The man German prosecutors believe is responsible for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has arrived in court to stand trial on a slew of sex abuse charges - his first public appearance in four years. It's the first time the convicted sex offender has been seen in public since 2020, when he was snapped clambering into an ambulance to receive treatment after being assaulted in prison. The 47-year-old stands accused of three rapes and two indecent assaults in cases relating to five women and girls aged between 10 and 80 years old - charges the convicted sex offender shamelessly told MailOnline were 'ridiculous'. Brueckner, 47, was sensationally named in June 2020 by German police as the man responsible for Madeleine's abduction and murder while on holiday with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann. The then three year old from Rothley, Leicestershire, was snatched from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on Portugal's Algarve coast in May 2007 and since then has not been seen or heard of since. #madeleinemccann #disappearanceofmadeleinemccann #maddiemccann #fyp #news #uknews #christianbrueckner #trial #disappearance #abducted #missing #missingchild #missingperson #crime #truecrime #algarve #portugal #suspect