Madeleine McCann suspect's trial on separate charges suspended

FILE PHOTO: Members of Scotland Yard work at an area during the search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, near Lagos, June 5, 2014.REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo

BRUNSWICK, Germany (Reuters) -The trial of a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann on unrelated sexual abuse charges was suspended within moments of opening on Friday after the defence cited social media posts indicating a lay judge might be biased.

The court postponed the trial by a week to rule on whether the lay judge should be removed over Tweets in which she allegedly called for the killing of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and of an animal torturer.