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The main suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by a court in the German city of Brunswick on Tuesday, raising the possibility that he will be released from jail next year.

The verdict has no legal bearing on the McCann case but is a setback to prosecutors seeking to charge Christian Brueckner. Prosecutors had called for a 15-year sentence for Brueckner, while his lawyer said the German national had only been put on trial because he was a suspect in the McCann case.

“Almost all of the witness statements were influenced by media coverage,” defence attorney Friedrich Fuelscher argued. "I am not in a position to judge to what extent this can make up for a previous or incorrect handling of these allegations by the media.”

Meanwhile, prosecutor Christian Wolters said he would appeal to Germany's top court and that the ruling has “no direct impact” on the McCann case. "But I can't say if the evidence in the Maddie case will be enough for an arrest warrant," he added.

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