Main suspect in McCann disappearance accused of raping Irish woman found not guilty [Video]

LAST UPDATE | 19 hrs ago

THE MAIN SUSPECT in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been found not guilty after he was accused of five sex crimes, including the rape a young Irish woman in Portugal.

The case has been closely watched as the German convicted pedophile Christian Brueckner (47) could be set free as early as next year.

Brueckner is currently behind bars, serving a sentence for raping a 72-year-old US tourist in 2005 in Praia da Luz – the same seaside resort where Madeleine went missing two years later.

Prosecutors in his latest trial had called for him to be jailed for a further 15 years, describing him as a “dangerous psychopathic sadist”.

Brueckner was accused of five separate sex crimes including rape and child sex abuse allegedly committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

He has this morning been cleared of all charges.

The man was accused of raping an Irish woman …