British cop involved in the search for Madeleine McCann reveals dealings with major witness for first time while giving evidence at Christian Brueckner rape trial

Brueckner is currently on trial in the German city of Braunschweig charged with unrelated sex crimes allegedly committed in the same area of Portugal where Madeleine went missing 17 years ago.

Sam Cam in fresh row over her 'shocking' refusal to make her clothes in Britain - in move that threatens to embarrass her Foreign Secretary husband

Lady Cameron's fashion brand Cefinn sells floral dresses and smart trouser suits for up to £500.

I fled criminals in the UK for a quiet life abroad, only to meet Christian Brueckner among Portugal's drifters - but police STILL won't listen to what I have to say about the chief Madeleine McCann suspect

In 2004, Ken Ralphs fled the UK for his life. What he didn't know at the time, though, was that decision would see him cross paths with the chief suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

When did Madeleine McCann go missing and what happened to her?

MADELEINE McCann vanished from her family's Portuguese holiday home 17 years ago.Her whereabouts remains unknown despite a police investigation costin

Surf's up… and up and up: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner claims world record after riding 'unsurfable' 93.7ft wave in Portugal

'Mission Wave Alpha' has seen Sebastian Steudtner train for years, and the extreme athlete decided that the time was right to surf the 'biggest waves of his life' during 'historic' conditions in February.

Did Man City fans wreck their Champions League dream? Pep Guardiola's side were leading shootout before crowd kept hold of ball to knock Bernardo Silva 'out of sync' before he fluffed his lines

In a match dubbed the champions against the kings, nothing could separate the two sides across two games and it ended up with a penalty shootout, with the holders coming up short.

British family break silence to reveal how locals who hounded them out of their dream home in Portugal accused them of being devil worshippers who sold sex for five Euros

A British family have revealed for the first time the extent of the hostility they faced from locals who hounded them out of their dream home in Portugal.

British woman, 38, 'is raped by 20-year-old Italian man on a beach near Magaluf'

The 20-year-old was held after the victim complained he had forced himself on her after a night out in Palmanova (pictured) which borders the famous party resort of Magaluf

Inside TV family's 'dream' Portugal home they were forced to abandon renovating when villagers made their lives a misery by 'killing their dog before threatening: "You're next"'

Pictures show the partially refurbished home in the Guarda municipality of the country - with bags of packed-up belongings littered across the house as the family plotted their escape amid racist abuse.

How 'dream life' TV family ended up homeless and living off food banks on fleeing back to UK from Portugal - after being hounded out by villagers who called them 'English pigs' and killed their pets

The Appleby-Brisco family, who featured on Channel 4 's Our Wildest Dreams, were forced to return to the UK not long after the show aired when their life in a remote village became their worst nightmare.

How 'dream life' TV family - hounded out of Portugal by villagers who called them 'English pigs' and killed their pets - ended up homeless, penniless and living off food banks after fleeing back to Britain having lost EVERYTHING

The Appleby-Brisco family, who featured on Channel 4 's Our Wildest Dreams, were forced to return to the UK not long after the show aired when their life in a remote village became their worst nightmare.

Masseur, 47, 'rapes British pensioner, 71, after massaging her' in Portugal

The 71-year-old went to police after allegedly being sexually attacked following a massage session in the Algarve town of Quarteira.

British tourist, 35, is found dead in Algarve holiday apartment, with their friend 'missing'

The man, believed to be aged around 35, was discovered inside the flat in the town of Albufeira. He is understood to have been staying at the property with a friend.

Branded 'English pigs', rumours of devil-worship and string of mystery pet deaths: How family's dream life in Portugal turned into a nightmare when they were targeted by locals who saw them on C4 show - as more Brits are hounded out of their foreign homes

Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco moved abroad in 2016 in the hope of starting a more 'affordable' life with their two young daughters in Portugal's Guarda district.

Family whose move abroad featured in a Channel 4 show flee back to Britain after Portuguese villagers 'killed their pets and sent them death threats'

Lynn and Richard Appleby-Brisco moved abroad in 2016 to start a more 'affordable' life with their two daughters in Portugal's Guarda district.

Friend of Christian Brueckner feared the Madeleine McCann suspect 'was part of a mafia pornography ring', trial hears after witness says she feared he would rape her

Charity worker Andrea Barth, 49, said she was in her late 20s when she was invited to Brueckner's ramshackle home in Portugal on a three-week holiday with a friend in 2006.

Woman invited to go on holiday with Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner feared he would RAPE her and armed herself with a knife, she tells his sex trial

Charity worker Andrea Barth, 49, said she was in her late 20s when she was invited to Brueckner's ramshackle home in Portugal on a three-week holiday with a friend in 2006.

British plumber is charged with murder in Portugal after fellow Brit was stabbed to death with 'exceptional violence' at hippy commune's 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' event

Joshua Menkens is accused of stabbing the unnamed 37-year-old to death after luring him into woodlands close to the 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' he had organised in September last year.

Madeleine McCann investigation into Christian Brueckner could face major setback as it's revealed key witness is dying from cancer

Convicted rapist and paedophile Bruckner, 47, was sensationally named by German police four years ago as the man responsible for Madeleine's 'abduction and murder'.

Mother's shock after 'lost' contraceptive implant ended up in her LUNGS - and doctors fear removing it could kill her

Rebecca Hardy, 29, from Nottinghamshire, went to get her Nexplanon contraceptive implant out only to find out it had travelled from her arm to her pulmonary arteries.

Mother's shock after 'lost' contraceptive implant ended up in her LUNGS - and doctors fear removing it could tear an artery

Rebecca Hardy, 29, from Nottinghamshire, went to get her Nexplanon contraceptive implant out only to find out it had travelled from her arm to her pulmonary arteries.