Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner cleared of rape charges

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been cleared of all charges over sex crimes unconnected to the three-year-old’s disappearance.

Brueckner has been on trial in Germany where he was accused of raping women and exposing himself to children in Portugal. 

Madeleine was abducted from her parents’ hotel room in the Portuguese resort of Praia Da Luz in 2007.

(This story is being updated)