The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been declared homeless just months after prosecutors declared "women were at risk from him".
Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect for the "murder and abduction" of the British toddler, was released from jail this week after serving six years of a seven-year sentence for rape.
He has since declared himself homeless, with him currently living in emergency accommodation.
There have been serious concerns he will reoffend after his lawyer Friedrich Fulscher confirmed he had refused to take part in a rehabilitation programme for sex offenders.
Brueckner did not take part as he felt he was "unrightly convicted" of his horrific attack on a 72-year-old woman.
The assault on the American pensioner took place in 2005 in Praia da Luz on Portugal's Algarve coast, two years before three-year-old Madeleine vanished from the same resort.
Brueckner also has previous convictions for child abuse back in the 1990s.
When asked if he understood individuals' fears, Mr Fulscher said: "Certainly. Fear is often a very irrational feeling.
"But given Christian Brueckner's past, one can certainly find rational reasons for such concern."
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Christian Brueckner has been declared homeless
| GETTYBrueckner is currently living in emergency accommodation in Neumunster, 40 miles north of Hamburg.
His lawyer said he had "spoken with his client about the Madeleine case" but "had seen no evidence to make him think he was involved".
Mr Fulscher added that the evidence that prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters has in the case is too weak to support charges.
The German prosecutor said he thinks Brueckner is "still a dangerous individual" and a case review in July ruled that "women were at risk from him".
Brueckner will have to wear an ankle tag for the next five years, report once a month to a probation office and surrender his passport.
He has an ID card, allowing him to travel freely around Europe.
According to a source close to Brueckner, he emerged living in a hostel, "mainly where migrants live, who don't read German media and have no idea who he is".
A local paper initially reported the news, saying it was revealing the fact because of "overriding public interest and protection of the public."
In 2020, German authorities declared Christian Brueckner their prime suspect
| PAA spokesman for the city council, Stephan Beitz, confirmed the report and said it had accommodated him as part of its "emergency response".
Mr Beitz refused to say where he was staying exactly, with German media questioning why he had gone to Neumunster.
Concerns were raised because Brueckner has no connections to the city and had been released from a jail more than 200 miles away.
Local paper Kiel Nachrichten echoed fears he may reoffend, stating: "The city is presumably concerned that protests or even riots will erupt if the location of the man with his criminal past becomes known."