The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from prison in Germany.German national Christian Brueckner had been serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.The Met said the 49-year-old remains a suspect in its own investigation - with Portuguese and German authorities also probing the three-year-old girl's disappearance.

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from prison in Germany.German national Christian Brueckner had been serving a seven-year prison sentence for the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.The Met said the 49-year-old remains a suspect in its own investigation - with Portuguese and German authorities also probing the three-year-old girl's disappearance.