Madeleine McCann suspect set to be charged with 2004 rape of Irish woman in Portugal resort
Mullingar native Hazel Behan was working as a holiday representative on the Algarve in June 2004 when she was violently assaulted
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Hazel Behan
Prosecutors are set to charge Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner in relation to the rape of an Irish woman, it has emerged.
Brueckner, who is suspected of involvement in the disappearance of the British girl, is the chief suspect in the rape of Mullingar native Hazel Behan (37) in the Algarve, Portugal in June 2004.
Ms Behan was working as a holiday representative on the Algarve in Portugal when she was violently assaulted two weeks before her 21st birthday.
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Madeleine McCann suspect to be charged with 2004 rape of Irish tour rep in Portugal
German police are confident Christian Brueckner, who was named as a suspect in the then-three-year-old s abduction in 2007, will be charged with raping Hazel Behan in the next three months
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Convicted rapist Christian Brueckner was named in connection with Maddie s 2007 abduction in Praia da Luz, Portugal (Image: Via REUTERS)
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