Friday, April 19th:
*Trial continues (Day 10) (@ 9am CET) – Germany/Portugal -
Hazel Behan (20 @ time/now 40) (in her home, June 16, 2004, Praia de Rocha on the Algarve coast, 10 miles from Praia de Luz, Portimao, Portugal) -
*Christian Stefan Brückner (Bruekner) (27 @ time of 1st crime (2004)/45/now 47)
charged (Oct. 11, 2022) with sexual assault (suspect held a knife & brutally raped her. The accused then tied & gagged the woman to a table & raped her again. He then whipped the victim on the back with a whip he had brought with him & finally forcibly performed oral sex with the victim. The accused filmed large parts of the events with a video camera he had brought with him). Braunschweig Regional District Court.
Germany/Portugal –
*Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 - a
14 year old teenager (unknown victim) (on tape: assaulted/hit the naked girl with a whip. Said to have brutally forced the girl to have oral sex. The accused also videotaped this act). Took place between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006 on the Praia da Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal -
*Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 -
an elderly woman 70-80 yrs old (unknown victim) a Tour Rep (tied up & raped the victim in her holiday apt. He then hit the victim several times with a whip. The accused is said to have recorded the entire event with a video camera). Took place around the same time (between Dec. 28, 2000 to April 8, 2006) on the Praia de Luz, Algarve coast, Portugal.
Germany/Portugal –
*Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 -
10 year old German girl (Joana E.) (wearing only shoes & otherwise naked. He grabbed the child's wrist & began to perform masturbation movements on his naked penis). On Salema (Zalema) beach, near Praia de Luz, Portugal, April 7, 2007).
Germany/Portugal –
*Charged (Oct. 11, 2022) & arrest warrant reinstated 11/18/22 –
Ines VP (
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).
Trial began on February 16, 2024. (And continued on Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Mar. 14, Apr. 2, Apr. 10, 4/12 & 4/17/24)
Trial dates: April 19, 24, 25, May 2, 3, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, June 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead Prosecutor Ute Lindermann. Defense attorneys Dr. Friedrich Fülscher, Philipp Marquort, Dennis Bock & Atilla Aykac.
Brueckner is currently serving a 7 year sentence for the 2005 rape on a pensioner. While he is still the main suspect in Madeleine case, these above cases will be tried first & he will be charged with Madeleine later (maybe!)
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru Jan. 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-8 (Feb. 16, Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Apr. 2, Apr. 5, Apr. 10, Apr. 12 & 4/17/24) reference post #232 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-3.708597/page-12
April 17, 2024 Wednesday, Trial Day 9: Witness: A 35-year-old woman, former girlfriend (met in 2000 on a chat room & stayed w/him for 9 months) gave details of the German paedophile's warped personality – said she lived in fear of his release from prison after serving a sentence for sexually assaulting her five-year-old daughter. Brueckner was first investigated by police for sexually abusing the five-year-old girl in 2014. Brueckner sentenced in March, 2017 & received only a 15-month prison sentence for the crime. Brueckner was first tried at a lower court in Braunschweig for sexually abusing the five-year-old, but was acquitted in 2016 & fled to Portugal. He was extradited back to Germany a year later to stand trial again, where he confessed to abusing the girl & owning the camera. He is currently serving his sentence in Kiel prison near Hamburg. [His lawyers have sought to have the rape conviction overturned due to a procedural error when he was extradited from Portugal to Germany in 2017. The European Court of Justice has issued a non-binding written opinion rejecting their bid, with a final judgment expected in weeks].
For more info see posts #234, 239 & 249(articles) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-3.708597/page-13
Trial continues on Friday, April 19, 2024 @ 9am.