Madeleine McCann cops in race to CHARGE Brueckner over her disappearance before he’s released in months after acquittal

DEFIANT Madeleine McCann cops are prepared to complaint premier fishy Christian Brueckner if that’s what it takes to support him down bars.

The paedophile, 47, was sensationally cleared of a drawstring of rape and kid maltreatment allegations successful tribunal today - putting him connected the way to state successful conscionable months.

Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters warned the timepiece was ticking connected the McCann case.

He said: “We can’t clasp a proceedings if helium is not here.

“The lone mode to halt him leaving the state oregon going to a non-extradition state is to get an apprehension warrant.

“We person little than 1 perceive present connected the Maddie lawsuit - the timepiece is ticking.”

But prosecutors accidental they volition bring Maddie charges against the unsafe fiend if that’s what it takes to support him down bars.

In a bombshell revelation they besides admitted for the archetypal clip holding a drawstring of concealed Maddie witnesses whose identities person been kept hidden.

Prosecutors were preparing to launch an contiguous appeal - citing bias from the judges successful the existent case.

But if it fails - oregon is incomplete by Brueckner’s merchandise day successful September - they program to determination for Maddie charges NEXT YEAR, admitting it would beryllium their lone accidental to support him locked up.

Prosecutor Wolters told The Sun: “We anticipation we volition get an entreaty determination from the ultimate tribunal and get and get apprehension warrant to support him down bars.

“But if that is not decided by adjacent September we volition effort and get an apprehension warrant for Maddie. That volition beryllium our lone accidental to support him down bars.

“I can’t accidental if we person capable close present - but it is simply a question we volition reply adjacent twelvemonth due to the fact that the probe is inactive ongoing.”

“The verdict contiguous has nary interaction connected the Maddie case. They are wholly separate,” helium added.

He said: “We person witnesses no-one knows astir for definite connected the Maddie case.

“I’m definite we bash due to the fact that it’s a lawsuit and things are not the same.”

He added: “I can’t accidental which witnesses we have, but we person much witnesses than the 2 oregon 3 from the existent case.”

“We person witnesses the nationalist don’t cognize about,” helium added.

Brueckner was contiguous cleared of 3 counts of rape and 2 counts of indecent vulnerability meaning each that keeps him down bars is simply a condemnation from 2019 the runs retired successful September.

If helium settles an outstanding £1,000 good helium volition beryllium released then.

It means nether German instrumentality helium could beryllium backmost connected the streets connected time merchandise wrong conscionable weeks oregon months, contempt a psychiatrist standing him arsenic “top league of dangerousness”.

Previously it had been thought drifter Helge B was the lone cardinal witnesser for investigators - aft helium told them Brueckner said “she didn’t scream” erstwhile they discussed Maddie’s disappearance.

Former situation mate Laurentiu Codin became a astonishment 2nd witnesser erstwhile helium told a tribunal successful Germany past week Brueckner allegedly confessed to taking a kid successful Portugal.

Mr Codin’s grounds IS being taken earnestly by investigators who present program to reinterview him.

Explaining the ground of the imminent appeal, authoritative Wolters told The Sun: “We volition marque an entreaty to the highest tribunal successful Germany, the ultimate court. They person the powerfulness to bid a retrial with caller judges.

“We judge we person capable grounds Christian B is blameworthy and we judge the tribunal volition spot the judges present person misinterpreted the evidence.”

Mr Wolters added: “We judge 1 of the judges was not unfastened to the anticipation of Brueckner being blameworthy - and they had made their minds up earlier the lawsuit adjacent started.

“As soon arsenic we had an denotation of this we applied for that justice to beryllium removed, but the petition was declined.

“We deliberation determination is simply a lawsuit to amusement bias among the judges and we judge we tin amusement that.

“We deliberation we tin triumph an entreaty - we anticipation so.”

During the trial, Brueckner was accused of breaking into a crushed level falt successful Portugal to maltreatment Irish Hazel Behan.

She was raped astatine knifepoint, and claimed Brueckner was her attacker.

But the defence claimed Hazel could not person known her attacker was Brueckner, arsenic helium was wearing a mask.

They claimed she wrongly identified him aft seeing Maddie coverage.

Brueckner was besides cleared of raping a pistillate aged up to 80.

He was besides cleared of grabbing the wrist of a kid connected a formation and performing a enactment enactment connected himself.

He was cleared of performed a enactment enactment connected himself successful beforehand of a kid connected a park-swing years aboriginal successful the aforesaid region.

Judge Ute Engemann told Braunschweig Regional Court, successful Germany, the witnesses successful the incurrent proceedings had been “inconsistent”.