2 Jun 2023

A trail of breadcrumbs towards evidence in McCann search

From Morning Report, 6:21 am on 2 June 2023
Portuguese Judicial Police (PJ) criminal investigation unit members remove equipment set near the Arade dam in Silves on May 25, 2023, after the completion of the search operation in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Portuguese Judicial Police criminal investigation unit members remove equipment set near the Arade dam in Silves on 25 May, 2023, after the completion of the search operation in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Photo: AFP / Filipe Amorim

German prosecutors say a number of items recovered in searches last week may be linked to the Madeleine McCann case, but haven't been confirmed as evidence.

The searches took place around a reservoir in Portugal, at the request of German investigators.

German police have issued a statement confirming convicted sex offender Christian Bruckner is still a suspect in the three-year-old's disappearance in 2007.

Our German correspondent Thomas Sparrow spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.