EXCLUSIVE: Police claim to have possible new leads in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann as holiday photos might have ‘some interesting things on them’

Christian Brueckner is German police’s main suspect (Image)

Police probing Madeleine McCann’s abduction have received photos taken by British tourists in Praia da Luz showing “interesting things”.

Prime suspect Christian Brueckner, 43, is back in jail following hospital treatment for two broken ribs which, he alleges, came from a scuffle with guards.

Chief prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said: “We got leads from England, including ones from tourists on holiday in Portugal during this time.

“There are quite good leads we are following up.”

But he said the information would take time to pursue and when the UK leaves the European Union this could take even longer as “many things can’t just be clarified at short notice”.

But police in Hanover categorically denied any searches carried out were linked to her disappearance.

Mr Wolters said the formal hurdles in the McCann case post-Brexit will get bigger.

He said: “In the EU everything was unified, and there was a uniform legal assistance between the European countries.”