Main suspect in Madeleine McCann case released from German prison

Authorities say they no longer have legal justification to hold Christian Brückner in jail after serving rape sentence

The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was freed on Wednesday as German authorities admit they no longer have legal justification to hold him in jail.

Christian Brückner, 49, was released from prison in Sehnde, northern Germany, after serving a sentence for the rape of an American woman, then 72 years old, in Portugal in 2005, a reporter for the AFP news agency at the scene reported.