The kiosk where Madeleine McCann suspects Christian Brueckner worked is torn down to prevent it from becoming a creepy shrine
OWNERS plan to demolish all traces of the newsstand where Maddie suspected Christian Brueckner worked to prevent it from becoming a shrine to ghosts.
The corner shop in Braunschweig, Germanywas where the rapist sold sweets to children and attacked friends in fits of rage.
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The current owners now plan to “remove all signs”. Brueckner to prevent it from becoming a creepy mecca – while the vagabond is on trial in the city.
A source said: “The landlord here is now just sick and tired of all the negativity Brueckner has brought to this place.
“The whole world now knows that this is where he worked and also hung out with his friends in the back, drinking and partying all night and causing trouble.
“Everyone is very aware of how destructive this is in the city.
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“People always show up, and I’ve had people try to break down the door, and a few weeks ago someone even tried to climb in through the window.
“Because of all this, the landlord wants to remove all signs from outside, because they are now known everywhere.
“It’s a visual time bomb, but luckily everything will look very different soon.”
In October 2014, a resident named Norbert took over the kiosk from Brueckner.
The trial against Brueckner will start again tomorrow suspended after nine minutes last week.
Handcuffed Brueckner47, shamelessly walked into the hearing with a blank expression on his face the trial was adjourned after a judge’s ‘kill the b*****d’ rant was read out in court.
He is accused of three rapes and two assaults.
Charges will be heard at the trial in Braunschweig Regional Court have no connection with it Maddyfrom whom he is kidnapped seventeen years ago.
But just nine minutes into today’s opening hearing, the trial had to be adjourned.
His lawyer Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, funded by Legal Aid, immediately began trying to discredit one of the lay judges who would help decide Brueckner’s sentence.
Dr. Fülscher claimed she had called for the assassination of a president on social media.
He said the woman had written “kill the b*****d now” and “kill the devil”, referring to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Dr. Fülscher said the comment meant she was unfit to handle the case and could not be relied upon for his client.
The hearing was adjourned before Judge Christina Engelmann ruled that the lay judge could not preside over the case because of the posts.
A replacement judge has now been found and the hearing has been moved to Friday.
Prosecutors allege Brueckner raped three women and twice sexually abused children Portugal.
Key dates in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
MADELEINE McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007 – and police believe Brueckner was behind her disappearance.
Nearly 17 years later, no one has been linked. These are the most important dates:
May 3, 2007 – Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10 p.m
May 14, 2007 – Real estate developer Robert Murat is called an “arguido” or formal suspect
August 31th, 2007 – The McCanns launch a defamation action against Tal e Qual, a newspaper that claims the couple murdered Madeleine
September 7, 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made “arguidos”.
September 9, 2007– Madeleine’s parents return to England with their two-year-old twins
October 2, 2007– Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is removed from the case after criticizing the British police in a newspaper interview
July 21, 2009 – The Portuguese police lift the “arguido” status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns
May 12, 2011 – On Madeleine’s eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches an investigation into the case
April 25, 2012 – Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive
July 4, 2013 – Two years after the review of the case, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance
October 24, 2013– The Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of investigation were found
November 27, 2013 – With Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called on the British and Portuguese police to work together
October 28, 2015 – Scotland Yard is reducing the number of officers working on Madeleine’s disappearance
March 11, 2017 – The Home Office awards Operation Grange an additional £85,000 will continue from April to September
September 28, 2017 – British police will receive £154,000 to continue investigation runs until March 2018
November 2017 – The police moved the search to Bulgaria
May 2018 – A new round of financing, probably in the region of £150,000 will be awarded
September 2018 – A The Ministry of the Interior is requesting six months of additional funding
November 2018 – More financing, probably in hand the region of £150,000 is awarded
November 2018 – British police re-examine a theory. Madeleine left the apartment to look for her parents
June 2019 – Another round of financing, believed to be £300,000 in public money has been awarded
June 2019 – The Portuguese police are here investigating a “new lead and suspect” after discussions with British officers
June 2020 – New prime suspect revealed as a German pedo Christian Brückner
April 2022 – Brueckner formally made an “arguido”
May 2023 – Police search for the remote reservoir of the Algarve Brueckner called his “little paradise”
His alleged victims include Irish mother Hazel Behan, who says he raped her when she was 20 and working as a holiday worker in Portugal in 2004.
He is also accused of raping and abusing a teenage girl and a 70- to 80-year-old woman at his home in Praia da Luz between December 2000 and June 2006.
Other sickening allegations the court heard included that he masturbated in front of a girl at a playground in Mesen in June 2017.
He is also facing claims that he did the same in front of another girl, on the beach of Salema, Portugal, in April 2007.
German Drifter Brueckner is already in prison, already serving a seven-year sentence for rape.
Another conviction will keep him behind bars; as fears grow, he may never be charged in Madeleine’s disappearance.
Brueckner was identified four years ago as the main suspect in the kidnapping of Madeleine from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.
German investigators believe Brueckner kidnapped and murdered her, although no charges have been filed against him.
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