Brueckner is planning to fund his escape from Germany by launching a website so that supporters can send him donations, and is hoping locals will pitch in to rid their city of him
Brueckner could now move beyond the reach of German prosecutors(Image: NX)
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has vowed to leave Germany after a court ruled security restrictions imposed upon him are partially unlawful.
The sex offender has been living in a tent in a forest in the north of the country since being released from jail in September. But in a new blow to Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry, he is now preparing to move abroad after a newly revealed judgement by judges at the Upper Regional Court of Celle.
In response, Brueckner last night told a friend: “Once I’ve done all I need to here, there are a few more legal procedural issues I need to deal with, and then I will leave. It’s clear I don’t even have to stay here and never did. They just lied to me and they’ve no right.”
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The new court ruling will come as a new blow to Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The convicted rapist, who is receiving unemployment benefits while job-hunting, is planning to fund his escape from Germany by launching a website so that supporters can send him donations. And he is hoping some residents living close to him, who are angry that he is staying in their city, will pitch in in order to get rid of him.
He told a friend: “I just need to get some money together. And if people want me to leave then they make this possible by helping me to this end.”
The court ruling, obtained by the Sunday Mirror, said: “The law does not authorise restricting the right of supervision to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. There are concerns regarding the instruction imposed by the enforcement chamber requiring the convicted person to take up residence within Germany. The convicted person cannot, under threat of punishment, be ordered to live at a particular place.”
The court ruled Brueckner should continue to wear an electronic ankle tag, which the German authorities are using to monitor his movements 24/7 for the next five years. However, it is understood the device will not work if he leaves the country.
Brueckner, who is now living in a tent in a forest, was forced to move from a previous bolthole after his location was leaked(Image: Phil Harris)
Brueckner has claimed he has also been put under constant surveillance by police, who he says follow him around wherever he goes. He denies any involvement over Madeleine, who vanished at the age of three while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007.
He was released from jail on September 17 after serving seven years for raping an American pensioner in Praia da Luz, on Portugal’s Algarve, in 2005. German prosecutors have identified him as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance while she was on holiday in the same resort.
The drifter lived in the area at the time, but he has never been charged in relation to the crime. It is unclear where Brueckner is planning to move to, but his lawyer previously told the Mirror he could head to a nation that has no extradition to his homeland or the UK, including Suriname.
Madeleine disappeared aged three while on a family holiday in Praia da Luz (Image: METROPOLITAN POLICE/AFP via Gett)
Brueckner had been expecting to face another protest by locals in his new hometown yesterday, but it was called off minutes before it was due to start following a row between rival factions of protesters. A previous demonstration saw a group of more than 150 people, including mums who have been patrolling the area where he is staying, take to the streets.
Brueckner last night bizarrely appeared to attempt to take credit for the protests, suggesting fury at his presence is making the area safer. Speaking to a friend, he added: “These demonstrations will actually end up making the city safer as they are protests all about local people demanding better policing, safer streets and so forth.
“I’m really, really proud that I have been the trigger for all of this because it means because of me the city might now end up becoming much safer. People got energised and took to the streets trying to make the town a better and a safer place and here I was also at the heart of all of this.”