Prosecutor's office makes a public statement: - Police officer on trial as Christian B. stands accused.
During a recent trial against Christian B., who is also suspected in the Madeleine McCann case, witnesses were cross-examined regarding a raid and the finding of evidence at an abandoned factory site in Neuwegersleben, Saxony-Anhalt. A neighbor, speaking at the Braunschweig court on a Tuesday, shared that his dog had uncovered something pungent in a hole in the ground. It turned out to be a bit of fabric that reeked of decay. Due to his girlfriend being a police officer, he relayed the discovery.
Upon inspection, a deceased dog and USB drives, images, and documents - including depictions of child abuse - were discovered on the property. The accused, a 47-year-old German, allegedly purchased the land years earlier with monies acquired from a burglary in Portugal. The defense for the man put forth a request to exclude this evidence during the trial, accusing the raid of being unlawful.
Christian B. is on trial for three rapes and two instances of child sexual abuse in Braunschweig. However, the trial is not about the McCann case, despite the defendant being connected to the disappearance of the three-year-old from a Portuguese holiday complex in 2007. Legal presumption of innocence still applies.
Tuesday saw the defense targeting the testimony of the second witness, the defendant's girlfriend. Lawyer Friedrich Fülsche dismissed the witness's statements entirely. Uncovering a rather astonishing detail, the police officer admitted she had visited the site prior to the discovery, without any proper warrants. Where she secured photographs and disseminated them to an investigator involved in the Inga case, who vanished on May 2, 2015.
The mysterious case of the five-year-old girl from Schönebeck, who went on a day trip with her family to Wilhelmshof near Stendal, left enigmatic markings. The specifics of what transpired remain unclear.
Since Christian B. was publicly uncovered as a suspect in the McCann case in 2020, a comprehensive inquiry into possible links to Inga was instituted. The officer confessed to having received information about the unsettling occurrences from the neighbor, a sign that something was amiss. Yet, it was not until she was prompted that she divulged the details of her dealings with Braunschweig investigators. Aside from the defense, the judge also took issue with the testimony, reminding her of her oath to utter truth and her prior hesitancy in answering.
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- The public prosecutor's office in Germany is currently overseeing processes related to the Madeleine McCann case, with Christian B. standing trial as a suspect.
- During the trial, witnesses discussed a raid at an abandoned factory site in Neuwegersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, where evidence of child abuse was discovered.
- The defendant, a German man, purchased the property where the evidence was found using funds from a burglary in Portugal.
- Tensions arose during the trial as the defense argued that the raid was unlawful and sought to exclude the evidence found.
- Madeleine McCann's disappearance from a Portuguese holiday complex in 2007 is connected to Christian B., but the current trial is not directly related to the McCann case.
- The trial is focused on Christian B.'s alleged crimes in Great Britain, including three rapes and two instances of child sexual abuse in Lower Saxony, specifically in Braunschweig.
- Witnesses, including the defendant's girlfriend, provided testimony during the trial, but one witness's credibility was questioned due to her visit to the site prior to the discovery.
- The Great Britain police and the public prosecutor's office in Portugal are collaborating in the investigation into the Madeleine case, as the defendant has previously been a suspect.
- The raid on the abandoned factory site in Saxony-Anhalt has led to further investigations in Braunschweig Regional Court, where important pieces of evidence in the Madeleine McCann case are being processed and analyzed.
