A friend of a friend of, eh! Now there's something worth chewing to death.
There are lots of issues dating back to 2007 which it would be impossible for Madeleine's parents or their friends to have known anything about. They were on a short break to a resort they hadn't been to before and where they had no contacts.
Measured against people who lived and worked there but who received little more than a cursory glance (with the exception of Murat) the fixation with people who didn't have the same opportunity is bizarre.
Amaral has told us Brueckner was eliminated from the inquiry early days and a witness claims to have been shown photographs of him at the time.
SnipChristian Brueckner was on Portuguese detectives radar less than a week after the tot vanished from the resort in Praia da Luz.
They quizzed a nanny who looked after the missing toddler showing her a picture of the German paedophile, reports The Mirror.
Investigating officers told her his name on May 8, 2007 at the family’s holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.
Now questions are being raised about the the initial handling of the probe since Brueckner was of interest from the start.
The nanny told the Mirror today: “I was shown identikits the day after they took my statement [about her time with Madeleine].
“I recognised a few people from just being about… one guy I recognised was a known paedophile who later committed suicide.
"I am aware of his [Brueckner’s] name and face from photos I was shown but I don’t think I remember having seen him in real life.
"I’m aware police knew of guys like this in Praia da Luz at the time.”
Goncalo Amaral, who led the initial probe, said last April that a German paedophile had been identified in 2007 as a potential suspect.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/madeleine-mccanns-resort-nanny-quizzed-22147795So raises the question of why did Goncalo Amaral put the amount of effort he did into trying to blame Madeleine's parents when from his own mouth he has confirmed that he knew of many more potential perpetrators including Brueckner?