EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer says Madeleine McCann suspect will never co-operate with police
By Ben Avery • Europe Correspondent
1:57am Aug 3, 2020
The lawyer for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner says his client will never co-operate with police.
Speaking exclusively to 9News, Friedrich Fulscher said ...
Brueckner's silence was not a sign he has something to hide, but a fundamental right."The prosecutors office has to prove that a suspect has committed a crime, and not the suspect prove that he hasn't," Mr Fulscher said.
"Before our client starts to co-operate with the prosecutor's office, you could order holy water as a long drink in hell."
Ben Avery spoke exclusively with Friedrich Fulscher, the lawyer of a suspect in the Madeline McCann investigation. (9News)
German prosecutors say they have evidence Madeleine McCann is dead and are confident Christian Brueckner is their man.
A phone belonging to the 43 year old career criminal was allegedly used in the vicinity of the Portugal resort where the McCanns were staying on the night the British girl disappeared.
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Mr Fulscher is yet to be presented with evidence of the phone call and says that even if it was made by Brueckner, it doesn't prove he is guilty.
"You can't say because of the fact that this cell phone was logged to this tower that he was standing near to the apartment of Madeleine McCann's disappearance," Mr Fulscher said.
"He could have been 20 kilometres away."
Mr Fulscher has accused police of staging a search at a former residence of the suspect near the German city of Hanover last week, claiming it was a ploy to sway public opinion.
Speaking exclusively to 9News, Mr Fulscher said Brueckner's silence was not a sign he has something to hide, but a fundamental right. (9News)
When asked by 9News if there was anything there to be discovered, Mr Fulscher said "nothing that is in relationship to this case".
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