Mystery emails found linking suspect to Madeleine McCann in major breakthrough

Police officers in Germany have apparently found two email accounts linking a suspect in a separate case to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007, it has been reported.

A case unrelated to the disappearance of the British girl is taking place in Germany. The case involves Christian Brueckner, a convicted rapist, and the email revelations came to light in court this week.

A detective giving evidence in the separate case said there were two email accounts linking the German national with the daughter of Gerry and Kate McCann.

Madeleine went missing from an apartment complex while on holiday with her parents and siblings in Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve coast in 2007. 

The court was told one of the emails was allegedly used by the defendant to swap sex abuse images online but that messages from the first half of 2007, when Maddie went missing, had been deleted.

The missing girl has never been found and nobody has ever been charged over her disappearance. 

This news comes just weeks after her parents released a statement on the 17th anniversary of her disappearance, saying “the absence still aches”.

In a message issued on the official Find Madeleine website, Kate and Gerry McCann said: “It’s 17 years since Madeleine was taken from us.

“It’s hard to even say that number without shaking our heads in disbelief.

“Whilst we are fortunate in many ways and able to live a relatively normal and enjoyable life now, the ‘living in limbo’ is still very unsettling. And the absence still aches.”

The couple added: “Your support continues to encourage us and bolsters our strength to keep going. We know the love and hope for Madeleine and the will to find her, even after so many years, remains, and we are truly thankful for that.

“Thank you again for remembering Madeleine and all missing children.”