Madeleine McCann murder suspect is no ‘psychopathic monster’ claims lawyer who quizzed him on ‘bombshell’ call
THE lawyer for the Madeleine McCann prime suspect has said his client is not a “psychopathic monster.“
Friedrich Fülscher made the claim as he spoke of his “friendly” chats with convicted sex fiend Christian B.
He told RTL: “I experience him as a very calm and friendly person to talk to and the atmosphere has always been very pleasant.”
Fülscher added just because his client is staying silent amid claims he is linked to high-profile disappearance it does not mean he is a killer.
He said: “This doesn’t show that he is guilty, it’s just a normal practice of reserving your right to remain silent.”
The lawyer previously claimed he has not been given access to many of the prosecutor’s files so doesn’t know why they are pressing charges.
He has now called for more information to be revealed on a mysterious phone call said to put his client in Praia da Luz when Madeleine vanished.
German police believe the call – they say was made by Christian B just before Madeleine was snatched – may have happened directly outside the Ocean Club.
Prosecutors claim they have traced the phone used by the suspect and found it connected to the mast owned by the resort complex where the McCanns were staying.
Hans Christian Wolters, the chief prosecutor in the case, said this has allowed them to place Christian B at the scene around the time Madeliene was taken.
The phone call has been a central part of the renewed police probe since the twice convicted paedophile was named as a key suspect earlier this month.
Police are probing the 30 minute call which occurred just one hour before Madeleine is believed to have been taken.
Fülscher has now called on prosecutors to reveal more details on the exact location of the call.
He revealed he doesn’t know how large this area of reception was, or whether his client was making the phone call at the time.
The lawyer also believes there does not seem to be enough evidence to convict his client.
He said: “The prosecutor’s office seems to have shot at our client and is now trying to correct their lack of evidence by any means possible.”
Around one hour after the call ended, Madeleine is believed to have been taken from the holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
She vanished some time between 9.10pm and 10pm on May 3, 2007.
No charges have yet been filed against Christian B, who has a record of sex offences and is now being linked to other missing children.
He is currently serving time in jail after raping a 72-year-old woman in the resort town, and has already been linked to at least two other sex attacks on the Algarve
Described as a “twisted loner”, the sex offender is understood to have been a kind of drifter around the resort.
He lived in squalid homes and out of his van, and made money through petty crime.
This includes reports he used to break into people’s holiday flats to steal, as well as being involved in drug dealing and stealing diesel from cars.
The suspect is known to have lived in the hills above Praia da Luz just 11 minutes drive away when Madeleine disappeared.
He also had a rundown and dilapidated shack only two miles away from the McCann’s holiday let – and is known to have owned a mobile home he boasted could carry “drugs and children”.
Christian B was first linked to the Madeleine case after he allegedly made a drunken boast he snatched her while in a bar on the tenth anniversary of the crime.
Madeleine is believed to have been snatched from the Ocean Club apartment where she was sleeping alongside her twin siblings Sean and Amelie on May 3, 2007.
Kate and Gerry were having dinner with pals just a one minute walk away when the tot vanished – with the mum discovering her daughter was missing just after 10pm.
The mum and dad – both doctors – have since poured their into efforts finding her and have never given up hope that Madeleine may be alive.
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Madeleine would have turned 17 last month, and the family have described the identification of Christian B as “potentially very significant”.
Experts have said Christian B matches the profile of a Jimmy Savile-style “paraphiliac”, who targets victims of all ages.
His ex-lawyer Serafim Vieira has described him as having “‘psychopathic traits” and admitted he could be responsible for Madeleine’s abduction.