德国检方发起法律行动，试图推翻其在一系列性指控中的无罪判决，麦德琳·麦坎案的主要嫌疑人可能面临新的强奸审判。该嫌疑人因隐私法被称为克里斯蒂安·B，2024年10月在葡萄牙被宣告无罪，罪名包括在其度假公寓强奸一名女性以及对儿童的性虐待。但德国检方目前正努力推翻该判决，德国最高刑事法院已宣布将于明年1月11日审理该上诉。
The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case could face a new rape trial after German prosecutors launched a legal bid to overturn his acquittal on a string of sex charges, unrelated to the missing British girl. Christian B, as he is known under privacy laws, was cleared in October 2024 of five alleged sex offences in Portugal, including the rape of a woman in her holiday apartment and the sexual abuse of children. But German prosecutors are now fighting to have the verdict overturned - and Germany's highest criminal court has announced that the appeal will be heard on 11 January next year.
原案中涉及的两名女性也各自对该判决提出上诉，该判决由不伦瑞克地区法院在漫长审理后作出。被定罪的强奸犯和恋童癖者克里斯蒂安·B被指控在2000年12月至2017年6月期间在葡萄牙犯下五起罪行。其中最令人震惊的指控涉及对一名老年女性的强奸，检方称该行为曾被拍摄。但法官裁定，目击者对所谓录像的描述不足以确定实际发生了什么。
Two women involved in the original case have also launched their own appeals against the verdict, which was handed down by Braunschweig Regional Court following a lengthy trial. Convicted rapist and paedophile Christian B had been accused of committing five offences in Portugal between December 2000 and June 2017. One of the most shocking allegations concerned the rape of an elderly woman, which prosecutors claimed had been filmed. But judges ruled that witnesses' descriptions of the alleged video were not enough to establish what had actually happened.
另一项指控涉及对爱尔兰女性黑泽尔·贝汉的强奸，她在一名男子爬上其阳台后，在度假公寓遭到袭击。法院承认袭击发生，但裁定证据不足以证明克里斯蒂安·B是袭击者。这名49岁男子也被宣告无罪，罪名为在葡萄牙度假胜地萨莱玛海滩性侵儿童，法官再次裁定其参与无法得到证实。检方正在对五项无罪判决中的四项提出挑战，称原判决存在法律错误。
Another charge concerned the rape of Irish woman Hazel Behan, who was attacked in her holiday apartment after a man climbed on to her balcony. The court accepted that the attack had taken place but ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove Christian B was the attacker. The 49-year-old was also cleared of sexually abusing a child on a beach in the Portuguese resort of Salema, with judges again ruling that his involvement could not be proven. Prosecutors are challenging four of the five acquittals, arguing that the original judgment contained legal errors.
这两名女性分别对与度假公寓强奸和所谓海滩袭击相关的判决提出上诉。该案将于2027年1月11日上午11时在德国联邦法院（位于莱比锡）审理。
The two women are separately appealing against the verdicts relating to the holiday apartment rape and the alleged beach attack. The case will now go before Germany's Federal Court of Justice in Leipzig at 11am on 11 January 2027.
法官将决定原审法院是否犯有可能推翻无罪释放并下令重新审判的法律错误。克里斯蒂安·B仍然是三岁女孩麦德琳·麦坎失踪案的主要嫌疑人，她于2007年5月从葡萄牙普拉亚达卢兹的一处度假公寓中失踪。他从未因她的失踪而被起诉，并否认任何涉及。出狱后，克里斯蒂安·B一直居住在德国北部港口城市基尔的一个集装箱里。
Judges will decide whether the original court made legal mistakes which could justify overturning the acquittals and ordering a new trial. Christian B remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007. He has never been charged over her disappearance and denies any involvement. Following his release from prison, Christian B has been living in a shipping container in the northern German port city of Kiel.