Madeleine McCann suspect’s appeal over separate case rejected

Madeleine McCann went missing when she was three (Steve Parsons/PA)

A federal court in Germany has dismissed an appeal against the rape conviction of a man also being investigated over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The court in Karlsruhe said it had rejected the appeal by Christian Brueckner against his conviction last year for the 2005 rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal and confirmed the seven-year sentence.