Girlfriend of Maddy McCann suspect reveals key detail
The former girlfriend of a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has revealed a bombshell admission he once made to her.
German sex offender Christian Brueckner has long been the sole suspect in the abduction of three-year-old Madeleine, and in 2014, he made a chilling remark to his girlfriend Nakscije Miftari.
While at a party in their German apartment, Maddy's disappearance was brought up, prompting Christian to fall silent.
"I remember he made no answer to the question," she told The Mail on Sunday in an exclusive interview.
Ms Miftari said she pressed Brueckner on Madeleine's disappearance after their guests had left, prompting him to open up about what he knew.
"He said, 'I know about Maddie, I was near the hotel at the time. I was living in the area at the time. I am not going to say anything more. I am not a stupid guy, I am a businessman'," she recalled.
The admission is the first known instance of Christian admitting to being in the area where Madeleine was last seen.
Madeleine vanished from her family's hotel room at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, in Portugal’s Algarve region, in 2007 while her parents had dinner at a nearby restaurant.
German detectives identified Christian Brueckner, 44, as the main suspect in her disappearance last year, but are yet to file any charges against him in relation to the high-profile case.
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