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MADELEINE McCann prime suspect is an “evil psychopath” who's “capable of taking a small child”, a former partner-in-crime has revealed.

Manfred Seyferth, 64, also said he didn't see 43-year-old convicted paedophile and rapist Christian B for months after Madeleine disappeared in 2007.

Christian B's former accomplice says he earned the nickname 'The Climber' because he was so good at breaking into holiday apartmentsCredit: Rex Features

His pal also believes he is guilty of abducting Madeleine McCannCredit: EPA

“Christian is a bad, bad man. He is evil," said drifter Seyferth.

“I never liked him and he is a psychopath. He is obsessed with small children and I didn’t like it.

“He always had a young girlfriend with him and I think he is easily capable of taking a small child.”

In 2007, Seyferth lived in a caravan next to Christian's house, a few minutes drive from Praia da Luz.

Seyferth, along with another pal Helge Busching, was the key witness in Christian's rape trial in Braunschweig, Germany, last December.

'HE'S A PSYCHOPATH'

Talking of that time, he admitted: “I stole some diesel and some solar panels.

“I’m a thief but I don’t do anything else — not like Christian who is sick.”

Seyferth also revealed he and Busching had found a gun in Christian's apartment but had panicked and thrown it into a nearby reservoir.

He added: “After Maddie disappeared, I didn’t see him (Christian) for a few months until a hippy festival in Orgiva (in Spain) a year later.

Manfred Seyferth says Christian was robbing holidaymakers in Praia da Luz the same year that Maddie disappearedCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun

“He turned up in a big American camper van and was with a young girl, she looked about 15 and he would have been double her age.

"I didn’t like it one bit so I had nothing to do with him.

“That’s why I think he may have something to do with Maddie. He broke in and saw her and because he likes young girls — he’s got lots of convictions — he took her.”

Reflecting on their life of crime together, Seyferth said: “We called him ‘The Climber’ because of his skills.

He always had a young girlfriend with him and I think he is easily capable of taking a small child.
Manfred Seyferth

“He was an expert at getting into apartments and hotel rooms.

“Christian was athletic and he was strong. I saw him many times climb up to first and second-floor apartments and break in.

“He would take watches, passports, money and anything electronic that he could sell. He was a great burglar.”

Convicted paedophile Christian was identified by German prosecutors three months ago as the man responsible for Madeleine’s abduction, in a sensational development to the 13-year riddle.

Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, was three when snatched from her family’s ground-floor holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, in May 2007.

Seyferth and Helge Busching (pictured) were key witnesses in Christian B's rape trial last yearCredit: Dan Charity - The Sun

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been described as an 'expert burglar' Credit: PA:Press Association

Last week, we revealed that Busching claimed Christian had confessed to taking Madeleine

Seyferth said he knew that Christian was robbing holidaymakers in the Portuguese resort that year.

Christian is in jail serving 21 months for drugs offences.

He also has a seven-year rape sentence hanging over him after being found guilty with the help of evidence from Seyferth, who now lives in the Italian port of Ancona.

Christian was convicted of attacking a 72-year-old woman in her own home at Praia da Luz in 2005.

The two men nailed him after finding a horrific video in Christian's Portuguese apartment that showed him torturing and then raping the elderly American woman.

Other footage was said to show a young teenage girl tied to a wooden post as she begged for help while he sexually abused her.

We revealed last week that Busching was the key witness to the recent developments after telling cops Christian had confessed to him about taking Madeleine.

Seyferth continued: “He is evil because of the things I saw on the video with the old woman and the girl.

“It wasn’t a young girl like Madeleine, she was older, maybe 15 years old and that was the usual age of his girlfriends.’’