‘Excellent’ new advice in Madeleine McCann case as police plan to return to Portuguese resort

German police plan to return to Portugal after receiving a new tip from British tourists about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, but they may be blocked.

Police hope to return to the complex and apartment in Praia Da Luz where McCann disappeared in 2007 to pursue new leads.

German authorities believe that the boots on the ground in Portugal could help give them enough evidence to charge the main suspect and pedophile Christian Brueckner.

“German officials think that putting their team’s boots on the ground would be a huge boost for the investigation,” a source told The Sun.

“German detectives have received a lot of excellent information in recent weeks, especially from British tourists who were in Praia da Luz at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance.

“There are clues, clues and lines of investigation of those witnesses that needed urgent follow-up.”

Plans by the German police to go to the compound will not go well with the Portuguese policemen, who have a deteriorating relationship with each other.

The Portuguese police, whose investigation into McCann’s disappearance was criticized, ruled Brueckner out as a suspect shortly after the 3-year-old boy’s disappearance.

The source told the Sun it would be “deeply embarrassing” for Portuguese police if Brueckner were found to be responsible for McCann’s disappearance, and could prevent the Germans from investigating on the ground.

The person said that in an ideal situation, the police of both countries would be working together, but the Portuguese police really believe that Brueckner did not.

“They believe that a lot of what German detectives say is hot air and distracts attention from the most important thing: finding the person who took Maddie, who is something, like the rest of the world, that they have always wanted to see.”

The latest notice comes after prosecutors admitted they feared indicting Brueckner due to strict German dual criminality laws.

For more than a year, prosecutors have worked closely together to gather enough evidence to charge Brueckner with the murder of the 3-year-old in 2007.

But lead prosecutor Hans Wolters told the Mirror they have a chance to nail Brueckner, saying that if they are not followed, he will never be charged with McCann-related crimes again.

“If we press charges and he is acquitted, then the case is dead forever,” he told the Mirror.

“In Germany, once you have been acquitted, you cannot be charged again, at least only in very exceptional cases.

“If we rush now and they acquitted him because the court said ‘Ah, we still have some doubts,’ then we won’t be able to catch him later.”

Brueckner was in Praia Da Luz at the time McCann went missing, with cell phone logs linking the pedophile to the area an hour after the boy’s disappearance.