Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner tells his lawyer he 'DIDN'T kill her' as pictures of little girls' swimming costumes found in his motorhome in Germany are revealed
Christian Brueckner claims he had nothing to do with Madeleine McCann's disappearance as it emerged police found a stash of girls' swimming costumes in the convicted paedophile's motorhome.
Brueckner reportedly drove the 30ft-long American-style vehicle, which he also lived in for a time, back and forth between Portugal and Germany.
It is not clear when Brueckner bought the 30-year-old Tiffin Allegro but he was known to be driving a vehicle matching its description in 2007, when Madeleine, three, vanished.
Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher said his client - who is languishing in solitary confinement in a German prison - 'denied any involvement' in Madeleine's case, The Mirror reports.
People who knew him described a 'large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan,' which he allegedly bragged could hide 'drugs and children'.'





Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher (left) said his client - who is languishing in solitary confinement in a German prison - 'denied any involvement' in Madeleine's case, The Mirror reports. Right: Brueckner
Police investigating the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke – known as the 'German Maddie' – found the vehicle during a search of a disused box factory in Neuwegersleben, near Braunschweig [Brunswick] in northern Germany, in May 2016.
It was parked on land Brueckner bought six years earlier at auction. Brueckner, a convicted drug dealer and rapist, was under suspicion after Inga vanished from woods during a family outing.

One of the girls' swimsuits found in the motorhome which the convicted paedophile reportedly drove back and forth between Portugal and Germany
Germany's Spiegel TV reported that during a six-day search of the site detectives found numerous items of children's clothing, most of them 'small swimsuits' in the motorhome. Brueckner does not have any children.
Police also found six memory sticks with more than 8,000 files, mostly containing pictures and videos of child abuse. They were in a bag in a hole in the ground, underneath the body of his dead dog. Brueckner, now 43, was convicted of possessing the child porn but not charged in relation to Inga. He was identified as a suspect in the McCann case in recent weeks and police near Hanover have reopened the file into Inga's disappearance, looking again at Brueckner.
It is alleged the motorhome was seen on Portugal's Algarve on several occasions around 2007.
A former ambulance driver called Dieter, whose daughter knew Brueckner, said he was given a tour of the vehicle. He added: 'As I looked inside, I asked him: 'Herr Brueckner, what do you do in Portugal? What is your job?' He told me: 'I work, I get money, because I have a special business. I transport grass [cannabis] in my van.'
Dieter revealed to the Mail on Sunday: 'Brueckner told me again, 'I have 50kg of grass, and I transport it around Europe'. I thought he was joking at the time. He said, 'In my van, I can take 50kg of grass – nobody can see it ... I can transport children, kids, in this space. Drugs and children, you can transport them in this van – it's a safe space in the van. Nobody can find them. Nobody can catch you'.'
It is not known where the motorhome is now. Asked if it was a potential lead, the German prosecutor running the Madeleine case, Hans Christian Wolters, said: 'Maybe, but I can't comment on it.' Brueckner has denied any involvement in her disappearance.
Meanwhile, it emerged yesterday that he could be released from jail as early as next month.


Germany's Spiegel TV reported that during a six-day search of the site detectives found numerous items of children's clothing, most of them 'small swimsuits' (pictured) in the motorhome


People who knew him described a 'large cream-coloured Winnebago campervan,' which he allegedly bragged could hide 'drugs and children'

Brueckner, now 43, was convicted of possessing the child porn but not charged in relation to Inga Gehricke – known as the 'German Maddie'
Brueckner is serving time for drugs charges but has applied to be released early after completing two-thirds of his sentence.
Separately, he was found guilty of raping a 72-year-old American woman in Praia da Luz – where Madeleine disappeared – in 2005 and jailed for seven years but has appealed against that sentence.
The case is now being considered by the European Court of Justice, which will make a decision by July 17. Other new pictures emerged showing Brueckner larking around including putting a bag on his head.
A friend also alleged he boasted about breaking into holiday apartments in Portugal wearing swimming goggles to disguise his identity.
Brueckner ran a small store selling drinks and snacks in Braunschweig between 2012 and 2014. He would shower youngsters with toys and teddy bears as they walked to a school barely 100 yards from the kiosk.
In 2013, police allegedly tipped Brueckner off about the investigation, giving him ample time to destroy evidence.
Germany's federal criminal police contacted police in Braunschweig for more information about the suspect after receiving a confidential tip-off, Spiegal reported.
But while calling the suspect in, police specified in their letter that it had to do with the 'Madeleine McCann missing persons case' and 'personal examination of Christian B'.
Brueckner told a friend - who gave his name only as Bjorn R - that he played no part in Madeleine's disappearance after being handed a subpoena by police, The Sun reports.

Christian Brueckner is the latest man to be linked with Madeleine's disappearance after a long history of offences
The friend spoke out as part of the Spiegel TV documentary. He said: 'One day I came into the kiosk and he was a little bit distraught and said, "Hey, look what I've got here" — and he showed me a subpoena for the Madeleine McCann case.
'You could see it churned him up a bit but he wasn't panicking and he wasn't saying "they are on my heels".
'I think he said he had been there but that he had nothing to do with it and that was that.'
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