Madeleine McCann suspect Christian B has not provided investigators with an alibi, they have claimed.
He was officially named as a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case by Portuguese prosecutors earlier this month.
But the convicted rapist hit back at accusations that he was involved in the tot’s disappearance, telling a US TV documentary team that he was elsewhere when Madeleine went missing on the evening of May 3, 2007.
Hans Christian Wolters, the German prosecutor overseeing the investigation of Christian B says he’s “not aware” of any alibi and has accused the suspect of “playing games” with the authorities.
He has been seen as a prime suspect by investigators in his native Germany since June 2020. He’s currently being held in a German jail for other offences.
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The 45-year-old has been questioned more than once regarding the Madeleine case and has not provided police with any explanation of where he might have been on the night the British tot was snatched from a rented holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve.
But, speaking to the makers of a new documentary from US network AMC Crime – Madeleine McCann: Prime Suspect – Christian B has alleged that he was not in the area on the night in question.
Exactly what that alibi is will remain unknown until the programme is aired on May 3 – the fifteenth anniversary of the Leicester-born three-year-old’s disappearance.
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One German police source told The Sun: “He has had nearly two years to explain himself but has constantly declined to comment.
“It’s baffling as to why he should maintain that silence then finally come up with an explanation now.
“And it’s even more odd that he should give the details to a TV documentary rather than the authorities.”
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Mr Wolters added: “We’re not aware of any alibi at all. He has not given any information so far — not even via his defence attorney.”
Part of the reason behind Christian B being named an arguido, or suspect, by Portuguese authorities was to keep the investigation alive. Under Portuguese law a case can be dropped if no suspect is identified within 15 years.
His lawyer Friedrich Fuelscher responded to the move, saying: “The step taken by the Portuguese authorities should not be overrated.
“I assume that this measure is a procedural artifice to stop the statute of limitations threatening in a few days.”
Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann welcomed him being named as a suspect but said they were still hopeful their daughter would be found alive.
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