Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, managed to evade his round-the-clock surveillance when he got into a fight last month, officials have admitted.
The convicted rapist and paedophile, 49, was arrested alongside an unnamed British man after a clash in the northern German city of Kiel on April 20.
It prompted emergency talks among authorities in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, and opposition politicians demanded answers over how it could have happened.
He has been fitted with an electronic ankle tag and is supposed to be under 24-hour surveillance by police, at significant cost to the German taxpayer.
His arrest
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