A VICTIM who could hold the key to keeping Christian Brueckner behind bars has told of her tears over vanished Madeleine McCann.
was raped and tortured in 2004, in Praia da Rocha, Portugal, just 20 miles from Praia da Luz where the child disappeared.
The former holiday rep claimed suspect was her attacker and waived her anonymity to give evidence at his trial last year.
but an appeal is pending.
Overcome with emotion, mum-of-three Hazel, from , said: “If the last person saw alive was that man...
“It means we are connected though. I feel that connection and I will do everything in my power to see justice done.”;
As prosecutors in race to keep behind bars for long enough to charge him over , has emerged as the most likely means to keep him caged.
Evidence uncovered by The Sun shows a scar on was left out of his court case last year – despite its potential to back -up her claims in .
Hazel did not see her attacker’s face as he was wearing a mask but has always insisted he had a scar or mark on his upper, outer right-thigh.
She was told the defendant had no such blemish by the court.
But evidence uncovered by The Sun shows as late as 2018 did in fact have a scar in the area where Hazel claimed.
A report from a physical examination by police, dated 2018, reads: “Scar: upper right thigh, hip.”;
Our investigation also found images of a particular pattern of scarring on leg, which Hazel says “exactly matches”; the kind of scar she remembers seeing.
After being shown The Sun’s findings, stunned Hazel said: “I don’t know why something like that wouldn’t have been introduced at court.”;
She added: “I mean, the whole idea of a trial is to hear all of the information, right? That’s the whole idea of what justice is about.”;
The importance of the evidence is highlighted by the strenuous efforts made to stop it being admitted to court evidence.
Despite no legal barrier, the scar evidence was not part of the case against .
A source linked to the case claimed the pic of the scar was dismissed because it was in the wrong place.
Hazel continues to push for an appeal and retrial — a decision currently sat with Germany’s highest court.
