Madeleine McCann suspect ‘traded drugs for sex with young girls at Algarve raves’
THE Madeleine McCann suspect traded drugs for sex with young girls at raves in the Algarve, it was claimed tonight.
Christian B often slept with revellers after gifting them cannabis joints at the wild sex parties.
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Details of the prime suspect’s actions were laid bare by a witness who recognised him peddling dope at around the same time Madeleine McCann disappeared.
The woman, who spoke to Portuguese TV anonymously with her face masked, said she recognised him and his distinctive yellow and white VW Camper van.
Drug-fuelled bashes known as “Pizza Parties” were held in woods near the hippy village of Barao de Sao Joao a 20-minute drive from his ramshackle farmhouse near Praia da Luz.
The woman said of the his sex-for-drugs deals: “It was a sort of payment in kind.
“He gave the girls weed and other things they wanted and in exchange they gave him sex because they didn’t have money to pay for the drugs.
“That was the way they did things.”
The woman told how he always spoke English and hung around with a lookalike pal who she also thought was British.
She added in the interview with Portuguese TV station TVI: “I thought the other man was a brother or a friend. Both were tall and both were blond-haired.
“One had blue eyes and the other had green eyes. I thought both of them were English until I found out now one of them was German.
“I always assumed they were English because I always heard them speaking in English.
“I immediately knew the new Madeleine McCann suspect was him when I saw the camper van on TV.
“It was the one he used. The last time I saw him was in 2007 shortly before Madeleine vanished.”
We are now able to show the suspect's picture in full in the UK after it was published in a major German newspaper - as cops in both countries appeal for anyone who knows him to come forward.
You can help by calling Operation Grange with information on 0207 321 9251 or email [email protected]
New details emerged yesterday revealing Christian B served two prison sentences in Portugal - and had been freed just five months before Madeleine’s disappearance.
He served two months in Evora Prison in 1999 for a petty offence and a nine-month prison term on the Algarve in 2006 for diesel theft.
He is known to have returned to Portugal following a spell away from the country after Madeleine went missing in May 2007.
Local reports have also linked him to an assault in 2016 and a sex abuse case in 2017 near the town of Silves a short drive inland from Albufeira, where his camper van was seized by police last year.
Christian B, who we cannot legally name in full, was first thrust into the frame in connection with Madeleine's disappearance in 2017 after allegedly confessing to abducting the girl while in a bar with a pal in Germany.
He was reportedly chatting to the friend when a TV report came on about the tenth anniversary of the girl's disappearance and he suggested he knew what had happened to her.
German sources claim he boasted he had "snatched her" but didn’t say he had killed her.
Prosecutors in Germany are investigating Christian B "on suspicion of murder" and believe Madeleine is dead and know how she was killed - despite no body being found.
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Police have received nearly 400 tip offs since he was named as the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.
Phone records show the German national was in Praia da Luz, Portugal, when three-year-old Maddie was snatched from a holiday apartment in May 2007.
A spokesperson for Madeleine's family Clarence Mitchell told The Sun Online: "Kate and Gerry continue to be encouraged by the level of response and nearly 400 fresh pieces of information so far is exactly what the Met wanted from their appeal."
You can help by calling Operation Grange with information on 0207 321 9251 or email [email protected]