Since February, Christian Brückner, 47, has been on trial on accusations of three rapes and two charges of sexual abuse.
The claims, which originate from 2000 to 2017, have nothing to do with McCann’s case, in which Brückner has never been charged and denies any involvement.
Chief prosecutor Ute Lindemann called Brückner a “dangerous, psychopathic sadist” on Wednesday and recommended that, after serving his sentence, he be put in preventative prison.
Regarding one of the rape allegations, it was determined that the statute of limitations had run out, so it was left out of the prosecution’s recommended sentence.
Lindemann, however, requested a sentence of two years for the two counts of sexual assault and thirteen years for the two remaining counts of rape.
A “high degree of certainty” existed, according to her, that Brückner would reoffend.
Brückner’s lawyers have previously argued the lawsuit is founded on “very shaky foundations”.
In addition, they have questioned whether their client will be granted a fair trial given that prosecutors have publicly connected them to Madeleine’s abduction. In 2020, he was identified as the primary suspect in the McCann investigation.
In 2007, Madeleine McCann, then three years old, vanished while on vacation with her family in Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal.
