Brueckner visits Braunschweig prosecutor after release, meeting denied

Christian Brueckner, the man identified by German authorities as the prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann, traveled to the public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig, Germany, days after his release from prison but was denied a meeting with the lead prosecutor, Hans Christian Wolters. Brueckner, who was freed on September 17 after serving a seven year sentence for an assault in Portugal, told reporters he had gone to demand that the prosecutor stop what he called a campaign against him and help him "get my life back."

"The prosecutor refused to meet me, but I told his representative I wanted his help to get my life back. I'm being hounded by the media, and it's his fault," Brueckner said. He added that he had been told authorities could not help because he had been convicted and released. Wolters declined to speak with Brueckner when warned of his planned visit and has previously said he believes there is evidence linking Brueckner to Madeleine's disappearance. Wolters has said investigators have accumulated incriminating material and that, to investigators, "it is obvious that it is him."

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