German prosecutor announces cops assume Madeleine McCann is dead, as suspect charged with her murder

THE prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation is believed to be Christian B - as German cops say they think the missing girl is dead.

A new prime suspect in the infamous disappearance was yesterday revealed as a German paedo, in a huge breakthrough in the 13-year investigation.

The 43-year-old prisoner was not officially named by British cops but was living in a campervan in Praia da Luz in Portugal around the time the youngster vanished on May 3, 2007.

And he has now been unmasked as 43-year-old drifter “Christian B”.

The suspect was born in Germany in 1976 but moved to Portugal in his late teens.

He was jailed in Germany last year for seven years for the rape of an American woman in Portugal two years before Maddie went missing.

He is appealing the rape conviction.

Christian Hoppe, from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), yesterday confirmed the mystery suspect is serving a prison sentence for a sex crime and has two previous convictions for "sexual contact with girls".

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Madeleine McCann prime suspect named as ‘Christian B’ as German cops say ‘we believe she is dead
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