conservatives. And I think rishis next big
(04:26):
headache is that Reform voters will traditionally be older people
who have always voted Conservative and are now disgruntled with
him and Forage everywhere he goes. He even gets hit
with a milkshake the other day, laughed at all smile,
gave interviews, just keeps going, Sunak has problems.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, so does this affect Labor's position hitting into the addiction,
you know, meaningfully? Or is there are scenes that all
of the support for Raj and reform is ostensibly coming
from people who would have otherwise been Tory voters.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Yeah, I think you're Jack. I think Labor won't be
worried about Faraj and the slightest, but they will benefit
from him because in key seats, and it will get
really key in some places, you know, floating voters, elderly conservatives,
if they desert sooner and give their vote to reform,
that strengthen's labor. So Labor candidates I don't think will
(05:21):
be that bothered about reform really, maybe in one or
two seats up north, but I think overall they will
be rubbing their hands with glee and just delighted that
the Conservative vote could splinter. Now, these poles may well
be wrong, but as it stands, Keir Starmer is nailed
on to be Brits Prime Minister on July the fifth,
if you believe the polls.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. As we've learned in recent years,
there's always a big if. But I mean, certainly the
Labor goes into this campaign with a huge, huge lead.
They're being said. You know that the campaigns so far
has been interesting in terms of momentum, right, because those
first couple of days were terrible for issue. Sooner he'd
announced the election and the poor rain you had the
(06:01):
song playing in the background. He went over to Ireland,
ended up doing a press conference in the Titanic, the
former Titanic neighborhood, which was, you know, a kind of
visual disaster for him. But I would have thought that
he was benefiting from a little bit of momentum out
of that televised debate with Kostama the other day and preps.
This poll has kind of deflated him from you know,
(06:23):
whatevern momentum he might have been enjoying in the last
day or two.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Yeah, I think you're right, Jack. I watched the TV
debate and I think Suna behaved like a boxer in
the twelfth round who's just been told by his corner
that the previous eleven rounds have gone to the other
guy and you need to land a knockout punch. So
he was extremely aggressive from the get go, talked over Starmer,
talked over the moderator as well as Julie Etchingham. You know,
(06:50):
he was very aggressive and quite rude, I thought, and
it really struck me, the body language and sunak how
he behaved. I thought, you know, two years almost as
Prime Minister, we've never seen him behave like this. He
just looked a little bit desperate and adrift. And the
one thing he did say, Labor now denouncing is a
massive lie four thousand dollars per person tax trizeer Labor
(07:11):
get in Labor are saying this is an outrageous life.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, yeah, Hey, thank you so much for your time, Inda,
We really appreciate it. UK correspondent in the Brady did
for more.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
From hither duplusy Alan Drive. Listen live to news talks.
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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