Germany/Portugal - Christian Brueckner, 27 @ time of 1st crime (2004), charged with sexual assault crimes, Praia de Rocha, Portugal. #5

[Denis R Tandib]

I think live updates are here from The Mirror:

Madeleine McCann suspect set to learn his fate in sex crime trial

Christian Brueckner is on trial in Germany accused of raping women and exposing himself to children in the Algarve which are unrelated to the Madeleine McCann case but may have an impact on further investigations

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Dave55]

This is my personal belief only, but I really doubt CPS want anything to do with trying CB for anything. Out of jurisdiction, no body case with a foreign national. It makes much more sense for Germany to assert jurisdiction as they have done. CPS would run a mile from it.

Mot sure if it's out if jurisdiction...a trial in UK might be something worth looking at after the shambles in Germany..

 

[Denis R Tandib]

CB, cleared of all charges!

 

[SuperdadV8]

Acquittal!

 

[Denis R Tandib]

Madeleine McCann suspect Brueckner cleared of all charges at rape trial

Christian Brueckner, 47, has been on trial in Germany, accused of raping women and exposing himself to children in the Algarve. But today, he was cleared of all charges

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Davieson]

So FF was correct in his assertion that CB would be acquitted.

 

[UK Girl]

So FF was correct in his assertion that CB would be acquitted.

Hes a fantastic lawyer there is no doubt about that. It was also obvious to many of us that there was not the evidence to prove the charges

 

[Davieson]

I wonder whether the prosecutors will now rush blindly ahead into an appeal, or take time to reflect of how and why they failed ?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Hes a fantastic lawyer there is no doubt about that. It was also obvious to many of us that there was not the evidence to prove the charges

Respectfully disagree regarding at least one charge. I hope all of the victims find their way to healing and knowing they have incredible strength to have pursued their justice.

 

[Denis R Tandib]

I wonder whether the prosecutors will now rush blindly ahead into an appeal, or take time to reflect of how and why they failed ?

Presumably there isn’t a bottomless pit of money to finance these cases. Therefore, they will surely have to justify further action to the people who pay the bills. How can they do that after this trial?

 

[Denis R Tandib]

Respectfully disagree regarding at least one charge. I hope all of the victims find their way to healing and knowing they have incredible strength to have pursued their justice.

If CB wasn’t responsible, justice has been served… even if you don’t like the acquitted suspect.

The victims pursuit of justice is a different subject to wether or not FF is a good lawyer - he clearly is very good.

 

[RichardKimble]

Respectfully disagree regarding at least one charge. I hope all of the victims find their way to healing and knowing they have incredible strength to have pursued their justice.

I wonder if it was procedural, if you mean the alleged masturbating or weeing in the park, reports say CB was arrested on the spot because there was a EAW in place, when were the children interviewed and was it a specialist interviewer, what we have learnt is that the German system does not video record the interviews.

 

[Davieson]

I wonder if it was procedural, if you mean the alleged masturbating or weeing in the park, reports say CB was arrested on the spot because there was a EAW in place, when were the children interviewed and was it a specialist interviewer, what we have learnt is that the German system does not video record the interviews.

The off duty police woman would not have known about a EAW at that time.
I think CB was arrested primarily to keep him out of hands of irate fathers.

 

[Mex]

Hes a fantastic lawyer there is no doubt about that. It was also obvious to many of us that there was not the evidence to prove the charges

On this occasion he was fantastically aided and abetted by a compliant judge.
My opinion

 

[RichardKimble]

The off duty police woman would not have known about a EAW at that time.
I think CB was arrested primarily to keep him out of hands of irate fathers.

But what sort of interview took place if at all.

 

[RichardKimble]

Is the custodial sentence he's serving now, called in to question, FF said yesterday they're appealing it, today's judgement must call into question the witness statements by HeB.

 

[Mex]

I wonder whether the prosecutors will now rush blindly ahead into an appeal, or take time to reflect of how and why they failed ?

The prosecution have had prewarning that this would be a probability so one knows they will be rushing into anything and whatever their reaction it will be well thought out and balanced.

Extraordinarily, the arrest of a paedophile by an off duty police officer from a children's playground even with his trousers and pants round his ankles was fine by this chamber.
That is not incompetence on behalf of the prosecution who did their job by bringing the indictment to court. That represents some enormous breakdown in the system.

I don't know if German law allows precedent but this judgement would certainly open the door to like offences in German playgrounds. In fact - there is no offence according to the Braunschweig court.
My opinion

 

[RichardKimble]

On this occasion he was fantastically aided and abetted by a compliant judge.
My opinion

Or the prosecution argument was not sufficient.In the case of HaB, FF acknowledged she suffered an horrendous attack but with no forensics and no positive redeeming feature such as the mark which CB does not have, how safe would a conviction have been.CB if he had or has piercing blue eyes is surely not alone.

 

[UK Girl]

Or the prosecution argument was not sufficient.

It was pretty obvious there was issues with the investigation/witnesses/evidence

 

[RichardKimble]

It was pretty obvious there was issues with the investigation/witnesses/evidence

The British reporter in the BZ article certainly highlighted it.

Christian B. - Reporter ist sicher: Anklage im Fall Maddie kommt

Prozess in Braunschweig: Rob Hyde berichtete für britische Medien von den meisten Verhandlungstagen im Prozess gegen den Maddie-Verdächtigen. Er recherchierte auch im Umfeld des Angeklagten in Braunschweig.

www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de