German court drops trial of suspect in Madeleine McCann case - Bild


FILE PHOTO: A candle burns to mark the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from a holiday flat in Portugal, near her home in Rothley, Britain May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Staples

BERLIN (Reuters) - A court in the German city of Braunschweig has rejected a possible rape trial for Christian Brueckner, who was formally identified as an official suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, the Bild daily reported in Thursday.

The possible trial of Brueckner collapsed because the court deemed itself not to have jurisdiction over the case and lifted the arrest warrant against him, Bild cited Brueckner's lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher as saying.

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