12 year old girl, is afraid that Christian Brueckner has it in for her

A little girl who was molested by the main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case is afraid he will target her again when he is released.

The Portuguese girl's mother said her daughter, now 12, fears Christian Brueckner will seek revenge after her evidence puts him behind bars.

German investigators believe convicted pedophile and rapist Brueckner, 44, abducted and killed three-year-old Madeleine in 2007.

In a TV documentary by Germany's Bild newspaper, the mother said, “My daughter is afraid when I talk about Christian B. in public. She asks what will happen when he gets out of prison.

“She is panic-stricken for my life and hers.”

The girl was just eight years old in 2017 when Brückner exposed himself to her in a playground at a village festival in San Bartolomeu de Messines, Portugal.

The mother recalled, “My daughter came running and said, 'There's a man, he's showing his willy.

“I went there immediately. There is a small house in the playground where Christian B. was sitting with his pants down. He looked at my daughter and said, 'Hey you, what's your name?

“' He was totally drunk, maybe there were other drugs involved. We then called the police.”

After his arrest, Brückner was deported to Germany to serve an outstanding prison sentence for sex crimes against children. He was named the prime suspect in the McCann case after phone records showed him in Praia da Luz, Portugal, where the girl disappeared while on vacation.

He vehemently denies any involvement.