Less than a week after being declared an official suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brueckner has spoken out in a letter sent from his prison cell.
After the 45-year-old was named an “arguido” or “official suspect” by Portuguese prosecutors late last week, he sent a letter to an unidentified woman that was shared with the Daily Mail.
In the five-page letter, he stressed he wasn’t at the Praia de Luz resort at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance in May, 2007 and has become “the most known bad person in the world and did nothing – well almost nothing”.
“I wasn’t kidnapping anybody and of course, I wasn’t killing anybody,” he wrote.
“I’ll go further, I’ll tell you I wasn’t attacking anybody after I was 18.
“I made some silly mistakes when I was younger but who hasn’t?”
According to the Daily Mail, he then referred to the McCann case, writing: “Perhaps I was a suspect after all they found out about me.
“Drug dealer, breaking into houses, living in cars and there was something with kids when I was 17.
“But they had not even one proof (sic) that I was involved with the McCann case. And they still don’t have it.
“I know why. Because they have no hairs or anything from Maddie what means (sic) that nobody can put anything like that into my stuff to find it.
“The idea behind that all perhaps was to make the BKA (German police) and German prosecutor famous as well known all over the world as the smartest organisation ever.”
Brueckner is currently serving seven years for raping a 72-year-old woman, and is being probed over the 2004 rape of a second woman and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl at Praia da Luz a month before Madeleine disappeared.
In the letter, Brueckner suggests that authorities were leaking information about him to portray him in a poor light, according to the Daily Mail.
“I know of about five open cases against me, all of them including raping and abusing,” he wrote.
“They have manipulated the truth in such an unprofessional way that I am laughing.
“I still have not lost my sense of humour. Even in this critical situation. This is what keeps me alive.”
Madeleine disappeared just a few days before her fourth birthday while holidaying with her parents, Kate and Garry.
The couple marked what would have been her 18th birthday last year and said they still “hang on to hope” that they will see her again.
“As we have said repeatedly, we need to know what has happened to our lovely daughter, no matter what. We are very grateful to the police for their continued efforts,” they said, per NewsTalk ZB.
“We still receive so many positive words and good wishes despite the years that have gone by. It all helps and for that, we are truly grateful.”
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