Polish woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann ‘stalked missing girl’s parents’

Jurors were told that there was “unequivocal scientific evidence” that Julia Wandelt, has no familial link to the McCanns despite her claiming to have memories of the girl’s childhood and disappearance

Julia Wandelt is on trial at Leicester Crown Court with Karen Spragg. Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA

A Polish national who has falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann “pursued that myth” and stalked the missing girl’s parents by sending emails, making phone calls and turning up at their address, a court has heard.

Jurors were told that there was “unequivocal scientific evidence” that Julia Wandelt, 24, from Lubin in south-west Poland, has no familial link to the McCanns despite her claiming to have memories of the girl’s childhood and disappearance.