Brueckner , who was revealed as a suspect in the Maddie case in 2020 but never charged, was released from prison in Germany in September after serving a sentence on separate rape charges.
As the waiter scurries away with our orders, I lower my voice and remark to the man sitting opposite me: 'You know I've got to ask this - did you abduct and kill Madeleine McCann?'
In a bizarre sit-down conversation conducted in a field, Christian Brueckner said he does 'not feel free' because he is wearing an ankle tag and is 'followed around by police 24/7'.
Christian Brueckner, the freed suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has attempted to confront the German prosecutor who accused him of killing the British girl.
German paedophile Christian Brueckner, who is the chief suspect in Madeleine McCann 's disappearance, was released last week at the end of an unrelated rape term.
Brueckner was released after serving six years of a seven-year sentence at Sehnde prison for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman at her home in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2005.
Elke Piro, 69, who alongside her husband, was acquainted with the sex offender for years, told police about Arade Dam where the paedophile would disappear 'for a week at a time' to in 2023.
Investigators spent several hours quizzing a couple who housed the sex offender just three months before Madeleine vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, in May 2007.
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's lawyer has sensationally admitted he understands 'concerns' over his client's sickening child sex and rape convictions.
The prime suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann's disappearance was spotted wearing an ankle tag just hours after his release from prison in Germany today.