A suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was on Tuesday acquitted of unrelated sexual abuse charges by a court in Germany.
The 47-year-old man could “not be convicted of the acts he is accused of,” said Judge Uta Engemann, clearing him of five counts of rape and child sex abuse.
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