The case in opposition to the brand new prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is "very weak", in response to an explosive documentary the place it's claimed a number of witnesses will present alibis for Christian Brueckner on the fateful night time the three-year-old lady vanished.
"What the documentary will reveal for the very first time is a really totally different narrative than what's been performed out on the planet's media," claimed Mark Williams-Thomas, a former UK police detective and the investigative power behind Madeleine McCann: Investigating The Prime Suspect, which airs later as we speak.
"The proof that we had been in a position to set up, and the knowledge that is come to us, is just not ample to say that [Brueckner] is accountable for Madeleine's disappearance or homicide," Williams-Thomas informed 9news.com.au.
"The prosecutor's case is one which maybe falls aside if you begin to take a look at our proof.
"There isn't any proof that I've seen in any respect, and that I consider the prosecutors have in Germany, that may put him both immediately exterior the house on the night time of her disappearance or in connection together with her disappearance."
Williams-Thomas informed 9news.com.au that viewers will in all probability be "shocked" at "how weak maybe" the German case in opposition to Brueckner truly is.
Fifteen years on, world nonetheless looking for solutions in Maddie thriller
And the German prosecutor's heavy deal with Brueckner was even permitting "the true individual" accountable for Maddie's demise and disappearance to stay at-large, he mentioned.
Within the documentary, Williams-Thomas mentioned, a number of folks give Brueckner an alibi for the night time of Might 3, 2007, and his staff had "been in a position to verify that alibi out".
"Individuals who have talked to us and informed us about [Brueckner], they don't have anything to profit from it," he mentioned.
"The truth is, lots of the folks we talked to do not like him, however they have been sincere with us."
German prosecutors declare Brueckner's cell phone pinged a cellular phone tower in Praia da Luz which allowed them to position him exterior the McCann's vacation house across the time Maddie went lacking.
At the moment in a German jail serving time for rape, and with a historical past of intercourse crimes in opposition to youngsters, Williams-Thomas mentioned Brueckner was an "disagreeable character" however "that does not imply that he's accountable for Madeline's disappearance."
The important thing level, Williams-Thomas mentioned, "is can [Brueckner] be put in Praia da Luz on the third of Might, 2007, and significantly exterior the house of Madeleine's disappearance?
"Our program will set out a unique factor of occasions, which problem the place that the German prosecutor is coming from."
The previous detective, who was instrumental in exposing BBC star Jimmy Savile as a paedophile in a 2012 documentary, mentioned his Maddie investigation had run a rigorous, analytical rule over the German case in opposition to Brueckner.
"For the very first time, you get an actual perception into precisely what the German prosecutors have," he mentioned.
He admitted the documentary didn't have entry to all of the proof German prosecutors had however mentioned "we all know the big majority of it".
"The place they speak in certainty, maybe that certainty does not actually exist."
Since June 2020, German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has repeatedly claimed his workplace has concrete proof Brueckner kidnapped and killed Maddie.
Nevertheless, regardless of Mr Wolters very public declarations, they've nonetheless not charged Brueckner with any crime.
Brueckner has denied any involvement within the mysterious Maddie case.
Final month Brueckner was declared an arguido, a proper suspect, nearly two years after Mr Wolters first sensationally named him a primary suspect.
Williams-Thomas is troubled by how the Germans have gone after Brueckner so publicly.
The Germans had "overstepped the mark" by stating Brueckner's guilt and appearing as "decide, jury and convicter", he mentioned.
"I believe because of that, the killer of Madeleine and the abductor of Madeleine remains to be at-large (as a result of) every thing has now been totally targeted on Christian B.
"And naturally, if Christian B is not accountable for Madeline's disappearance and homicide, meaning the true individual is at-large."
When requested why the Germans had moved so publicly for Brueckner, Williams-Thomas mentioned it was doable investigators had change into "tunnel visioned (sic) and completely fixated" on fixing one of many largest chilly instances on the planet.
"To ensure that any investigation to be efficient, it's important to contemplate each factor, the positives and the negatives," he mentioned.
"And the truth is there may be an terrible lot of indications (and) proof that is telling you it's not Christian Brueckner."
At present marks the fifteenth anniversary since Madeleine vanished in a baffling thriller the place nobody has been charged and Maddie's physique by no means discovered.
Madeleine's mother and father, Kate and Gerry McCann, who had been as soon as arguidos themselves, maintain out hope Maddie may nonetheless be alive.
However Williams-Thomas doesn't agree.
He believes Madeleine is lifeless, with the toddler probably kidnapped by an opportunist after wandering out of the rented two-bedroom house within the resort the McCanns had been staying.
The McCanns have at all times claimed Madeleine was kidnapped.
Madeleine can be 19 later this month, if she is alive.