New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[Vertigo Swirl]

The oval stickers are not a legal requirement now though, ever since the country of origin letter became integrated on the left-hand side of the registration plate. They were commonly stuck on British vehicles (as GB) by their owners travelling to the Continent in the past.

https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/oval-stickers/

So someone seeing the van with the "D" sticker next to the number plate might mistake the van for having a German number plate.  I know I would.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Re the graffiti, I notice that it only extends to the rear of the front door in Anthro's second picture.  Was it claimed that the can was covered all over ?

It was claimed by Amaral that the van had graffiti designs on it at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance , but unless Bruckner had given his van a paint job in the few weeks between being video’d by the students and Madeleine going missing (and also that the police logged the paintwork date change) then this is clearly untrue.

[Anthro]

Thank you.
That would suggest that the van referred to in Spain, with a German plate, was not Brueckner's, unless he had cunningly changed plates in the meantime. This, of course should be documented like that of the Jaguar

Since he changed vehicles on a regular basis, I guess it would have been possible for him to do the same with number plates.

[jassi]

Since he changed vehicles on a regular basis, I guess it would have been possible for him to do the same with number plates.

Quite, though the details of the German plate must have belonged to someone. If not the same as the person interviewed in Spain, one would expect this to have  been checked out.

Pity we don't have the original metadata details which would give the dates of when the photos were taken

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It was claimed by Amaral that the van had graffiti designs on it at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance , but unless Bruckner had given his van a paint job in the few weeks between being video’d by the students and Madeleine going missing (and also that the police logged the paintwork date change) then this is clearly untrue.

So the graffiti on show is not the van in question.

[Vertigo Swirl]

So the graffiti on show is not the van in question.

Which van in question?

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It was claimed by Amaral that the van had graffiti designs on it at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance , but unless Bruckner had given his van a paint job in the few weeks between being video’d by the students and Madeleine going missing (and also that the police logged the paintwork date change) then this is clearly untrue.

Which van in question?

[Vertigo Swirl]

I’ve no idea what point you are trying to make but Brueckner’s van was yellow and white at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance and not covered in graffiti as it clearly was later on.

[jassi]

So the graffiti on show is not the van in question.

Who knows ?
He seems to had access to numerous vehicles, so it's difficult to know what he was using at that time.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Who knows ?
He seems to had access to numerous vehicles, so it's difficult to know what he was using at that time.

No it’s not difficult to know, there is video evidence of him using the van painted yellow and white in March 2007.

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Who knows ?
He seems to had access to numerous vehicles, so it's difficult to know what he was using at that time.

Doesn't seem to be reports of vehicles with graffiti carrying around child's fitting a description of Madeleine though.

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Doesn't seem to be reports of vehicles with graffiti carrying around child's fitting a description of Madeleine though.

Maybe Brueckner had 2 almost identical VW's?  It's possible, I once owned 3 Fiat Cinquecentos.

Brueckner snatches Maddie, then a few weeks after he takes her for a campervan tour of Spain.

Yes, I think you've solved it.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Doesn't seem to be reports of vehicles with graffiti carrying around child's fitting a description of Madeleine though.

The only person linking Bruckner to a van covered in graffiti is Amaral so what are you on about?

[jassi]

A headline that came up on my phone this morning.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-break-silence-25128022

"Madeleine McCann’s parents break silence and admit fears over prime suspect

Kate and Gerry McCann are said to fear they may never know what happened to daughter Madeleine 16 months after Christian Brueckner was named as prime suspect

A family source told the Sun: "Police don’t tell us what’s going on, we’re in the dark because it's an ongoing investigation."

And there was I thinking that they were being kept up to date. Perhaps that was only Grange.

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Madeleine McCann's parents have broken their silence on the prime suspect in their daughter's disappearance, revealing their fears if he doesn't confess.

Christian Brueckner has allegedly bragged detectives trying to pin the toddler's disappearance on him have no evidence.

The 44-year-old - currently an inmate at a prison dubbed 'Germany's Alactraz' for a series of rape and drugs offences - was first identified by prosecutors as Madeleine's possible abductor in June last year.

But 16 months on and he still hasn't been questioned by police.

Kate and Gerry McCann reportedly fear that without a confession they may never know what happened.

A family source told the Sun: "Police don’t tell us what’s going on, we’re in the dark because it's an ongoing investigation.

"But if it is him, and there’s no direct and conclusive evidence he may never say a word. He’s not saying a word now."


They said there is some comfort knowing that he's already in prison, but there are growing doubts as Portuguese police had already looked into him.

"It may be, sadly, that we may never know what happened to Madeleine. But we hope to find out. We keep hoping after all these years," they added.

When Brueckner was first named as a suspect by German investigators, Kate and Gerry released a statement but didn't directly reference him.

Madeleine disappeared from a ground floor apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007 during a family holiday.

Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has said Brueckner is also being investigated over several other sex attacks in a new book called My Search for Madeleine.

But sources have told the Sun the suspect has allegedly said detectives are “clutching at straws”.

His confidence is said to be based on the fact the prosecution is yet to hand over the evidence they claim to have, according to the insider.

They added that Brueckner continues to deny he had anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-break-silence-25128022