Germany/Portugal - Christian Brueckner, 27 @ time of 1st crime (2004), charged with sexual assault crimes, Praia de Rocha, Portugal. #2

[Tekno]

“The last scheduled witness is a specialist in forensic psychology, Dr Christian Riedemann, who will take to the stand on June 27

The Olive Press will be covering the trial due to the many links to Spain and neighbouring Portugal, with a string of witnesses having lived in Spain for periods of time”.

EXCLUSIVE: Read the full charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner just days before the German paedophile, 47, stands trial for sex crimes - including 'attack on 14-year-old girl' - Olive Press News Spain

DETAILS of the heinous charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner can be revealed for the first time today. The 47-year-old German

www.theolivepress.es

 

[Niner]

This was posted on the Madeleine thread - so I thought I would bring it over here - re trial coming up.

EXCLUSIVE: Read the full charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner just days before the German paedophile, 47, stands trial for sex crimes - including 'attack on 14-year-old girl' - Olive Press News Spain

DETAILS of the heinous charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner can be revealed for the first time today. The 47-year-old German

www.theolivepress.es

 

[RichardKimble]

This was posted on the Madeleine thread - so I thought I would bring it over here - re trial coming up.

EXCLUSIVE: Read the full charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner just days before the German paedophile, 47, stands trial for sex crimes - including 'attack on 14-year-old girl' - Olive Press News Spain

DETAILS of the heinous charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner can be revealed for the first time today. The 47-year-old German

www.theolivepress.es

Exclusive! Niner posted the charges on page one, JC brought a boy into it, the charges all relate to females, back to the drawing board old chap.
From Olive.

On June 11 of that year, at around 2am, Brueckner is said to have made ‘eye contact’ with a young boy in a playground at a folk festival, as he exposed his genitals and began ‘pleasuring himself’.
The alarm was raised when the boy ran to his father for help, leading to a citizens arrest by an off-duty police officer. He was extradited to Germany, where he was facing trial for another sadistic rape of a grandmother – also on video – as well as to serve a sentence for further child abuse.


From the charges.


Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 11 year old Portuguese girl (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).

 

[Niner]

Exclusive! Niner posted the charges on page one, JC brought a boy into it, the charges all relate to females, back to the drawing board old chap.
From Olive.

On June 11 of that year, at around 2am, Brueckner is said to have made ‘eye contact’ with a young boy in a playground at a folk festival, as he exposed his genitals and began ‘pleasuring himself’.
The alarm was raised when the boy ran to his father for help, leading to a citizens arrest by an off-duty police officer. He was extradited to Germany, where he was facing trial for another sadistic rape of a grandmother – also on video – as well as to serve a sentence for further child abuse.


From the charges.


Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 11 year old Portuguese girl (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).

Yes - I was wondering from WHERE this boy came from - not in my notes... than I noticed the dates.

 

[frank-cole]

“The last scheduled witness is a specialist in forensic psychology, Dr Christian Riedemann, who will take to the stand on June 27

The Olive Press will be covering the trial due to the many links to Spain and neighbouring Portugal, with a string of witnesses having lived in Spain for periods of time”.

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-...es-including-attack-on-14-year-old-girl/[/URL

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Did any of the rapes show signs of a break in (apart from the obvious presence of a rapist)?

Exactly! No they didn’t. Yet another pattern. A skilled burglar getting into properties with no signs of damage, on multiple occasions, isn’t exactly a particularly difficult dot to connect….

 

[Tekno]

Exclusive! Niner posted the charges on page one, JC brought a boy into it, the charges all relate to females, back to the drawing board old chap.
From Olive.

On June 11 of that year, at around 2am, Brueckner is said to have made ‘eye contact’ with a young boy in a playground at a folk festival, as he exposed his genitals and began ‘pleasuring himself’.
The alarm was raised when the boy ran to his father for help, leading to a citizens arrest by an off-duty police officer. He was extradited to Germany, where he was facing trial for another sadistic rape of a grandmother – also on video – as well as to serve a sentence for further child abuse.


From the charges.


Germany/Portugal – *Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - 11 year old Portuguese girl (pulled down his trousers & underpants & made masturbation movements on his naked penis in order to sexually arouse himself, until the frightened girl ran to her father for help. The suspect was arrested on the spot by the Portuguese police). Exposed himself in playpark, São Bartolomeu de Messines, June 11, 2017).

Besides Nelia Bras and her daughter, there was another male person who had a boy present.

 

[RichardKimble]

Besides Nelia Bras and her daughter, there was another male person who had a boy present.

The charges posted by niner make no mention of a male victim.

 

[Tekno]

The charges posted by niner make no mention of a male victim.

Okay. I’ve always had it that a boy was present.

 

[frank-cole]

It very well maybe 3 that we know of. “ There are parallels between the cases of DM, HB and the disappearance of MM.”

IMO there are probably several other crimes he comitted that follow that pattern. CB bragging that he’d gotten into an apartment & performed a sex act in front of young females , has the hallmarks of a serial sexual offender skilled at getting in to apartments. Eerily similar to the 28 incidents of a lone male intruder. Coincidentally (big shock!) he just so happens to be a proven serial sexual offender with a history of burglary. The PJ solved 0% of those crimes. IMO CB may have been responsible for at least some but I fear the PJ will have gathered absolutely nothing that could help bring any of those victims justice. I think CB shared some of this absolute confidence in the PJ. CB knew the PJ would never catch him & CB was absolutely right.

 

[Niner]

The charges posted by niner make no mention of a male victim.

This encountered from what I understand was before his trial for raping the old lady that he is in prison for. So I guess they let that one slide. And you are right - I have no "male victim" in the charges that were posted.

 

[Hygge]

Do any of the German sleuthers have an idea on the level of information/reporting that becomes public during the course of the trial? For example - what the content of that days’ trial was?

I am assuming it’s a relatively private matter & I hope it will be. Although public interest is high I don’t think that means the public have the right to know, especially in the midst of the trial.

IMO there might be an evidential overlap & some of what they have may feature in regards to multiple victims, including MM. Information probably better kept private, especially to prevent adding to the trauma MM’s grieving family are already going through.

this is the newest actual info from the Court homepage. It’s from December

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Proceedings before the 2nd Criminal Chamber in connection with five offenses against sexual self-determination - file number 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) Here: Accreditation of media representatives

In the criminal proceedings against a 47-year-old defendant for five acts against sexual self-determination, case number 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) (see press releases of 12.01.2022, 28.11.2022, 20.04.2023 and 30.11.2023), the presiding judge of the 2nd Criminal Chamber (Youth Protection Chamber) has ordered an accreditation procedure for media representatives due to the interest shown by the media and the public interest.

The main hearing will begin on

Friday, 16.02.2023, 09:00 am,

Room 141 of the Braunschweig Regional Court,

Münzstraße 17, 38100 Braunschweig

Please refer to the separate press release dated 30.11.2023 "Schedule for the 2nd Criminal Chamber in proceedings 2 KLs 15/22" for the other continuation dates.

Accreditation of media representatives

By order dated 27.11.2023, the Presiding Judge of the 2nd Criminal Chamber (Youth Protection Chamber) ordered that an accreditation procedure be carried out.

Reference is made in particular to the specified accreditation deadline. This

begins on Tuesday, 09.01.2024, 12:00 noon and

ends on Tuesday, 16.01.2024, 12:00 noon

Applications received before the deadline or after the deadline will not be considered. No notification of early receipt will be given.

Please note that applications can only be submitted by e-mail and only via the Press Office's mailbox. The relevant e-mail address is

lgbs-pressestelle@justiz.niedersachsen.de

To simplify the process, please use the accreditation form provided on the homepage. This can be downloaded from the homepage of the Regional Court under "News" and there under "News/ Accreditation procedure - 2nd Criminal Chamber (2 KLs 15/22)". We have also compiled FAQs on the accreditation procedure there for your convenience. Applications that are submitted without using this form or that are not sent by e-mail (exclusively) to the mailbox of the press office are inadmissible and will not be considered.

A total of 45 seats are available for media representatives in the meeting room. If more effective requests are received during the accreditation period than the total number of seats available for media representatives, the seats between the effective requests for individual media contingents will be allocated separately by lot. Details can be found in the order issued by the session police regarding the accreditation of media representatives of the presiding judge, which can also be viewed on the homepage of the Regional Court under "News" and there under "News/ Accreditation procedure - 2nd Criminal Chamber (2 KLs 15/22)".

Four television crews (one public broadcaster, one private broadcaster, one broadcaster from Portugal and one from Ireland/United Kingdom (UK)) and six photographers are permitted to take photographs and film in the conference room. Applications must also be submitted with the application for accreditation. In the event that more than four television teams or six photographers apply for accreditation, a pool will be formed. The willingness to assume pool leadership must be declared with the application for accreditation. For the accreditation of television teams or photographers, it is therefore strongly recommended that the application for accreditation be accompanied by a written undertaking to assume pool leadership and to make any photographs or film recordings made available to other radio and TV broadcasters and photo agencies free of charge upon request. If several applications are received to take over the pool leadership, the pool leadership will be awarded by lot between the effective applications.

Applicants will be informed by the press office of the Regional Court of Braunschweig within one week of the expiry of the accreditation deadline whether their application has been successful.

Applicants are requested to observe the further binding instructions in the court order. This will be available at a later date both on the homepage of the Regional Court and on the notice board of the Regional Court.”

landgericht-braunschweig.de

 

[Hygge]

And this is from 2 days ago. :
”
Separate press preview for proceedings 2 KLs 15/22

A separate press preview for proceedings 2 KLs 15/22 is available for media representatives.

If you are a journalist and not yet a subscriber, please contact the press office of the Regional Court.”

it’s also from the Braunschweig court press releases

 

[Hygge]

There will be British, Irish ,German and Portuguese tv as well as journalists so I think we all will get the daily news from Braunschweig

 

[Niner]

And just to add the court dates - from my notes:

Nov. 29, 2023 Update: Brueckner will be put on the stand from Feb. 16, 2024 in a case set to last for "up to three months". Brueckner is accused of five separate sex crimes, three of which involve minors. "It's set to begin on February 16, a Friday & a half day, but there should be enough time to hear all the charges," prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said. The first witnesses will be brought in the following week. "There will be four to five judges, two of them lay judges, normal people who are brought in for such cases." German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said: 'We expect Hazel to be giving her evidence for a couple of days & then it will be the turn of the other victims & witnesses. A last minute legal bid was launched by Brueckner's team earlier this month in an attempt to get one of the key witnesses in the case thrown out. The claim was rejected with Brueckner's lawyer now accepting the start date. Trial will take place at Braunschweig High Court.

Dec. 1, 2023 Update: Further continuation dates have been scheduled for: Friday, February 23, 2024, 9am, Friday, March 1, 2024, 9am, Thursday, March 14, 2024, 11am, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 5, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 12, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 19, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 26, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9am, Friday, May 3, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 16, 2024, 9am, Friday, May 17, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 23, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 9am, Thursday, June 6, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 9am & Thursday, June 27, 2024, 9am. Please note that the list of dates is not binding. Any changes can be found on the notice board in the court and will also be announced by the press office via a press release.

 

[Lilly b]

And just to add the court dates - from my notes:

Nov. 29, 2023 Update: Brueckner will be put on the stand from Feb. 16, 2024 in a case set to last for "up to three months". Brueckner is accused of five separate sex crimes, three of which involve minors. "It's set to begin on February 16, a Friday & a half day, but there should be enough time to hear all the charges," prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said. The first witnesses will be brought in the following week. "There will be four to five judges, two of them lay judges, normal people who are brought in for such cases." German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said: 'We expect Hazel to be giving her evidence for a couple of days & then it will be the turn of the other victims & witnesses. A last minute legal bid was launched by Brueckner's team earlier this month in an attempt to get one of the key witnesses in the case thrown out. The claim was rejected with Brueckner's lawyer now accepting the start date. Trial will take place at Braunschweig High Court.

Dec. 1, 2023 Update: Further continuation dates have been scheduled for: Friday, February 23, 2024, 9am, Friday, March 1, 2024, 9am, Thursday, March 14, 2024, 11am, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 5, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 12, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 19, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 9am, Friday, April 26, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9am, Friday, May 3, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 16, 2024, 9am, Friday, May 17, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 9am, Thursday, May 23, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 9am, Thursday, June 6, 2024, 9am, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 9am, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 9am & Thursday, June 27, 2024, 9am. Please note that the list of dates is not binding. Any changes can be found on the notice board in the court and will also be announced by the press office via a press release.

27 days to go

 

[frank-cole]

this is the newest actual info from the Court homepage. It’s from December

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Proceedings before the 2nd Criminal Chamber in connection with five offenses against sexual self-determination - file number 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) Here: Accreditation of media representatives

In the criminal proceedings against a 47-year-old defendant for five acts against sexual self-determination, case number 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) (see press releases of 12.01.2022, 28.11.2022, 20.04.2023 and 30.11.2023), the presiding judge of the 2nd Criminal Chamber (Youth Protection Chamber) has ordered an accreditation procedure for media representatives due to the interest shown by the media and the public interest.

The main hearing will begin on

Friday, 16.02.2023, 09:00 am,

Room 141 of the Braunschweig Regional Court,

Münzstraße 17, 38100 Braunschweig

Please refer to the separate press release dated 30.11.2023 "Schedule for the 2nd Criminal Chamber in proceedings 2 KLs 15/22" for the other continuation dates.

Accreditation of media representatives

By order dated 27.11.2023, the Presiding Judge of the 2nd Criminal Chamber (Youth Protection Chamber) ordered that an accreditation procedure be carried out.

Reference is made in particular to the specified accreditation deadline. This

begins on Tuesday, 09.01.2024, 12:00 noon and

ends on Tuesday, 16.01.2024, 12:00 noon

Applications received before the deadline or after the deadline will not be considered. No notification of early receipt will be given.

Please note that applications can only be submitted by e-mail and only via the Press Office's mailbox. The relevant e-mail address is

lgbs-pressestelle@justiz.niedersachsen.de

To simplify the process, please use the accreditation form provided on the homepage. This can be downloaded from the homepage of the Regional Court under "News" and there under "News/ Accreditation procedure - 2nd Criminal Chamber (2 KLs 15/22)". We have also compiled FAQs on the accreditation procedure there for your convenience. Applications that are submitted without using this form or that are not sent by e-mail (exclusively) to the mailbox of the press office are inadmissible and will not be considered.

A total of 45 seats are available for media representatives in the meeting room. If more effective requests are received during the accreditation period than the total number of seats available for media representatives, the seats between the effective requests for individual media contingents will be allocated separately by lot. Details can be found in the order issued by the session police regarding the accreditation of media representatives of the presiding judge, which can also be viewed on the homepage of the Regional Court under "News" and there under "News/ Accreditation procedure - 2nd Criminal Chamber (2 KLs 15/22)".

Four television crews (one public broadcaster, one private broadcaster, one broadcaster from Portugal and one from Ireland/United Kingdom (UK)) and six photographers are permitted to take photographs and film in the conference room. Applications must also be submitted with the application for accreditation. In the event that more than four television teams or six photographers apply for accreditation, a pool will be formed. The willingness to assume pool leadership must be declared with the application for accreditation. For the accreditation of television teams or photographers, it is therefore strongly recommended that the application for accreditation be accompanied by a written undertaking to assume pool leadership and to make any photographs or film recordings made available to other radio and TV broadcasters and photo agencies free of charge upon request. If several applications are received to take over the pool leadership, the pool leadership will be awarded by lot between the effective applications.

Applicants will be informed by the press office of the Regional Court of Braunschweig within one week of the expiry of the accreditation deadline whether their application has been successful.

Applicants are requested to observe the further binding instructions in the court order. This will be available at a later date both on the homepage of the Regional Court and on the notice board of the Regional Court.”

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Thank you, Hygge. It appears that the coverage will be extensive. I’m guessing photographers won’t be able to take pictures inside the courtroom and I hope that’s the case. I think many of the witnesses statements will be upsetting to read, but I’m glad that the Braunschweig Prosecutors office, HCW and the BKA have all delivered and got these cases to trial. I’m concerned that the trials against CB will pull out unfounded and amplified scrutiny in the wrong directions and I hope ‘fighting the cause’ doesn’t feed in to that.

 

[RichardKimble]

Will CB need to attend every day of the court hearings?

I would have thought so unless there's just legal arguments going on.

 

[frank-cole]

Will CB need to attend every day of the court hearings?

Most likely. IMO it’s a bit silly to pick & choose the crimes of a serial offender & then assume there’ll be no evidence overlap. Convictions in these cases would strengthen their MM case. But will there be a point where the issues HCW & the constant counter arguments are overtaken by the strength of the evidence. The bar will certainly be unusually high with these trials.

 

[SuperdadV8]

The indictment against Christian B is 102 pages long. The Braunschweig public prosecutor's office accuses the 46-year-old of three cases of serious rape and two cases of sexual abuse of children. According to the indictment, the crimes took place in Portugal between the end of December 2000 and June 2017. In the country where Maddie McCann disappeared from her hotel room in 2007.

The missing person case has been under investigation for years - so far without charges against Christian B. Christian B., who has also been convicted of child abuse, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Lower Saxony - including for raping a 72-year-old US tourist in Portugal.

In the case, which will be heard from February, one disgusting detail follows the next. Witness statements essentially support the accusation, as senior public prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters confirmed in an interview with RTL. And: “There are a lot of handwritten notes from Christian B. These are a kind of notebook with some very personal content. These notebooks provide insights into the defendant’s mind,” the senior public prosecutor continues. “In the books you can find records and also self-painted pictures.”
And they are not for the faint of heart! According to RTL information, the books describe the defendant's fantasies - they are sexual fantasies. According to our information, this involves, among other things, the kidnapping of a woman and a child - then a rape is described. And not only that: self-painted pictures even show a child being raped.
The search for clues into Maddie McCann's disappearance is also continuing. Senior Public Prosecutor Wolters: “The investigations into the Maddie case are ongoing and are independent of the outcome of the upcoming trial.”

For example, the evaluation of the results of the reservoir search from last summer has not yet been completed. Following a tip from a British man who discovered a kind of shrine at the Arade reservoir in Portugal just a few months after the girl's disappearance, the Federal Criminal Police Office investigated the site and found new clues.

Malte der Maddie-Verdächtige Bilder von Vergewaltigungen?

In rund zwei Wochen startet der Prozess gegen Christian B. vor dem Landgericht Braunschweig – die ersten entsetzlichen Details liegen RTL schon jetzt vor!

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[Hygge]

Thank you Superdad
that is what I expected they have. Sounds like Amaral was correct with “ Das Buch” ?

” "There is a lot of handwritten record by Christian B. This is a kind of notebook with sometimes very personal content. These notebooks give insights into the defendant's world of thought," the Chief Prosecutor continues. "Records can be found in the books and also self-painted pictures."
And they are not for the faint of heart! According to RTL information, the books describe the defendant's fantasies - they are sexual fantasies. According to our information, this is, among other things, about the kidnapping of a woman and a child - then a rape is described. And not only that: On self-painted pictures, you should even see how a child is raped.””