DNA test confirmed alleged stalker was not Madeleine McCann, court hears

Julia Wandelt bombarded the McCann family with hundreds of calls, messages, voicemails and letters, and turned up at their home, the court heard. Photograph: Go Get Funding

An alleged stalker’s claim to be Madeleine McCann was ruled out after a DNA test proved conclusively she was not the missing girl, police have revealed in court.

Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of a campaign of harassment against the family of Madeleine, who went missing from Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three.