The paedophile wants pals to back his defence if he has to stand trial on rape and child sex charges, and has even complained that prosecutors are making him out to be a 'monster'
Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family s holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007 - just a few days before her fourth birthday.
Christian Brueckner visited the Arade dam of the Barragem do Arade reservoir, possibly with others, shortly after the toddler vanished from her bed in May 2007, a former friend has told police.
There was no immediate information made available by the other force, the Policia Judiciaria, but the move likely signals an end to the operation, which started on Tuesday, in the next few hours