The German suspect in the death of British girl Madeleine McCann will be tried in Germany for five other crimes and sexual offenses committed between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal, a Brunswick court announced this Thursday.
The suspect currently in custody in Germany will be held accountable as of Feb. 16 for three alleged rapes and two child sexual abuse cases while the investigation into his involvement in little Maddie’s disappearance continues, the county said in a statement.
A month ago, the Portuguese judicial police clarified that during the investigation into the disappearance of an English child in the Algarve in 2007, steps were continuing to be taken to clarify the situation, and that contacts had been established with Madeleine McCann’s relatives. .
Arrested in Kiel, in the north of the country, the man was already convicted in 2019 of raping a 72-year-old American tourist, and in 2005 in the Portuguese town of Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3. , 2007, who spent his vacation with his parents and friends.
Regarding these facts, the investigation is ongoing and German prosecutors have not yet brought charges in the death of Madeleine McCann, known as Maddie.
The five cases that will be heard in the trial, scheduled for February, occurred between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal.
This is the rape of a woman over 70 years old, committed between 2000 and 2006 and filmed. The victim, who was attacked at his second home, was raped and flogged.
He is also being sued for tying a naked 14-year-old German girl to a pole between 2000 and 2006, then beating her and forcing her to perform oral sex. This attack was also captured on video.
The third case concerns the rape of a 20-year-old Irish woman on June 16, 2004 in Praia da Rocha, whom she managed to reach by entering through a balcony.
The last two are the sexual attacks on a 10-year-old German girl on a beach in Faro district on April 7, 2007, and on June 11, 2017 in Bartolomeu de Messines against an 11-year-old child. old Portuguese girl.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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