Christian Brüeckner fate will heard in a behind-closed-doors hearing that will determine if the suspect Brüeckner should be freed from jail on an electronic tag Missing Madeleine McCann (Image: PA)

Law chiefs are to hold a secret hearing to determine if the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann ’s disappearance should be freed from jail on an electronic tag. ‌

The move is the first step in the process of releasing Christian Brüeckner , 48, from prison where he has been serving a prison sentence for an unconnected sex crime. German police identified him as the man they believe was behind the then-three-year-old Brit girl’s disappearance from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007. ‌

Prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has said he was ‘100% sure’ Brüeckner murdered

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