The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007 has been charged in Germany with several sexual offences allegedly committed in Portugal.
Christian B, allegedly committed the offences between 2000 and 2017, German prosecutors said.
The prosecutors office say the charges do not relate to the McCann case.
Madeleine was on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz in the Algarve region of Portugal in 2007, when she went missing from their holiday apartment.
Investigators believe the 45-year-old convicted sex offender killed Madeleine after abducting her. He has denied any involvement in the case, and was identified as a suspect in the McCann case by Portuguese officials in June 2020.
He is behind bars in Germany for raping a woman in the same area of the Algarve region of Portugal from where Madeleine went missing in 2007.
