Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance case being released

Christian Brueckner, a suspect linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from prison - and he's calling for the 'witch hunt' against him to stop.

Brueckner was recently released after serving a seven-year rape sentence, and he had to surrender his passport and wear an ankle monitor upon release.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says the suspect hit out at the prosecutor who accused him of murdering McCann - and said he didn't 'feel free.'

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And in the Brady UK correspondent with us Hello, Inda.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Yeah, they're great to speak to you again.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Any word from your government on Tony Blair's involvement.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
No, but I think there will be some today. So
clearly it's Labor Party conference week here Stummer is going
to speak and I would imagine as soon as journal
let's get near the Prime Minister that will be one
of the first questions. But look, the UK government has
been equivocal on this. The hostages have to be returned,
there needs to be a ceasefire, and there needs to
be an end to the war in Gaza.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Do you guys have much given what Blair has managed
to do in terms of the Good Friday Agreement and
so on, Do you hold hope that he's able to
do something here not in.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
The Middle East? Personally, I think his name is Mud
in the Muslim world because of Iraq, so it's hugely controversial. Yes,
he did great things in Ireland. I've interviewed him many
times over the years and that remains I would say
one of his proudest achievements getting peace in Ireland, which
is something that growing up there in the eighties I
never would have thought was possible and the country we

(00:58):
have now piece we have. Yes, he played a huge,
huge part in that. I think this is so different.
He carries a lot of baggage because of the Iraq War.
He is not popular in the Muslim world. But let's
just see, let's give him a chance.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, okay, what about this chep who's the chief suspect
of the metal and macann disappearance? Was he got to
say for himself?

Speaker 2 (01:19):
So incredibly He's given an interview to Sky News. Obviously,
I was there for nearly two decades, and I know
the teams have been working to try and find this guy,
to get him to sit down and do an interview.
He speaks good English, but he spoke mostly in German.
Christian Bruckner is his name. So he's just got out
of prison. He's on an ankle tag. He has served

(01:40):
a significant sentence for a sex attack on a pensioner,
a female pensioner in Portugal a long time ago. He
is now, on the face of it, a free man,
but he doesn't believe he is. So he took himself
off to the prosecutor's office in the nearest town in
Germany yesterday to demand the face the face meeting, and

(02:00):
he says he wants his life back, he wants the
prosecutor to stop investigating him for the disappearance of Madeline
the Can, and he also asked for some money so
that he could get his life back on track. Now
it's very difficult to feel sympathy for this man. He
is a convicted sex attacker. He has always denied anything
to do with the disappearance of little Madeline. However, when

(02:22):
he was asked the question did you abduct and murder
Madeline the Can, which is what the German police clearly
believe he did, he refused to answer. And he said,
my lawyers have told me that I can't answer the
answer this. I mean, it's a pretty straightforward yes or
no answer, isn't it yes? And he refused to answer.
So there are significant question marks against this guy, but

(02:45):
for now he is free. He denies any wrongdoing whatsoever.
But he has a hell of a situation on his
hands because what I understand, the German authorities put him
into a house at the weekend. He now so recognizing
so well known across Germany that with now was the
base had to turn up rescue him from his names.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah, yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all. Hell, listen
to the dog walkers that have been banned from going
anywhere near Kate and William's house.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
What are they said about, Well, I've always been able
to use the park in great windsor The problem now
is you've got future King and the King after him
all living under one roof in Forest Lodge. And what
they've done is they've brought in some new legislation so
effectively put it in barriers, more CCTV cameras and as
a two point three mile perimeter around Forest Lodge, which

(03:34):
Kate and William view is there forever home with the
children are upset. They've come to the newspapers. They've complained.
They said they weren't consulted on this. But look, the
future King, as I say, and the King after him,
there's only going to be one winner here and you
can't argue about the securities he needed to protect William
and his family.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, fair enough, and thank you so much. I appreciate it.
We talk to you in a couple of days in
the Brady UK Correspondent.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
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