The convicted rapist and leading suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine launched the fundraiser following his release from jail.
22:37, 08 Nov 2025Updated 22:48, 08 Nov 2025
Christian Brueckner (Image: Phil Harris)
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is said to have set up a bleating GoFundMe fundraising scheme, begging people to send him money so he can leave Germany.
The convicted rapist and leading suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine launched the fundraiser following his release from prison. Brueckner had been serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Portugal’s Algarve region, where little Madeleine went missing.
He previously spoke of setting up the fundraiser, telling a friend: “If people want me to leave then they make this possible by helping me to this end.”
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Now the Mirror reports that Brueckner, 48, is asking for €26,000 (£22,860) to leave Germany using the popular fundraising platform to beg for donations.
In the post addressed to the country’s taxpayers, he said: “I have the chance to leave Germany legally. Finally, a break from the constant wave of suspicion, the prejudgments, and the gruelling witch hunt, and into sunny nowhere. The only thing I’m missing is the money.”
He said for 10 Euros, people could fund his coffee at the airport and that 50 Euros could see him snapping up a one-way ticket to a country without the jurisdiction of Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office.
The monster added: “Germany would have peace and quiet, the media would enjoy a well-deserved summer lull, and you could all say: ‘We have done something good – for the common good.’ Purely humanitarian, of course. Because everyone has the right to rest and a fresh start.”