Search underway for friend of Madeleine McCann suspect

German police are searching for the close friend of Madeleine McCann's suspected murderer Christian Brueckner. Armed police descended on a small house at an allotment in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony searching for a 56-year-old man named Ralph H. Ralph, reportedly a long-time friend of paedophile Brueckner, vanished before the German police’s raid, Before the 56-year-old vanished, Ralph claimed he and Brueckner discussed robbing homes together and reportedly drove the sex offender's cars. “I acted as a lookout for him during burglaries and as a getaway driver as well. I know exactly the sort of crimes he (Brueckner) got up to and what he did on the dark web,” he said.