Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
25%
5 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann abduction investigation will no longer be surveilled by police.
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suspect → surveille → police
Christian Brueckner, a convicted rapist and paedophile, has been closely monitored by German police because of his suspected involvement in the 2007 disappearance of the three-year-old British girl in Portugal.
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Brueckner → convict → Portugal
Brueckner, 49, was released from prison in September last year after serving a seven-year sentence for raping an elderly woman, and has since passed through homeless shelters, motels and state accommodation.
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Brueckner → release → shelters
Police kept him under close surveillance because a court-appointed expert had determined there was a high risk that he might commit further crimes.
However, the courts have since ruled, citing a new expert assessment and other evidence, that he should no longer be considered in the “high-risk” group, which is subject to constant police observation.
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which → keep → observation
A regional court in Kiel, Germany, this week rejected an appeal by the police, who had sought to extend the surveillance.
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who → reject → surveillance
The court, however, said that other measures – such as a requirement that he wear an ankle monitor – could remain in place.
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he → say → place
Police in Kiel reacted to the decision by saying they would “continue to closely monitor Christian B within the scope of existing legal possibilities”.
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they → react → possibilities
In 2020, German prosecutors named him the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine, saying they had “concrete evidence” against him but not enough to secure a conviction.
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they → name → conviction
Madeleine vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007 while her parents dined nearby.
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parents → vanish → May
A mobile phone registered in Brueckner’s name was traced close to the McCanns’ accommodation on the evening she vanished.
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she → register → evening
Brueckner denies any involvement in the girl’s disappearance, and claims he was 150m from her apartment because he was “selling drugs” on a beach nearby.
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he → deny → beach
“I was on the beach, not far from Maddie’s hotel, selling drugs,” Brueckner told the Mail on Sunday.
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Brueckner → sell → Sunday
“I’d been in Spain and smuggled weed into Portugal.
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I → smuggle → Portugal
“I was even stopped by police three times on the street while they were looking for Maddie.
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they → stop → Maddie
“Luckily, they didn’t find the drugs.
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they → find → drugs
I was making a quick getaway; there were flashing blue lights and checkpoints everywhere.
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I → make → getaway
I just thought, ‘Get me out of here’.”
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I → think → me
He claimed he had feared the police would “frame me for the Maddie thing”.
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police → claim → thing
Brueckner is reportedly in talks to publish a tell-all memoir to financially support himself.
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Brueckner → publish → himself
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what → get → world
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