'It is now possible that we could charge'
A German prosecutor says he is "confident we have the man" who took and killed missing British girl Madeleine McCann.
But prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters, who last year sensationally named Christian Brueckner the alleged prime suspect, has also admitted German detectives have no DNA evidence or a body.
"We're confident we have the man who took and killed her," Mr Wolters told UK tabloid the Daily Mirror.
Madeleine McCann vanished from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal during May 2007. Getty
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The case against Brueckner, currently in a German prison for an unrelated crime, is circumstantial, Mr Wolters said.
"It is now possible that we could charge. We have that evidence now," he said.
"But it's not just about charging him – we want to charge him with the best body of evidence possible.
"When we still have questions, it would be nonsense to charge rather than wait for the answers that could strengthen our position.
"That's why we said we'll investigate as long as there are leads or information for us to pursue. I'm not saying that what we have is insufficient now.
"But he's in prison, so we don't have this pressure on us. We have time on our hands."
In June last year, prosecutor Mr Wolters stunned the world when he presented Brueckner as a new prime suspect in the case.
Mr Wolters has repeatedly claimed he has evidence Madeleine is dead but he has never revealed what that evidence is, or how it might be linked to Brueckner.
Christian Brueckner, a suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann. Supplied
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Despite the latest German claims, London Metropolitan Police have maintained the case is still a missing person investigation.
Madeleine went missing in 2007 while on holiday in Portugal with her family.
She was aged three at the time of her disappearance.
During the Portuguese police investigation, a British man and Madeleine's parents were declared "arguidos", suspects in the case.
All three had their arguido status lifted when the case was shelved, unsolved, in 2008.
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