Madeleine McCann suspect Christian B stared at me and my girls for two hours, says Brit mum
A BRITISH mum has told how Madeleine McCann suspect Christian B stared at her and her daughters for two hours.
The woman said: “I’ve come across many dangerous people in ten years working with the poor — murderers and rapists — but never felt so uncomfortable as that day.”
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She was volunteering at a soup kitchen in Portimao with her girls, then 12 and 17, when Christian arrived for free food.
It was during the convicted paedophile’s last spell in Portugal in 2017 — ten years after Madeleine vanished 22 miles away in Praia.
The mum, 38, told The Sun: “I recognised the police picture of him last week and can only thank God my girls stayed close and I was able to keep them safe.
“My youngest was two when Madeleine was taken and I think my instinct to protect my girls kicked in when this man appeared.
I’ve come across murderers and rapists — but never felt so uncomfortable as that day.
“I’ve never forgotten those eyes. I felt as if he was looking through me and could see my sins.”
The devout Christian, of Islington, North London, was serving 50 people including the German convict.
She added: “He clearly wasn’t down on his luck so I politely asked him if he was homeless.
“He shrugged ‘No, no’ but asked if he had to pay. I said the food was free and he took it.
"He sat leaning against a car 20 feet from us. It was then that I noticed him staring up at me for 20 minutes.
“I couldn’t tell if he was focused on me or my girls because I was busy, but it got so unpleasant I decided to talk to him.
“My youngest is blonde like Madeleine and I’ve wondered since whether she reminded him of her.
“I smiled and said ‘Hello’ but when I asked him where he was from he paused then said in a cold and threatening way: ‘Why do you want to know?’
“I said, ‘You speak good English but I can’t place it’, then I asked if he’d been in Portugal for long.
“He fixed me with that stare and repeated, ‘Why?’ and was so unpleasant I just backed off.”
The oddball returned for dessert.
The mum said: “He seemed angry at waiting, then stared as he took his food and said: ‘I’m German’. It was as though he wanted to show he was in control.
“For the rest of the evening he sat and watched alone until I said goodbye and asked if we might see him again.
"He locked eyes on me and said: ‘Who knows’.”
The mum later discovered he’d visited a week earlier but did not queue.
She added: “It’s terrifying to think he might have been hunting me or my girls.
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"I have worked over many years to turn bad people’s lives. Two hours with this man told me his soul is lost.”
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That year Christian is said to have told a drinking pal he “knew all about” what happened to Madeleine.
He is currently in a German jail for drug offences.
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