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

[Niner]

Looks like ms is up in court first today

Who is MS? Can you give me some notes to take down? TIA!

 

[Lilly b]

Who is MS? Can you give me some notes to take down? TIA!

He's hb friend who saw the videos

 

[Niner]

He's hb friend who saw the videos

Are we not supposed to post the real names & not just initials? I shall find out...

 

[RichardKimble]

Who is MS? Can you give me some notes to take down? TIA!

Drifter pal and partner-in-crime of Brueckner, <mod note - please use initials> MS, 68, is due to give evidence today. He claimed to have videos of Brueckner raping a pensioner and teenage girl.

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'boasted about burgling hotels'

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner faces charges for crimes against women and children in Portugal, and appeared in court in Braunschweig, Germany on Friday

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Denis R Tandib]

Drifter pal and partner-in-crime of Brueckner, MS, 68, is due to give evidence today. He claimed to have videos of Brueckner raping a pensioner and teenage girl.

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'boasted about burgling hotels'

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner faces charges for crimes against women and children in Portugal, and appeared in court in Braunschweig, Germany on Friday

www.mirror.co.uk

Now the girl is 16 and the older woman is a 60 year old Italian. I did mention this some time ago but the charges were for a German girl aged 14 and an English woman who was at least 70.

Let’s see where this goes. MS and HeB have different stories.

I hope there are some new witnesses.

 

[RichardKimble]

Now the girl is 16 and the older woman is a 60 year old Italian. I did mention this some time ago but the charges were for a German girl aged 14 and an English woman who was at least 70.

Let’s see where this goes. MS and HeB have different stories.

I hope there are some new witnesses.

MS is saying the attacker was masked but he recognised the voice, I thought it's said he took the mask off.Still this is all under oath now.

 

[Denis R Tandib]

MS is saying the attacker was masked but he recognised the voice, I thought it's said he took the mask off.Still this is all under oath now.

Yep, his testimony sounds like a train crash from the Sun article. He can’t remember where or when any of his evidence happened.

 

[Denis R Tandib]

From the Mirror live stream.

The judge is grilling MS at length about "inconsistencies" between his evidence today and statements he previously gave to police.

MS today told the court that he found Brueckner "arrogant" yet in an earlier interview MS said Brueckner was an "evil psychopath".

<MOD NOTE - Use initials for the witnesses

 

[C.greek]

Now the girl is 16 and the older woman is a 60 year old Italian. I did mention this some time ago but the charges were for a German girl aged 14 and an English woman who was at least 70.

Let’s see where this goes. MS and HeB have different stories.

I hope there are some new witnesses.

The German girl was said to be at least 14 if I recall correctly?

 

[C.greek]

From the Mirror live stream.

The judge is grilling Seyferth at length about "inconsistencies" between his evidence today and statements he previously gave to police.

Seyferth today told the court that he found Brueckner "arrogant" yet in an earlier interview Seyferth said Brueckner was an "evil psychopath".

Thus sounds like bad reporting! Are these the inconsistencies?? What he called CB? hopefully we will get better reporting!

 

[UK Girl]

From the Mirror live stream.

The judge is grilling Seyferth at length about "inconsistencies" between his evidence today and statements he previously gave to police.

Seyferth today told the court that he found Brueckner "arrogant" yet in an earlier interview Seyferth said Brueckner was an "evil psychopath".

do you have the link to the live stream please?

 

[Denis R Tandib]

do you have the link to the live stream please?

It’s in the above post from Richard Kimble.

 

[Denis R Tandib]

The German girl was said to be at least 14 if I recall correctly?

Perhaps. But where did the 14 come from? Not MS. Still awful in either scenario but why the embellishment in the charge sheet?

 

[RichardKimble]

Seyferth told the court that Brueckner boasted about carrying out burglaries at hotels in the Algarve.

Asked by the judge to give more details, he replied: "Just that he did that and that he worked as a waiter in hotels."

Judge Engemann asked: "Did he say anything about his burglaries?"

Seyferth replied: "No, I did not concern myself with it."

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'boasted about burgling hotels'

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner faces charges for crimes against women and children in Portugal, and appeared in court in Braunschweig, Germany on Friday

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Anxala]

Lena's 'Braunschweiger Zeitung' link from last week is reporting on the trial today - probably a much more reliable source of info than any of the UK ones -

Christian B. vor Landgericht Braunschweig: Das sagt der erste Zeuge

Im Vergewaltigungsprozess gegen den auch im Fall Maddie Verdächtigen ist am Freitag Manfred S. befragt worden. Er berichtete von zwei Videos.

www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de

 

[Mex]

Friday, March 1st:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 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 (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 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 - 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 2/23, 3/1)
Trial dates: March 1, March 14, April 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 25, May 2, 3 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, June 4, 5 6, 25, 26 & June 27, 2024. Expected to last up to 3 months.
Presiding judge Dr. Engemann. 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 January 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1 (Feb. 16, 2024) reference post #396 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-10
Jan. 18, 2024 Update: More than 40 witnesses have been called in to testify, including up to half a dozen ex-lovers of Brueckner & a string of old acquaintances & friends. The last scheduled witness is a specialist in forensic psychology, Dr Christian Riedemann, who will take to the stand on June 27, 2024.
Feb. 23, 2024 Trial Day 2: Defense opening statement by Friedrich Fülscher & Ute Lindemann opened the prosecution case. Brueckner as details of his alleged sex crimes were detailed for the first time by prosecutor.
After reading the charges, Brückner's team of defense lawyers requested that three more witnesses be invited to the 40 that had been scheduled so far. Page post #535: It's about Inga Gehricke (then 5), who attended a barbecue in a forest in 2015 Saxony-Anhalt disappeared. Why? Because the defense made a surprising request on the second day of the trial. Defender Dr. Friedrich Fülscher demanded in process, that evidence brought up by the prosecutor against Brückner must not be used. Specifically, it is about two Word files that were found on a USB stick of the accused. In the texts with the file names „ Mother-daughter story “ and „ Zofengeschichte “, the accused fantasizes about the kidnapping of children & rape. According to Fülscher, this evidence was secured during a „ fingered search measure “ on Brückner's property in Saxony-Anhalt – and was therefore worthless. Because there was no permit to search the property, the police tricked. According to police files, a neighbor was on 14. Walk with his dog on January 2016. This is said to have run through a hole in the fence on Brückner's property and dug it. The witness followed his dog & then noticed a piece of fabric protruding from the ground and a smell of decay. Then he called the police. The officials should then a. found a Lidl bag with a case. Inside: six USB sticks and two SD cards with texts, videos and child *advertiser censored* photos. Attorney Fülscher: „Utilization of the found files would violate the principles of a fair trial. “
For more info see posts #473 (article) on page 24 & #483 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...imes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-2.704227/page-25
Trial continues on Friday, March. 1, 2024. The first witnesses, a German woman, who became a close friend of Brueckner & a man, who lived for long periods in Spain & Portugal, are due to give evidence next Friday.

The weakest part of the trial appears to be the allegations regarding the rapes of the two unidentified women. So there is little to wonder at that CB's defence has homed in on those two cases.

The difficulty for the defence is that the testimony of the witnesses to the rape tape regarding DM stood up to scrutiny because the assault had been reported and was on police file. It was even backed up by forensic evidence direct from the body of the perpetrator.

There is no such ambiguity regarding the other three charges none of which have any reliance on hearsay evidence as the principal witnesses are able to provide their own testimony regarding events directly to the court.
My opinion

( Thanks to everyone taking the bother to keep up to speed with events from the court. It is quite a task.)

 

[Lilly b]

Perhaps. But where did the 14 come from? Not MS. Still awful in either scenario but why the embellishment in the charge sheet?

If they are putting exact ages to them, then they must be known? Is that a possibility?

 

[UK Girl]

Has it finished for the day?

 

[RichardKimble]

Has it finished for the day?

If so no wonder it's going to take so long.

 

[mrjitty]

If they are putting exact ages to them, then they must be known? Is that a possibility?

No.

It specifically says in the BZ link from @Anxala that they were not able to identify the victim.