MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is planning an audacious bid for early launch and as much as £200,000 in damages.
Attorneys for the paedophile — cleared of rapes this week — need to attraction a separate conviction retaining him in jail.
In 2019, he was discovered responsible of the 2005 rape of an American girl in Portugal’s Algarve.
That relied on the testimony of key Madeleine witness Helge Busching, who a decide known as “unreliable” and “a liar”.
A profitable problem may free Brueckner earlier than his present September 2025 launch.
Madeleine prosecutors have admitted they face a race against time to maintain him in jail.
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A courtroom supply mentioned: “Brueckner’s lawyer mentioned in courtroom he didn’t imagine the 2019 conviction was protected and could be challenged after a witness was discredited.
“Appeals aren’t fast however there’s a probability he’s launched sooner.
“He’d even have a transparent path to strive for compensation.”
Below German regulation anybody wrongfully imprisoned can obtain £63 for every day in jail, plus additional compensation.
Different authorized specialists imagine any attraction has little probability of succeeding as certainly one of his hairs have been discovered on the 2005 scene.
Brueckner was recognized as prime Madeleine suspect in 2020 however is but to be charged over the three-year-old’s disappearance in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.
He denies any involvement.