The Daily Mail are not going to know about an appeal when HCW himself doesnt seem to know at this point.“We will examine the reasons for the decision and then decide how to proceed," public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters told BILD.”
The dailymail also reported about an appeal
Gericht hebt Haftbefehl gegen Maddie-Verdächtigen auf
Erfolg für Christian Brückner. Das Landgericht Braunschweig hob den Haftbefehl im aktuellen Verfahren gegen den Verdächtigen im Fall Maddie McCann auf.www.bild.de
Germany/Portugal - Christian Brueckner, 27 @ time of 1st crime (2004), charged with sexual assault crimes, Praia de Rocha, Portugal. #4
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The prosecution will appeal
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Gericht hebt Haftbefehl gegen Maddie-Verdächtigen auf
Erfolg für Christian Brückner. Das Landgericht Braunschweig hob den Haftbefehl im aktuellen Verfahren gegen den Verdächtigen im Fall Maddie McCann auf.
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It seems clear the prosecution are flogging a dead horse.The prosecution will appeal
Gericht hebt Haftbefehl gegen Maddie-Verdächtigen auf
Erfolg für Christian Brückner. Das Landgericht Braunschweig hob den Haftbefehl im aktuellen Verfahren gegen den Verdächtigen im Fall Maddie McCann auf.
The only reasonable thing for them to do now is to issue a public apology for misleading the world about the MM case.
It’s very obvious they have it wrong. Time to wipe the egg off their face and start tucking in to some humble pie.
I can't see where it says they will appeal. It says ""We will examine the reasons for the decision and then decide how we will proceed," public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters announced to BILD."
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She said: “Two kids came running over and said there was a man with his trousers down. The dads rushed straight over. He got up and started doing his flies up.
"They were really angry and grabbed him and started pushing him around. It took all my powers of persuasion and strength to hold them off him. They wanted to kill him. I told him I was a policewoman and asked his name. He told me ‘Christian’ and said he was visiting friends. He looked drunk.
“I asked him what he was doing with his trousers down. He said he ‘needed to go for a pee pee’.”
The officer asked CB for his driving licence then phoned the local police station, giving them his full name.
“They told me there was a warrant for his arrest and they bundled him in the car and took him off to be held in the cells overnight.”
CB was later deported to Germany to face questioning for other crimes, for which he is still jailed.
Officer who guarded Madeleine McCann flat snared prime suspect
Cop Vanessa Vieira arrested Christian Brueckner when he was accused of flashing in a children's playground during 2017 - long before Maddie link
- arrested at the scene of the crime by a serving police officer
- conveyed from Portugal to Germany on the strength of an European Arrest Warrant
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“I asked him what he was doing with his trousers down.
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He got up and started doing his flies up.
Officer who guarded Madeleine McCann flat snared prime suspect
Cop Vanessa Vieira arrested Christian Brueckner when he was accused of flashing in a children's playground during 2017 - long before Maddie link
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Makes sense and explains all the procedures used to delay this trial.
If not immediately charged with other offences and kept in custody until the trial date he will vanish from the face of the earth one way or another.
My opinion
But we haven't reached that stage as yet. Strangely it all seems to appear to be a bit of a 'cart before the horses' scenario, since the verdict isn't due until October.
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What can they appeal though, if the reports are accurate that the ruling says there is not enough suspicion of a crime after hearing the prosecution case the only thing they can do surely is to present more evidence, in which case present it at the start.
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It could be read that way.
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It's possible that's actually their "strong" case, if all of the evidence they have ends up admissible. IMO. That is my interpretation of all that has been reported.
As I understand there is a witness who hasn't been heard yet. A profiler who will give evidence on the similarities of the rape of DM and HB. Whether this will make a difference remains to be seen.
Why on earth would they do that?
The five cases which are the subject of the present trial are each stand alone indictments independent of each other and independent of any other.
These five are the only charges presently made against CB in Germany who is presently an arguido in Portugal regarding the MM case.
I see no egg on anyone's face in relation to law enforcement doing their job of combatting serious crime against women and children and the burden of proof required to do so.
Having the option to appeal is not the same as having grounds for appeal.
The profiler and the ophthalmic person can only offer (expert) opinions. They did not actually witness anything.
Perhaps they submitted their opinions in writing.
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If it was their strong case, why waste time on these 'lesser' charges? I see over confidence and under preparation here, the prosecution assuming this trial would be, if not a walk in the park, at least deliver them some further jail time breathing space. They can appeal of course but what can they possibly have in appeal terms that they failed to use in the trial? The idea that they still have critical cards to play seems unlikely, to say the least.
It's a grim and highly embarrassing result and it's entirely down to the prosecution's failure to put together a decent, credible case against CB.
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As I recall, that was a jurisdiction issue, nothing to do with the strength of the case
The case against CB is scheduled for conclusion in October subject to the due process of charges laid strong enough to merit a trial date and convoluted objection and delay by the defence.
Is the case concluded?
Now the same evidence which was deemed strong enough to take these five cases to court has apparently not met the standard once witness evidence has been heard in court.
In other words the eye witness testimony given during these trials has not met the required burden of proof to support the indictments.
One presumes that the learned judge will give details regarding the process and conclusions reached; one wonders if such a summing up might not be the precursor to instituting an appeal process.