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In the rape trial in Germany of the Madeleine McCann murder suspect identified under privacy laws as Christian B, doubts have been raised about the accounts of an alleged victim.<\/p>\n
The female witness’ ex-boyfriend from Ireland and a former bar owner from Portugal accuse the woman of untruths and a fabricated rape, according to documents read out in the Braunschweig Regional Court in northern Germany on Friday.<\/p>\n
In the previous days, the 40-year-old Irish woman had described an attack involving several rapes about 20 years ago in Portugal. She had stated that she recognized the now 47-year-old defendant as the perpetrator by his blue eyes.<\/p>\n
The public prosecutor’s office rejected statements made by the former bar owner as clearly false and therefore useless.<\/p>\n
The accused’s defence had already stated at the start of the trial that there was no doubt that a serious crime had been committed, but that their client was not the perpetrator. He would be acquitted of all charges at the end of the trial, the defence said.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old German is not commenting on the charges himself.<\/p>\n
In the trial, the sex offender, who has several previous convictions, is accused of a total of three rapes and two cases of sexual abuse of children.<\/p>\n
The trial is arousing great interest because the accused is also suspected of murder in the case of 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007. However, the Maddie case is not the subject of the current trial. The presumption of innocence applies.<\/p>\n
On the third consecutive day of the trial, the defence lawyers complained to the court about the conditions for the accused, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for another rape – also in Portugal.<\/p>\n
He has not been given any hot food in the past few days and has been denied a shower and was only given some toast and a few slices of sausage, they said.<\/p>\n
The trial is also due to continue next week with three days of hearings in a row.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n