Maddie suspect faces ban on travel

Electronic tag for rapist due to be freed from jail

- BY MARTIN FRICKER and ALEX FRIELING

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is set to be tagged and have his passport confiscated amid fears he could disappear when released.

Prosecutors want the convicted German paedophile to face stringent conditions if he is freed from jail as expected in September.

His lawyer previously said Brueckner, 48, wants to vanish overseas to a country that has no extradition treaty with the EU or UK.

Investigators have applied to a court for him to be subjected to a form of judicial supervision called führungsaufsicht.

It is reserved for prisoners who have served time for serious crimes but are still deemed high risk.

Brueckner would hand over his passport to authorities and could be made to wear an electronic ankle tag.

This would make it almost impossible for him to disappear.

Brueckner would also be banned from going near schools, nurseries or other places used by children.

And he would have to regularly check in at a local police station and need approval to change his home address.

A source told us: "Under führungsaufsicht you can impose conditions, seize passports and so on.

"Of course we're trying to make sure he can't flee abroad. You can absolutely count on that."