Christian Brueckner, who was freed in September after serving a seven-year sentence for raping a pensioner, was barred from leaving the country under the terms of his release.

The convicted paedophile was also ordered to wear an electronic tag, surrender his passport and establish a permanent residence.

But an appeals court in Celle in northern Germany overturned the conditions, acknowledging this could mean he will no longer be under police supervision.

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In an interview in June, Brueckner admitted he intended to flee to a country without an extradition treaty with Germany and go into hiding.

He said: “The fact is that I have been in prison for many years for something that I cannot have committed and therefore, through the participati

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