ITV News has traced the whereabouts of Christian Brueckner, the man German police suspect of abducting three-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007.
He lives in a tent in woodland in northern Germany, after being moved out of government accommodation, hotels and hostels due to protests from angry locals.
ITV News discovered his living situation and witnessed him making calls in dense woodland next to a tent with a tarpaulin covering, a bicycle, a sleeping bag, water, and half-eaten jars of food.
When Brueckner was asked about Madeleine McCann, he lashed out, knocking out the camera’s microphone.
Christian Brueckner, 47, was released from prison in Germany earlier this year after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Portugal in 2005. He also has previous convictions for child sex abuse and drug trafficking.
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