Brueckner charged with sexual offences in cases unrelated to Madeleine

[Mr Gray]

You might have already translated that Polish article on Rui Mendonca, but if not here it is in full...

Was 11-year-old Rui abducted by members of The Wonderland Club?  The boy's mother recognizes him in photos secured by police.

By Dorota Ortakci

Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça went missing on March 4, 1998. A few months later, the boy is recognized by his mother, in some of the hundreds of thousands of photos belonging to members of a club with the innocent-sounding name The Wonderland Club.

Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça was born on January 28, 1987, in a town called Lousada, Portugal, as the son of Filomena Teixeira and Manuel Mendonça. The boy lived in Lousada with his parents until he disappeared in 1998.

Rui, 11, went missing on March 4, 1998, at around 2 p.m. That day, the boy rode his bicycle to his mother's work, which was not far from his home. Rui then asked Filomena if he could spend the afternoon with Afonso Dias, his 21-year-old friend from the neighborhood. The woman knew Afonso and his family, but for some reason she did not agree to the meeting. It is not clear whether it was just an age issue or whether other reasons were involved. What is known, however, is that the boy was scheduled to go to some classroom activities that afternoon, and perhaps that was the reason for her refusal. Filomena told Rui that if he wanted to, he could play on the playground near her office, and the boy agreed. That was the last time the mother spoke to her son.

The search for the boy began after Rui's teacher called his parents, informing them that the 11-year-old had failed to show up for class. The desperate parents reported the matter to the police. Filomena then told them about Rui's request to meet Alfonso. A bicycle belonging to the boy was found in the bushes near Filomena's workplace.

Afonso was questioned and told police that he had no idea where the boy was staying, but suggested the police "close the borders" because Rui's kidnapper, may be trying to leave the state or even the country. This information made the police suspicious of him. How could they be sure that the boy had been kidnapped?

An important piece of information for the investigation was given to the police by João Mendonça, Rui's cousin. João told the police about a meeting with Alcina Dias, a prostitute. Afonso invited them to meet Alcina, and the woman confirmed this fact and said she was paid to have sex with Rui, who was terrified and cried when he got out of the "older man's" car. The woman tried to calm the boy down and asked if his mother knew where he was now, but he denied it. Soon after, Rui returned to the car and was never seen again.

In April 1998, journalist Nuno Rogério traveled with his family to Disneyland Paris. During the trip, Rogério's family took some photos, and one of them shows a boy who looked very similar to Rui Pedro. Sitting next to the boy is a man in his mid-40s wearing a red jacket. Portuguese police have seized the photos for further analysis, but no progress has been made in that direction.

On September 1 of the same year, British police, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies from 13 other countries, carried out an operation code-named Operation Cathedral to dismantle a large international group involved in child p*rnography. The group was known as "The Wonderland Club" and operated mainly on the Internet. During the operation, police arrested 104 suspects in 13 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the UK and the US. At the time, more than 750,000 videos and photos featuring some 1,263 children were seized. Among them was Rui Pedro.

The children's images were handed over to Interpol and the parents of the missing children were asked to help identify them. Filomena Teixeira was also asked to look at photos and recordings. In several of them, the woman immediately recognized her son. According to some sources, a ped*fil belonging to The Wonderland Club was in Portugal at the time of Rui's disappearance, but Portuguese police reportedly rejected evidence of this.

On the very first day after Rui Pedro went missing, several of his friends reported to the police station that Afonso had been obsessed with Rui for some time. According to them, he knew everything about the boy's life, where he was, who he was with and what he would be doing the next day. However, the police did not take their testimony seriously, claiming that the children were lying. It wasn't until 2011 that these witnesses were found to be credible.

In November 2011, Afonso Dias was brought to trial in Rui's case, and Alcina recognized him, claiming that he was the man who brought Rui to her on the day he disappeared. Rui's sister Pedro said during the trial that a year before her brother went missing, Afonso had taken several photos of her and Rui, something he had never done before. Ultimately, Afonso was acquitted in 2012 due to insufficient evidence against him.

In 2014, Afonso was again charged and sentenced to three years in prison for forcing Rui into sexual relations with Alcina, but he was never charged for his involvement in the boy's disappearance. Afonso served two years and was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence for good behavior. The man never admitted his involvement in Rui's disappearance.

Filomena, Rui's mother, repeatedly complained about police work and spoke of how authorities ignored numerous clues and facts. According to her, they were doing nothing, and as a result, she began acting on her own to find her son. Manuel Mendonça, the father, of the boy talked about how the place where Afonso was serving his sentence looked more like a "hotel" than a prison. The family still does not know Rui's whereabouts.
It's been 33 years...

On January 28, 2020, Rui Pedro celebrated his 33rd birthday, and his mother once again accentuated her love for him in a chilling and emotional letter. The letter was published in the newspaper Terras do Vale do Sousa, and in it the mother expressed her undying love for Rui with the words:

    "And now that 33 years have passed, how do you look? Congratulations my son! Wherever you are, accept from us this strong hug ... and many kisses." - excerpt from the letter.

Filomena then reported that her father had spent all his money to find his grandson. To ease the family's pain ... The woman also described her emotions and impressions after she was called to see videos and photos involving the children for identification. "I saw terrible things. They showed me children being raped and breaking down crying. And they were masturbating. I watched these photos and videos to see if any of the children were my son, and it got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore."

In 2019. Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça was declared dead, and the case of his disappearance remains unsolved to this day.

I can't bring myself to read it

[sadie]

Not according to Jon Clarke

"Behans assailant had climbed up to her first floor balcony and slid open her patio doors, which she had left slightly ajar."


https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2021/12/24/exclusive-explosive-fingerprint-clue-as-madeleine-mccann-suspect-faces-three-new-charges/

So despite photos showing the front door to the mini apartment are you now changing the door being unlcked to the patio door?  Schemer, aren't you.

So, in the middle of June on the southern Algarve with its heat, Behan was expected to keep her only source of fresh air locked away was she?   FGS she was on the first floor (second floor for some of you) and the building looked unclimbable.


I suggest that you STOP making inane remarks about her having left the door open in future.


.... UNLESS, you can prove that her front door was open.   I don't think you can unless someone wizards up a false report somehow.

[Wonderfulspam]

So despite photos showing the front door to the mini apartment are you now changing the door being unlcked to the patio door?  Schemer, aren't you.

So, in the middle of June on the southern Algarve with its heat, Behan was expected to keep her only source of fresh air locked away was she?   FGS she was on the first floor (second floor for some of you) and the building looked unclimbable.


I suggest that you STOP making inane remarks about her having left the door open in future.


.... UNLESS, you can prove that her front door was open.   I don't think you can unless someone wizards up a false report somehow.

I never mentioned anything about her front door being open. I've said it was the sliding door.

[Vertigo Swirl]

So despite photos showing the front door to the mini apartment are you now changing the door being unlcked to the patio door?  Schemer, aren't you.

So, in the middle of June on the southern Algarve with its heat, Behan was expected to keep her only source of fresh air locked away was she?   FGS she was on the first floor (second floor for some of you) and the building looked unclimbable.


I suggest that you STOP making inane remarks about her having left the door open in future.


.... UNLESS, you can prove that her front door was open.   I don't think you can unless someone wizards up a false report somehow.

It's not an unreasonable assumption that leaving a window or patio door open on a first, second (or higher) floor apartment is safe.  How many people sleep in their first floor bedrooms with their windows open at the height of summer?  According to trolls this is just asking for it!

[Wonderfulspam]

It's not an unreasonable assumption that leaving a window or patio door open on a first, second (or higher) floor apartment is safe.  How many people sleep in their first floor bedrooms with their windows open at the height of summer?  According to trolls this is just asking for it!

Why was there a lock on the door?

[sadie]

Why was there a lock on the door?

Was there?

Which door?   



Most patio doors have locks, but most people using the flats in the heat of the summer will keep the doors open.   The
build up of heat on the Algarve mid summer can prevent sleep.

Unless the flats have air-conditioning.  Do you have any bona-fide proof that there was any air con?   I see no evidence.

[Wonderfulspam]

Was there?

Which door?   



Most patio doors have locks, but most people using the flats in the heat of the summer will keep the doors open.   The
build up of heat on the Algarve mid summer can prevent sleep.

Unless the flats have air-conditioning.  Do you have any bona-fide proof that there was any air con?   I see no evidence.

Seems strange she chose to sleep fully clothed then, if the heat was the issue.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Was there?

Which door?   



Most patio doors have locks, but most people using the flats in the heat of the summer will keep the doors open.   The
build up of heat on the Algarve mid summer can prevent sleep.

Unless the flats have air-conditioning.  Do you have any bona-fide proof that there was any air con?   I see no evidence.

I wouldn’t waste time trying to reason with the troll Sadie.  The idea that women are to be blamed for being raped if they leave their first floor (or higher) patio doors unlocked is one that only a troll could champion.  He thrives on the attention and is best ignored until he grows up and has something sensible to say.

[sadie]

Seems strange she chose to sleep fully clothed then, if the heat was the issue.

Seems she had done the sensible thing and left her patio door slightly ajar so the room was OK.

Fully dressed, was she?   If the room was OK heatwise, why not?



You are deliberately diversifying WS.   The truth of the matter is that the only door left open was the first/second floor patio/balcony  door unless you can prove differently with a bone fide photograph.   This had to be reached via a virtually impossible climb up to the balcony.

You have been incorrectly intimating via a photo of the main entrance door that this, the main entrance, was the unlocked door.   I suggest that you clean your act up.   


It would be in order to apologise to Hazel Behan for casting aspersions, WS.   Are you big enough to do that and mean it?

[Wonderfulspam]

Seems she had done the sensible thing and left her patio door slightly ajar so the room was OK.

Fully dressed, was she?   If the room was OK heatwise, why not?



You are deliberately diversifying WS.   The truth of the matter is that the only door left open was the first/second floor patio/balcony  door unless you can prove differently with a bone fide photograph.   This had to be reached via a virtually impossible climb up to the balcony.

You have been incorrectly intimating via a photo of the main entrance door that this, the main entrance, was the unlocked door.   I suggest that you clean your act up.   


It would be in order to apologise to Hazel Behan for casting aspersions, WS.   Are you big enough to do that and mean it?

Well I haven't said anything about any other door being open than the sliding door. I knew exactly to which door I was referring, if you didn't, well that's your own problem.

[Wonderfulspam]

I wouldn’t waste time trying to reason with the troll Sadie.  The idea that women are to be blamed for being raped if they leave their first floor (or higher) patio doors unlocked is one that only a troll could champion.  He thrives on the attention and is best ignored until he grows up and has something sensible to say.

Not once have I said anything as appalling as that she is to blame for being raped. It's just it might never have happened if she'd just locked her door, that's all.

[Wonderfulspam]

Anyway, Brueckner is safely under lock & key now.

[sadie]

Well I haven't said anything about any other door being open than the sliding door. I knew exactly to which door I was referring, if you didn't, well that's your own problem.

How about adjusting your posts and getting rid of the acusatory comments about Hazel Behan.... and apologies would be in order.

Those are the correct things to do

[Vertigo Swirl]

How about adjusting your posts and getting rid of the acusatory comments about Hazel Behan.... and apologies would be in order.

Those are the correct things to do

Like that’s ever going to happen.

[Brietta]

How about adjusting your posts and getting rid of the acusatory comments about Hazel Behan.... and apologies would be in order.

Those are the correct things to do

Hazel Behan has been tremendously brave and public spirited in waiving her right to anonymity to ensure that this time round her voice will be heard.

She was viciously raped in 2004.

She was astounded to learn as a result of the German investigation into Madeleine McCann's case, that the following year an almost identical rape to hers using almost identical MO took place in Luz.

Hazel's case is one of those for which Brueckner is indicted and if the evidence justifies it should be brought to trial, it will be.

In the intervening period there is something extremely disturbing that a woman who was raped by an intruder who had invaded for that specific purpose into what should have been her safe area, is being subjected to such blatant victim blaming.