A MYSTERY woman has paid Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner’s £1,200 of outstanding fines.
The monster’s release date from prison is now confirmed for September 17 after prosecutors had hoped to keep him behind bars.
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Madeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3, 2007Credit: AFP
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Prime suspect Christian Brueckner is imprisoned in GermanyCredit: Dan Charity
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German cops searched through scrubland to find links to BrucknerCredit: Dan Charity
Brueckner, 48, owed €1,446 (£1,232) for a fine from a previous conviction, Bild reports.
The unpaid money had been hoped to keep Brueckner behind bars until the end of January – giving investigators crucial time to bring charges over the missing British toddler.
But an anonymous donor has now paid the fine – allowing Brueckner to walk free when he was due to.
Brueckner’s own lawyers revealed the mystery woman’s help in German newspaper Bild but it remains unclear who she is.
Tuesday marks exactly three months until the man suspected of kidnapping and killing the three-year-old Brit will walk free.
Brueckner’s lawyers claim the fiend plans to live on German millionaire playboy island of Sylt, where Brueckner previously dealt drugs.
But prosecutors fear he has plans to leave Germany.
If he travels to a non-extradition country it could be impossible to bring him back for a court case.
Brueckner is also reported to have had extensive cosmetic surgery in the past to alter his appearance raising the possibility he could do it again.
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He has a long history of evading court sentences and police.
The mystery payment comes after a gun was reportedly found during the latest search near Bruckner’s former ramshackle cottage in the Praia da Luz area.
The 48-year-old German sex offender is said to have carried a gun with him during his time living in the Algarve.
The three-day search had widely been labelled a flop after police appeared to leave the site next to Praia da Luz empty-handed last week.
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Portuguese police spent three days searching for clues around Madeleine last weekCredit: AFP
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Police have been searching various sites in and around the resort of Pria du LuzCredit: Dan Charity
As eagle-eyed police did find tiny fragments, which they are speculating could have links to Madeleine after prime suspect Brueckner wild camped at the site, the Berlin Morning Post reported.
The samples were sent to Germany for testing amid hopes they could finally reveal the forensic link cops are missing on the case.
Cops are understood to have found clothes and animal bones during the extensive search through an area known as Brueckner’s “rat run”.
Without evidence pinning Madeleine’s disappearance to the convicted German rapist, prosecutors risk not being able to get the arrest warrant they need to keep Brueckner behind bars.
The search took place around an area of scrubland which is located close to where the British toddler was staying with her parents back in 2007.
It was reported that animal bones and adult clothing were the only things unearthed – but no traces could be linked to Madeleine.
This quickly dashed hopes of pinning Brueckner with fresh DNA evidence until the latest developments today.
It comes as The Sun uncovered new Maddie evidence in a bombshell documentary.
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