I also think Fulscher hoped for Breuckner's release before any trial concerning Madeleine. But now Breuckner will almost certainly have other sentences in place, even if only for indecent exposure to children.
I do also wonder if Fulscher will dare to point the finger in the direction of The McCanns no matter how vague.
Goncalo Amaral is now just a demented embarrassment to Portugal but no one seems prepared to do anything about him, leaving the impression that Portugal is somehow on his side.
The five forthcoming trials are going to box Fulscher in regarding what reference he can make to anyone other than Brueckner.
The child on the beach didn't just vanish. There were witnesses to the attempted abduction who were on the scene almost immediately the alarm was raised.
The chilling thing is that he actually put his hand on her in an attempt to lead her away.
And what can one say about exposing himself at the fiesta! I think the fact that the policewoman was on hand to arrest him probably went some way towards saving him from serious injury at the hands of irate parents.
But detained en flagrante, held in custody and charged really makes for a slam dunk arrest that will almost certainly result in conviction.
Leading on from Brueckner's 2019 aggravated rape conviction are the three vicious rapes rapes for which he has been charged.
All in all these current charges cover a wide spectrum of alleged offending over many years. Not even the personal animus for the McCanns which drives Amaral would allow for even a rookie cop to dive in with both feet not even holding his nose, in defence of such a reprobate and his lost cause.
The thing is that Brueckner was making hay with his Algarve based crimes throughout the years Amaral was a PJ officer fighting crime in the Algarve. Opposite ends of the spectrum one would have thought.
