Madeleine McCann disappearance latest – Major breakthrough in Maddie case as shock Christian B development revealed

CONVICTED child rapist, Christian B, was confirmed on Thursday night by Portuguese detectives as an official suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The Portuguese prosecutor’s office confirmed “a defendant was appointed this Wednesday”. Christian B, 43, was told he is now an ‘arguido’ in Portugal in his German prison cell yesterday morning according to an insider. However, Christian B’s lawyers denied that he was charged in the Madeleine McCann case after detectives yesterday made him an official suspect.  An “arguido” – normally translated as “named suspect” or “formal suspect” – is someone who is treated by Portuguese police as more than a witness but has not been arrested or charged. A Portuguese source added: “The legal grounds for making [Christian B] an arguido include the fact that he allegedly confessed to a friend he had snatched Madeleine and mobile phone records placed him in Praia da Luz the night she vanished.” It has been revealed that the convicted child rapist travelled between Praia da Luz and Germany in a camper van for several years before Madeleine vanished. It is now understood that investigators are focusing their forensic work on the vehicle. Read our Madeleine McCann blog below for the latest news and updates…