German prosecutors refuse to hand over Madeleine McCann case file to lawyers representing prime suspect Christian Brueckner

Prosecutors are refusing to hand over paperwork on their investigation into Madeleine McCann to lawyers representing the prime suspect.

Convicted rapist and pedophile Christian Brueckner, 47, is currently on trial accused of five unconnected sex crimes said to have happened in the area where Madeleine vanished from in 2007.

Four years ago prosecutors in Germany sensationally named Brueckner as the person they believe responsible for Madeleine’s ‘abduction and murder’ but so far he has not been charged in relation to her disappearance.

It has led to growing speculation that despite claims they have evidence there is no hard concrete proof to charge him and he has always denied any involvement.

Before the start of his current trial in Braunschweig, Germany, Brueckner told MailOnline the accusations against him were ‘ridiculous’ and added he hoped ‘they find the truth out’.

He is the prime suspect in the disappearance of British girl Madeline McCann on May 3, 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal

Madeleine’s parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, pictured, have campaigned vigorously since she vanished on a family holiday in 2007 for information 

Now it has emerged his defence team led by Friedrich Fulscher have again demanded the case file on Madeleine, who vanished from the resort of Praia da Luz in Portugal’s Algarve when she was just three.

However prosecution spokesman Hans Christian Wolters told MailOnline they would not be ‘giving it to him’ adding: ‘He is not entitled to them at the moment,’ and he refused to be drawn on when if ever charges would be made against Brueckner.

When his current trial opened Mr Fulscher said Brueckner had been constantly linked by prosecutors to the disappearance of Madeleine and ‘repeating it like a prayer wheel’.

He added: ’The results of the investigation have not yet been presented to the defence, so that the accused has not been able to substantiate this allegation.

‘ A comparable media campaign of prejudgement has been sought in vain.’

Defence lawyers say they want access to the file in order to defend Brueckner in his current trial and have also applied for that to be thrown out.

German prosecutors believe Brueckner, pictured, is responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance and murdered her

Brueckner, pictured in court in Braunschweig, Germany earlier this week, has denied any connection with Madeleine’s disappearance

Scotland Yard sent out search teams to Portugal in an effort to find clues about what happened to the youngster

In the latest hearing a former pal Christian Post, pictured,  told the court Brueckner had confessed to him he was an expert on ‘breaking and entering’ holiday apartments and hotels.

He is currently accused of three rapes and two sexual assaults against said to have taken place in the Algarve between 2000 and 2017 when he was living and working there.

In the latest hearing a former pal Christian Post, told the court Brueckner had confessed to him he was an expert on ‘breaking and entering’ holiday apartments and hotels.

Post, 56, added Brueckner told him he was good at ‘taking stuff’ and had helped himself to dozens of holidaymakers passports which he sold on to make money.

Madeleine was snatched from her room while her parents Kate and Gerry were out to dinner with pals but her two siblings were left alone.

Philip Marquort, one of Brueckner’s legal team, said: ’The BKA only keeps one file for all investigations and specifically channels individual results into various proceedings against our client.

‘The right to a fair trial, according to their argument in the most recent request for evidence, requires access to all files.’

Madeleine was snatched from her room while her parents Kate and Gerry were out to dinner with pals but her two siblings were left alone