Maddie: Cops yet to speak to her parents
German prosecutor on one-year probe
A PROSECUTION team have not spoken to the parents of Madeleine McCann since identifying their prime suspect ONE YEAR AGO.
It is 12 months on Wednesday since convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner was named by German authorities as the man they believe responsible for the British girl’s disappearance.
But prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters says the probe will take “several” more months. And he angrily hit back at critics who fear it is unlikely there will be any prosecution of Brueckner, 44.
Asked if his team have had any contact with Madeleine’s parents Kate, 52, and Gerry, 53, Mr Wolters told the Sunday Mirror: “No.”
He added: “I don’t care who believes what. We are seriously and diligently trying to clear up the disappearance of
Madeleine and will not be rushed. Quality comes before speed. The only thing that counts is whether we have investigated well and comprehensively. That is the standard by which we must be judged.”
The German probe follows efforts by police in Portugal and the UK to solve the case. It was earlier claimed there is “concrete evidence” against Brueckner, who was in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, at the time Madeleine vanished.
Mr Wolters added: “The investigation is progressing and will take quite some time, i.e. several months. We are missing important information. We want no stone unturned. Whether there will be an indictment in the end, I cannot foresee at the moment.”
Mr Wolters said last June he believed Madeleine is dead and he was “very confident” of a prosecution. Last month he added: “I am optimistic we will solve this case.”
But Brueckner, serving seven years for raping a 72-year-old woman in Praia, has not been interviewed. His lawyer denies any link to Madeleine, from Rothley, Leics.
She vanished days before her fourth birthday in 2007.
It will take months, we will leave no stone unturned... HERR WOLTERS HEAD OF PROBE IN GERMANY