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Court Rejects Police Bid to Extend Brueckner Surveillance
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- German authorities will end constant surveillance of Christian Brueckner, prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.
- A Kiel regional court rejected police appeal to extend Brueckner’s surveillance, citing a new expert assessment.
- Brueckner was released in September 2025 after serving a seven-year sentence for raping an elderly woman.
- He claimed he was 150 m from the McCanns’ apartment selling drugs, and police stopped him three times without finding drugs.