Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner allegedly attacks German cops outside supermarket

The convicted sex offender considered to be the chief suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann allegedly attacked cops outside a German supermarket after taking photographs of them on his cell phone.Christian Brueckner, 49, is accused of clashing with the officers outside a store in Kiel, northern Germany, on June 6, and left one official injured in the dust-up, German outlet Der Spiegel reported. Brueckner – who has never been charged over McCann’s 2007 disappearance – had refused to hand over his phone to police, who didn’t want to be photographed, when he was asked to do so.“During the course of the police intervention, a physical assault or act of resistance against law enforcement officers occurred,” a Kiel police spokeswoman told Der Spiegel. One of the cops suffered a knee injury, and Brueckner is under investigation for the photographs.“The photo was taken from a distance of more than 40 meters [131 feet] and was unproblematic,” his lawyer Philipp Marquort scoffed.“This amounts to the persecution of innocent people.”Brueckner was released from a prison in Sehnde, Germany, in September last year after serving a seven-year sentence for the 2005 rape of an American woman, then 72, which happened in Portugal.After his release, Brueckner was taken to Neumünster, where he was “verbally abused and threatened” by residents after they found out he was living in the town, Agence-France Presse reported. “We were worried that he might hide in one of the cellars,” one concerned resident told the Telegraph.He then headed to Braunschweig in a failed bid to confront the prosecutors who claim he abducted McCann before moving onto Kiel.It was reported in October that Brueckner was living in a tent in Kiel and was being protected by two cops from “possible attacks.”Brueckner’s passport was canceled and he was ordered to wear an electronic tag upon his release from prison.He must declare a place of residence he cannot leave without ...