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Cops on high alert after Christian Brueckner tried to buy untraceable phone sparking fears he’s plotting to flee Germany
COPS in Germany are on high alert after Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner tried to buy an untraceable mobile phone — while carrying an ID card that could allow him to flee his home country.
Brueckner, 49, begged shop staff to sell him an anonymous handset without recording his official government identity, which is a legal condition there.
The convicted rapist was released from prison last week[/caption]
The convicted rapist was released from prison last week and a store worker instantly became suspicious by his request and refused — firing back to the rapist “I know who you are”.
He was then stunned to see Brueckner’s ID had not been updated with release conditions banning him from travelling outside Germany.
Police there have now been notified about the move and were said to be continuing to monitor the situation.
Worryingly, it also emerged flight-risk Brueckner quit the city his lawyers wanted him to stay in on his release after just one night because there were “too many police around”.
Phone shop manager Farouk Salah-Brahmin, 32, told The Sun he spoke to Brueckner for more than an hour shortly after he stepped off the train into his town.
The dad said: “He came in and said he wanted to buy a pay-as-you-go Sim card and a smartphone.
“He said he wanted to learn how to use WhatsApp because he had never used it before.
“He told me he wanted to be able to stay in touch with his lawyers.
“He produced a promotional pen for his lawyer and told me that was the only way he had to contact his legal team.
“I couldn’t believe it — his only contact in the world was a phone number on an office pen.
“It was then he really weirdly asked me if he could buy a Sim card without an identity card.
“That would mean no one could trace his calls.
“But I said, ‘No way, I know who you are’ because it’s illegal to register a phone without an ID card in Germany because then you have no idea who was using it.
“It was actually really scary that he even asked — he probably thought it would have been amazing for him to have an unregistered phone.”
One of the key pieces of evidence on Brueckner is a mobile phone record showing he was in the centre of Praia da Luz at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance there on May 4, 2007.
In Germany, ID cards can be printed with specific stipulations such as limits on travel.
He really weirdly asked me if he could buy a Sim card without an identity card. That would mean no one could trace his calls
Farouk Salah-Brahmin
Brueckner’s identification, however, carries none of the limitations agreed to by a court — despite prosecutors insisting that it should.
Stunned Farouk added: “When he gave me his identity card, I was completely shocked because there were no travel limitations on it.
“I thought that was really strange because his release conditions were supposed to be limiting his travel abroad — but there was nothing there.
“It means right now he can get on a place or go wherever he wants because he can use his ID card like any other person.
“There were no police or officials or anyone following him.
“There was nothing to stop him at all. I couldn’t believe it.”
Madeleine McCann was three when she vanished while on holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007[/caption]
Brueckner spent his first night as a free man in Kiel in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein where his lawyers are based and had planned to stay there.
But he was panicked by the large police presence so boarded a train to another city nearby.
Farouk said: “Brueckner said one of his conditions was that he had to register a place to live so he could come to our town to register as homeless.
“He said he knew that meant he would get given an apartment here.
“He knew how the system works.
“But he said his lawyers had tried to take him to their home city of Kiel.
He said he wanted to go somewhere where the police wouldn’t follow him all the time, even though he asked for police protection. It was totally clear he wanted to lose the officers following him so he could do what he wanted
Farouk Salah-Brahmin
“He spent his first night as a free man there in a hotel.
“But he said he decided he couldn’t stay there because there were ‘too many police’.
“He felt like there police everywhere and he wanted to go somewhere with less police.
“He said he wanted to go somewhere where the police wouldn’t follow him all the time, even though he asked for police protection.
“It was totally clear he wanted to lose the officers following him so he could do what he wanted.”
Since being released last Wednesday it has been clear Brueckner has already repeatedly defied his lawyers’ wishes by refusing to keep a low profile.
Brueckner was released from prison last week[/caption]
A police convoy took Bruckner to a safe house after his release[/caption]
He covered his face with a blanket as the car sped past reporters[/caption]
An aerial shot of the jail where Brueckner was caged[/caption]
As well as being snapped at the shop, he had been spotted partying at a nightclub — only 48 hours after being released — and begging for free pizzas from Domino’s in disguise.
He bragged to phone shop boss Farouk about his plans to build a new life for himself in his current city and get a permanent apartment.
Farouk said: “He said he wants to stay here and make a life because he knows the north of Germany very well.
“But everyone hates him here. No one wants him here.
He said he wants to stay here and make a life because he knows the north of Germany very well. But everyone hates him here. No one wants him here
Farouk Salah-Brahmin
“I told friends. They are scared because everyone who has children knows he’s a paedophile and a violent sex offender.”
Brueckner has been a suspect over Madeleine’s abduction and murder for German police since 2020 but never faced charges.
His lawyers have continued to insist on their client’s innocence in the McCann case.
TIMELINE OF THE MADDIE CASE
HERE’S a timeline of the case which has gripped the world.
May 3, 2007
Madeleine McCann disappears from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, sparking a massive police search and becoming one of the most famous missing persons cases in history.
January 15, 2016
Neighbour reports a possible ‘grave’ at Brueckner’s abandoned factory in East Germany.
Cops find disturbing images on USB sticks and launch a full-scale search.
February 16, 2016
Christian Brueckner is convicted for abusing a girl of five in a park after images found on his laptop.
He was sentenced to 15-months behind bars but was already on the run by then.
May 3, 2017
Around this time, Helge B calls an information hotline after watching a ten-year anniversary special on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
He reports an alleged confession by Christian Brueckner.
September 27, 2018
On-the-run Christian Brueckner is arrested over outstanding drugs claims in Italy.
He is extradited to Germany the following year.
December 16, 2019
Christian Brueckner was convicted, in Germany, for the 2005 rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, after his DNA was matched to a hair found on her bed.
He was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
June 4, 2020
German prosecutors reveal to the world they have a suspect in custody under investigation for the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
For the first time they claim Madeleine is dead.
German media later name him as Christian B (Christian Brueckner).
June 23, 2023
In his first interview, witness Helge B alleges to German newspaper Bild that Christian Brueckner all-but-confessed the Madeleine abduction to him, by allegedly saying “she didn’t scream” as they talked about the case, at a music festival, in Spain.
February 16, 2024
Brueckner goes on trial accused of none-McCann allegations of rape and sex assault, in Braunschweig, Germany.
Prosecutors hope for a conviction to keep him behind bars permanently and lead to McCann charges.
October 8, 2024
Brueckner was acquitted of all claims.
Prosecutors launch an appeal, however. Decision pending.
June 1, 2025
Police order a renewed search for clues in Praia Da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal.
It lasts for just three days.
September 17, 2025
Christian Brueckner released from jail after serving sentence for rape and allowed to walk free.
Freed Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner brazenly boasts he has info which can solve ‘scandal of century’
MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner says he has information to end the “scandal of the century”.
The newly-freed rapist, 49, hinted of a dark secret as he shopped for a phone.
Christian Brueckner said he could solve one of the ‘greatest mysteries ever’ as he shopped for a phone[/caption]
The freed sex offender plonked his foot on a phone shop counter to show off his ankle tag at one point[/caption]
The paedophile told staff he’d ‘not last long’ — because he holds dirt on people who want him killed[/caption]
His claims raise the prospect he withheld knowledge on the disappearance of Madeleine in Portugal in 2007 despite being a suspect for more than five years.
The paedophile, freed last week at the end of an unrelated rape sentence, also told staff he’d “not last long” — because he holds dirt on people who want him killed.
His phone buy has sparked fears he could try to flee his home country.
Shop manager Farouk Salah-Brahmin, 32, said: “Brueckner told me he had some information.
“I don’t know if it’s the McCann case but he said he had evidence that could bring the scandal of the century to an end.
“He said he would end all the accusations against him. He said he can bring his own solution. He said something about USB sticks.”
Brueckner had refused to answer any questions on the case while in prison, or engage with police.
It sounded to me like he was part of something wider. Something he clearly had knowledge of. Some network or something maybe
Farouk
Farouk added of their 90-minute chat: “The way he said it he must have been talking about the Madeleine McCann case. What else could he be talking about?
“It sounded to me like he was part of something wider. Something he clearly had knowledge of. Some network or something maybe.
“I thought maybe he knows other people who were involved – but it’s clear he knows far more than he had been telling the police.
“That struck me as weird – that he said he had knowledge of this but hadn’t told police. I don’t understand why he would do that.”
Brueckner spent £90 on a Xiaomi Redmi Android phone and bought a SIM using his ID card.
Farouk revealed the fiend also claimed his life was in danger.
‘Want to make him cold’
The shop boss said: “He told me that he has special information about some people, and that’s why they want to finish him.
“I don’t know if it is linked to all the USB sticks and information they found at his lair.
“Brueckner told me there are some people out there who ‘want to make him cold’.
“He told me, ‘I won’t do long here — maybe someone will murder me. He made it sound like there were people from his past – maybe from when he was a paedophile.
Shop manager Farouk Salah-Brahmin said: ‘Brueckner told me he had some information’[/caption]
“Maybe he had clients who are worried about being revealed.
“He was a client of someone famous? I don’t know.” Brueckner then showed off the monitoring tag.
Farouk added: “He said, ‘Look, I’m under control’ then started laughing. It was weird. He clearly finds it funny and he thinks it’s unfair.
I had no idea he was in my town before he walked in. I thought what does he want here in this area?
Farouk
“He told me his case is finished, the prison is finished and we have the GPS. He clearly wants to get on with people, win their confidence.
“But to find an tag you have to wear because you are so dangerous funny is crazy.”
Brueckner enjoying a McDonald’s following his release[/caption]
Brueckner spent an hour in the shop because he needed help setting up his phone and WhatsApp account.
At one point he came in munching a kebab – a day after gobbling a McDonald’s
‘Injustice’
Farouk said it was clear he was the first “real person” Brueckner had spoken to since his release.
Farouk said: “I had no idea he was in my town before he walked in. I thought what does he want here in this area? He was just carrying a backpack and a load of supermarket shopping bags.
“I admit I was afraid. It’s a dangerous guy, and I have to be careful and keep a distance. He was directly in front of me. No space, no barrier. There he was, Christian Brueckner.
“He claimed everything that happened to him was an ‘injustice’.
My colleague recognised him straight away, it was Christian Brueckner wearing a long fake beard. It was stupid. It was obviously still him
Shop worker
“He said he has nothing to do with the things he has been convicted of and accused of.
“I said to him, ‘They found your DNA in one of the victim’s bed’. And he told me, ‘Yes, but also 14 other DNA. He said it wasn’t him. He said all the claims against him had been invented.”
Madeleine McCann went missing on the May 3, 2007[/caption]
Brueckner was released last week after finishing a seven-year term for the 2005 rape and torture of an American woman[/caption]
Farouk said: “I don’t know what he’s really like. Maybe he’s playing a role, being someone he isn’t. Maybe he was lying to me. I think he has been telling people for so long he is innocent he has started to believe it.
“He speaks to you so directly and without any shame so you might believe him. I think he believes what he’s saying. But it’s not true.”
SMIRK OVER COP DONATION
EVIL Brueckner laughed and smirked over the German FBI agent working on his case who had paid for his early release.
Shop manager Farouk said Brueckner had read The Sun exclusive earlier this month about Rebecca K covering a £1,300 court fine he owed.
Farouk said: “Brueckner told me he saw the interview and that was the first time he’d ever seen her. He said he had never heard of this woman before.
“He said it was unbelievable, a surprise she’d paid.
“He laughed like he found it funny but it felt to me he had some more information — that he knew more about her payment than he was saying.”
Rebecca K, 39, said she felt sorry for the fiend and felt his rights were being violated.
She was part of the covert team monitoring Brueckner before a row with colleagues saw her career fizzle out.
Meanwhile, a Domino’s pizza worker said Brueckner had been into their branch twice in two days — disguised in a fake beard.
The worker said: “This guy came in and asked if we had any free pizza. He said he had just got out of jail and he was hungry.
“My colleague recognised him straight away, it was Christian Brueckner wearing a long fake beard. It was stupid. It was obviously still him.”
Brueckner has been seen twice at different kebab shops, and partying at a nightclub 48 hours after being freed from JVA Sehnde prison, near Hannover.
He was released last Wednesday after finishing a seven-year term for the 2005 rape and torture of an American woman, 72, in Portugal’s Praia da Luz — the same village Madeleine disappeared from.
While he remains German cops’ prime suspect over the disappearance and murder of Madeleine no arrest warrants exist, so there is nothing to keep him behind bars.
Investigators say they have physical evidence Madeleine is dead but no forensic proof tying Brueckner to the case.
Police have confirmed his phone was near Ocean Club, at the time when the McCanns were staying.
Witness Helge Busching claims a year later Brueckner confessed to him at a music festival, in Spain, saying “she didn’t scream”, as the pair discussed Madeleine.
Overwhelming evidence
An exclusive Sun investigation aired as a Channel 4 documentary in May revealed cops are in possession of images that help contribute to their understanding Maddie is dead.
They also seized stories where Brueckner daydreams about snatching and abusing girls.
Despite the overwhelming evidence investigators have been reluctant to charge over the case fearing the lack of forensic proof would harm their chances.
They were also spooked by a court last year clearing Brueckner of other rape and sex assaults — an acquittal which put him on the path to freedom.
Since it became clear that Brueckner would be released this month, the Met have significantly stepped up their activity on the case.
Last week we told how British detectives secretly jetted to Portugal to re-interview as witnesses a German couple he once stayed with.
It also emerged last week that investigators take seriously the prospect Madeleine was snatched to order by human traffickers, potentially with links to Belgium.
Brueckner’s lawyers continue to protest his innocence on all matters.
The beast has been seen twice at different kebab shops, and partying at a nightclub 48 hours after being freed from prison[/caption]
Christian denies involvement in Maddie’s disappearance[/caption]
TIMELINE OF THE MADDIE CASE
HERE’S a timeline of the case which has gripped the world.
May 3, 2007
Madeleine McCann disappears from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, sparking a massive police search and becoming one of the most famous missing persons cases in history.
January 15, 2016
Neighbour reports a possible ‘grave’ at Brueckner’s abandoned factory in East Germany.
Cops find disturbing images on USB sticks and launch a full-scale search.
February 16, 2016
Christian Brueckner is convicted for abusing a girl of five in a park after images found on his laptop.
He was sentenced to 15-months behind bars but was already on the run by then.
May 3, 2017
Around this time, Helge B calls an information hotline after watching a ten-year anniversary special on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
He reports an alleged confession by Christian Brueckner.
September 27, 2018
On-the-run Christian Brueckner is arrested over outstanding drugs claims in Italy.
He is extradited to Germany the following year.
December 16, 2019
Christian Brueckner was convicted, in Germany, for the 2005 rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, after his DNA was matched to a hair found on her bed.
He was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
June 4, 2020
German prosecutors reveal to the world they have a suspect in custody under investigation for the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
For the first time they claim Madeleine is dead.
German media later name him as Christian B (Christian Brueckner).
June 23, 2023
In his first interview, witness Helge B alleges to German newspaper Bild that Christian Brueckner all-but-confessed the Madeleine abduction to him, by allegedly saying “she didn’t scream” as they talked about the case, at a music festival, in Spain.
February 16, 2024
Brueckner goes on trial accused of none-McCann allegations of rape and sex assault, in Braunschweig, Germany.
Prosecutors hope for a conviction to keep him behind bars permanently and lead to McCann charges.
October 8, 2024
Brueckner was acquitted of all claims.
Prosecutors launch an appeal, however. Decision pending.
June 1, 2025
Police order a renewed search for clues in Praia Da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal.
It lasts for just three days.
September 17, 2025
Christian Brueckner released from jail after serving sentence for rape and allowed to walk free.
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