Germany/Portugal - Christian Brueckner, 27 @ time of 1st crime (2004), charged with sexual assault crimes, Praia de Rocha, Portugal. #3

[Niner]

Friday, April 12th:
*Trial continues (Day 8) (@ 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 (unknown victim) (on tape: 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 (unknown victim) 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 Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Mar. 14, Apr. 2 & Apr. 10)
Trial dates: April 12, 17, 19, 24, 25, May 2, 3, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, June 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, July 5, August 5, 15, 16, Sept. 5, 26, 27, Oct. 2, 7, 8, 21 & Oct. 22, 2024. (Expected to last up to 8 months, it was 3 months).
Presiding Judge Dr. Engemann. Lead 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 Jan. 18, 2024 & Trial Day 1-6 (Feb. 16, Feb. 23, Mar. 1, Apr. 2, Apr. 5, Apr. 10) reference post #124 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rimes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-3.708597/page-7
April 10, 2024 Trial Day 7: Witnesses: Andrea Barth went on holiday to Lagos in Portugal in 2003 with friend Yvonne Baumann & they were collected from the airport by Brueckner. She told the court in Braunschweig that they were taken to a remote property by him where he was squatting.
Nadia Prepeluh. She said that she befriended Helge Busching & Michael Tatschl, who knew Brueckner, when she moved to Portugal at the age of 30.
For more info see posts #126 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...rimes-praia-de-rocha-portugal-3.708597/page-7
Trial continues on Friday, April 12, 2024 @ 9am.

 

[RichardKimble]

Think they have moved onto the Masturbation in front of the 11 yr old.

It's paywall but this is the heading.

Christian B case: He is said to have masturbated before the age of 11​

Braunschweig. The 47-year-old Christian B. is said to have satisfied himself in June 2017 in front of an 11-year-old. Several Portuguese witnesses are interviewed in Braunschweig.

Fall Christian B.: Zeugin berichtet unter Tränen von Missbrauch

Der 47-jährige Christian B. soll sich im Juni 2017 vor einer 11-Jährigen selbstbefriedigt haben. In Braunschweig werden mehrere portugiesische Zeugen befragt.

www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de

 

[Pixie Child]

This mini trial of the MM case is most bizarre but it seems to be the Defence introducing it in order to attack HB’s credibility.

British cops on McCann case will be asked to testify in German trial

The sensational development could mean for the first time detectives from Scotland Yard who have been investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine will have to disclose what they know.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Davieson]

I don't suppose British detectives restricted their questioning solely to MM related topics and if HB's responses differ to what he told BKA about CB, then it could bring his credibility into question. I can't imagine that they will say anything about MM.

 

[mrjitty]

This mini trial of the MM case is most bizarre but it seems to be the Defence introducing it in order to attack HB’s credibility.

British cops on McCann case will be asked to testify in German trial

The sensational development could mean for the first time detectives from Scotland Yard who have been investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine will have to disclose what they know.

www.dailymail.co.uk

i’ve always believed the defence would do this sort of thing in any MM trial.

 

[Anxala]

Think they have moved onto the Masturbation in front of the 11 yr old.

It's paywall but this is the heading.

Christian B case: He is said to have masturbated before the age of 11​

Braunschweig. The 47-year-old Christian B. is said to have satisfied himself in June 2017 in front of an 11-year-old. Several Portuguese witnesses are interviewed in Braunschweig.

Fall Christian B.: Zeugin berichtet unter Tränen von Missbrauch

Der 47-jährige Christian B. soll sich im Juni 2017 vor einer 11-Jährigen selbstbefriedigt haben. In Braunschweig werden mehrere portugiesische Zeugen befragt.

www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de

So they're leaving the main case - HaB - to the end. That makes sense, get the two unknowns out of the way, then the two Child SAs which will presumably be reasonably straightforward as both were physically witnessed.

 

[RichardKimble]

This mini trial of the MM case is most bizarre but it seems to be the Defence introducing it in order to attack HB’s credibility.

British cops on McCann case will be asked to testify in German trial

The sensational development could mean for the first time detectives from Scotland Yard who have been investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine will have to disclose what they know.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Besides Edgar there is also a bar owner who HeB claims he showed clips of the videos to, she denies all knowledge and is to testify according to the paywalled piece from last week.

 

[RichardKimble]

i’ve always believed the defence would do this sort of thing in any MM trial.

I said before the trial started that the witnesses may prove pivotal in the MM case.

 

[RichardKimble]

This mini trial of the MM case is most bizarre but it seems to be the Defence introducing it in order to attack HB’s credibility.

British cops on McCann case will be asked to testify in German trial

The sensational development could mean for the first time detectives from Scotland Yard who have been investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine will have to disclose what they know.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The other side to that could be, HeB brought it up in court and they have heard his side now the court needs to hear OGs side ,of course we know publicly he said he contacted OG.

 

[RichardKimble]

Think they have moved onto the Masturbation in front of the 11 yr old.

It's paywall but this is the heading.

Christian B case: He is said to have masturbated before the age of 11​

Braunschweig. The 47-year-old Christian B. is said to have satisfied himself in June 2017 in front of an 11-year-old. Several Portuguese witnesses are interviewed in Braunschweig.

Fall Christian B.: Zeugin berichtet unter Tränen von Missbrauch

Der 47-jährige Christian B. soll sich im Juni 2017 vor einer 11-Jährigen selbstbefriedigt haben. In Braunschweig werden mehrere portugiesische Zeugen befragt.

www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de

The mirror ran with it.

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'exposed himself to girl, 11, in Algarve town', court hears​

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is standing trial for a string of vile sex attacks over 17 years, as a court heard he allegedly exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl

Christian Brueckner 'exposed himself to girl, 11, in Algarve town', court hears

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is standing trial for a string of vile sex attacks over 17 years, as a court heard he allegedly exposed himself to an 11-year-old girl

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[RichardKimble]

Meanwhile ,Rob Pattison senior district reporter reports.


A DAD told a court today how he had throttled Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner after he exposed himself to children under a park slide.

The parent grabbed the monster after witnessing him expose himself to a youngster of just 11, at a playground in Portugal then held onto him until cops arrived, in 2017.

I throttled Maddie suspect Breuckner when creep flashed a child in park

A DAD told a court today how he had throttled Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner after he exposed himself to children under a park slide. The parent grabbed the monster after witnessing h…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Anxala]

This mini trial of the MM case is most bizarre but it seems to be the Defence introducing it in order to attack HB’s credibility.

British cops on McCann case will be asked to testify in German trial

The sensational development could mean for the first time detectives from Scotland Yard who have been investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine will have to disclose what they know.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Bizarre or just the Defence doing the professional job it's hired to do? If it turns out that HeB's account in 2017 is more or less the same account he recently gave in court, than that's a good result for the prosecution. Wouldn't you welcome that?

If, on the other hand, HeB's statement in his 2017 interview with SY's DC Mark Draycott differs significantly from what he's said in court, then you should welcome that too since it's all part of the justice process.

Because we're here for justice to be served, right?

 

[Mex]

Bizarre or just the Defence doing the professional job it's hired to do? If it turns out that HeB's account in 2017 is more or less the same account he recently gave in court, than that's a good result for the prosecution. Wouldn't you welcome that?

If, on the other hand, HeB's statement in his 2017 interview with SY's DC Mark Draycott differs significantly from what he's said in court, then you should welcome that too since it's all part of the justice process.

Because we're here for justice to be served, right?

Absolutely! and my understanding of the process is

• information gathering
• leading to the identification of a suspect supported by evidence
• elimination of the suspect or sufficient evidence collected enabling charges to be brought
• with justice being served as a result of the subsequent trial

That another case entirely should be brought to trial circumventing that due process occurring would actually be an infringement of the rights of everyone involved in the five cases which have gone through the process to bring them before judges for consideration. Notwithstanding that it would be unlawful and the antithesis of the rule of law

 

[Denis R Tandib]

Absolutely! and my understanding of the process is

• information gathering
• leading to the identification of a suspect supported by evidence
• elimination of the suspect or sufficient evidence collected enabling charges to be brought
• with justice being served as a result of the subsequent trial

That another case entirely should be brought to trial circumventing that due process occurring would actually be an infringement of the rights of everyone involved in the five cases which have gone through the process to bring them before judges for consideration. Notwithstanding that it would be unlawful and the antithesis of the rule of law

The grey area is the investigation - probably your three points above.

The BKA has one investigation. It is centred on CB, and IMO its focus is the MM case. Therefore, it is impossible to untangle evidence from one crime and others. Take Das Buch for example, it is likely considered evidence in all the crimes CB has been connected with.

 

[Davieson]

Absolutely! and my understanding of the process is

• information gathering
• leading to the identification of a suspect supported by evidence
• elimination of the suspect or sufficient evidence collected enabling charges to be brought
• with justice being served as a result of the subsequent trial

That another case entirely should be brought to trial circumventing that due process occurring would actually be an infringement of the rights of everyone involved in the five cases which have gone through the process to bring them before judges for consideration. Notwithstanding that it would be unlawful and the antithesis of the rule of law

I think the issue will be whether OG restricted themselves purely to questions about MM.. If they didn't, then it is reasonable for the defence to know what HB said and if it broadly matched what he said to BKA

IMO

 

[Mex]

I think the issue will be whether OG restricted themselves purely to questions about MM.. If they didn't, then it is reasonable for the defence to know what HB said and if it broadly matched what he said to BKA

IMO

It defies logic that provision of evidence sufficient to indict a suspect for five separate offences is addressed by the the defence swinging off on a tangent at the expense of the five trials in progress.
It is insulting to due process that fantasising about a non existent case for which no charges have been made and for which there is no trial has become a focus in long delayed trials concerning serious sexual offences.

 

[Mex]

The grey area is the investigation - probably your three points above.

The BKA has one investigation. It is centred on CB, and IMO its focus is the MM case. Therefore, it is impossible to untangle evidence from one crime and others. Take Das Buch for example, it is likely considered evidence in all the crimes CB has been connected with.

CB is not presently on trial regarding any offences other than the five for which he was indicted and is standing trial.

CB may very well have weaved a tangled web throughout his criminal career and any charges and convictions were all stand alone and conducted on their merits.

The reason he did not face charges in the IG case is that there was no evidence with which to charge him. The fact there was no trial did not cancel out the fact that he was investigated. Which has a similar outcome to other cases CB's defence team would like to divert to almost certainly causing confusion if not five + one mistrials.

I don't think the prosecution or the judges will allow that level of purposeful derailment.

 

[mrjitty]

I see it as completely normal to corroborate the witness testimony. He said he made a report to police, and that report should have been included in the original investigation file in order to substantiate that claim. The defence is justified to require the evidence/testimony to establish the truth of it.

There is no breach of due process or attempt to litigate a different case here. If the UK police don't corroborate this point, then it is not great for the credibility of this key witness.

 

[mrjitty]

Bizarre or just the Defence doing the professional job it's hired to do? If it turns out that HeB's account in 2017 is more or less the same account he recently gave in court, than that's a good result for the prosecution. Wouldn't you welcome that?

If, on the other hand, HeB's statement in his 2017 interview with SY's DC Mark Draycott differs significantly from what he's said in court, then you should welcome that too since it's all part of the justice process.

Because we're here for justice to be served, right?

Right - the defence is entitled to impeach the credibility of the witness by showing his claims don't match to external facts. For instance, if HeB did in fact report CB over a decade ago, then that helps his standing in this case. Especially if he actually included the rape video - even if only in 2017 as that was still a time when he likely did not have any knowledge of the DM rape.

If on the other hand he never actually told the British police any of this, or told them something else, it calls into question whether he is being truthful then or now.

I assume some kind of record from the UK is in the investigative file, which is how they know there is a difference.

This is all very normal.

 

[RichardKimble]

The grey area is the investigation - probably your three points above.

The BKA has one investigation. It is centred on CB, and IMO its focus is the MM case. Therefore, it is impossible to untangle evidence from one crime and others. Take Das Buch for example, it is likely considered evidence in all the crimes CB has been connected with.

Has Das Buch been mentioned yet? except for the defence who want it removed from the evidence pile.