Friday, July 5th:
*Trial continues (Day 26) (@ 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. 23rd, Mar. 1st & 14th, Apr. 2nd, 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 24th & 26th, May 2nd, 15th, 166th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th & June 4th & 5th & 28th).
Next Trial dates: July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 6, 25, 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; was sentenced in 2019. Release in 2026.
For Summary of events in trial so far – see post #329, page 17, thread #4.
Case info & charges & Brueckner info from June 1, 2020 thru Jan. 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-24 (Feb. 16 thru June 6) reference post #389 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
June 28, 2024 Friday, Day 25: The Braunschweig Regional Court did not want to comment in advance on the possible content of the evidence program on Friday. However, it is likely to be a short day of trial because the trial is scheduled to begin at 12pm & the Braunschweig courthouse usually closes at around 1pm on Fridays. An ophthalmologist is expected as a witness. The defense had requested an appropriate opinion to clarify whether a perpetrator could only be recognized by the eyes. In the case of an Irish woman who was raped in Portugal in 2004, the person concerned had reported as a witness of ... piercing blue eyes “. „ His eyes, I think this man is the attacker “, she told the court. The defense simply considers recognition based on the blue eye color to be impossible. Might have been a “no show”.
For more info see posts #395 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-4.714269/page-20
Trial continues on Friday, July 5, 2024.
*July 1, 2024 Update: Proceedings before the 2nd Criminal Chamber in connection with five offences against sexual self-determination - file number 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) - Two further continuation dates. Friday, 6 Sept. 2024, 9am & Wednesday, 25 Sept. 2024, 9am.
*The last appointment before the summer break that lasts a month. The trial against Christian B. will only continue on August 5, 2024.
*July 3, 2024 Update: This afternoon a press release was issued by the court announcing that the warrant had been quashed. A judge at Braunschweig Court agreed with Brueckner’s defence that there was not enough evidence to keep him behind bars for five separate sex offences. Ute Engemann believes that the evidence in the case of three rapes & two child abuse cases is not strong enough. The document says that ‘the Chamber cancels the arrest warrant.’ It adds: “In proceedings 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22) in connection with five acts against sexual self-determination, the Chamber revoked the arrest warrant at the request of the Defence because the Chamber denies an urgent suspicion of all charges.” The move is almost certain to be appealed & will cause huge controversy. An acquittal seems increasingly likely (per reporter). The lifting of his arrest warrant does not mean that he will now walk out of the court as a free man.
www.mirror.co.uk
