Furious prosecutors have called for “biased” judges to dismiss the trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner.
They were furious after Judge Ute Inse Engelmann issued a ruling that criticized the evidence of the case’s key witnesses – and paved the way for the convicted rapist to be released in just a few weeks.
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Now, prosecutors have filed a motion to have Judge Engemann and her two fellow judges fired, citing “bias concerns.”
A “chamber of representatives” in Braunschweig must now make a decision on this extremely rare request by the beginning of August.
If the prosecution’s request is successful, the trial will fail and a new trial will have to take place.
The decision follows a shocking move on Wednesday when the court quashed an arrest warrant against Brueckner.
She ruled that the court did not hear strong enough evidence from witnesses to keep him behind bars.
Judge Engemann’s decision was a strong indication that Brueckner will be cleared of the charges he faces.
If found innocent, Brueckner could be released from prison early next year – or free, within just a few weeks.
Brueckner is suspected of kidnapping and killing Madeleine, aged three, in Praia da Luz, in May 2007.
He is nearing the end of a seven-year prison sentence for raping an American pensioner in the Portuguese resort.
The 47-year-old is currently on trial for unrelated sexual crimes he allegedly committed in the Algarve.
Brueckner is accused of committing five crimes in the Algarve between 2000 and 2017.
They include the alleged rape of Irish tour representative Hazel Behan, who was attacked in her Praia da Rocha apartment in 2004.
Brueckner is also accused of raping a teenager in his home in Praia da Luz and of raping an elderly woman in his holiday apartment.
He also faces a child sex charge for allegedly exposing himself to a German girl on a Salema beach in April 2007.
His latest accusation concerns alleged indecent exposure to an 11-year-old child in São Bartolomeu de Messines, in 2017.
A not guilty verdict would increase the pressure on them to charge Brueckner with Madeleine’s disappearance.
This would mean Brueckner would serve the remainder of his seven-year sentence for rape, starting in 2019, and could begin being released from prison in a matter of weeks.
The trial is expected to end in October.
Brueckner denies all allegations against him.
The trial continues.
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