Investigators believe the suspect, known as Christian B, killed Madeleine soon after abducting her from a holiday apartment in Portugal.

Madeleine McCann disappearance: Cellar found as garden digs ends

Bruno Dey was given a two-year suspended sentence by the Hamburg state court. He was convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder.

93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard Bruno Dey convicted 

The suspect, who is currently serving a prison sentence, has been named in reports as Christian B.

Lenta Johlitz worked with Christian B at a corner shop in Braunschweig, north Germany

The student nurse was last seen in Germany in July 2001.

The 43-year-old convicted German child sex offender, currently in prison in his home country, has been named as Christian B.

Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange still considers the Madeleine case a missing person inquiry.

Scotland Yard has not identified the suspect in the case, but here's everything we know so far.

Police are appealing for the public's help in solving the Madeleine McCann case, after announcing a child sex offender was the new suspect.

The changes follow discussions between Chancellor Merkel and the heads of Germany's 16 states.

Germany's busiest airport was shut down for nearly two hours on Monday after a drone was spotted near the facility.



The injured include 18 children. Police believe the driver steered into crowds in the town of Volkmarsen in a deliberate act.

A 43-year-old German man fatally shot nine people of immigrant backgrounds in the Frankfurt suburb of Hanau.

People in Germany have gathered at vigils for the victims of a terror attack thought to have been motivated by far-right beliefs.

Police in Germany say several people have been shot dead in the city of Hanau.