Westmeath Woman Fears Release Of McCann Suspect

She alleges she was raped by the man.

A Westmeath woman who alleges she was raped by the main suspect in the disappearance of  Madelaine McCann says she lives in fear of his release from prison.

48-year-old Christian Brueckner is due to be released later this year after completing his sentence in Germany for the rape of a 72 year old woman in Portugal in 2005.

He was acquitted by a German court in relation to the charge of violent rape of Hazel Behan at her apartment in the Algarve.

The Mullingar woman says she does fear him:

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