Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann disappeared from a Portuguese resort, a woman who once claimed to be the missing British child has explained in court what led her to believe she could be her.
During a hearing at Leicester Crown Court, 24-year-old Polish woman Julia Wandelt shared how confusion about her origins and family history pushed her to search for answers online. DNA test results and comments from a charity worker, however, have shed doubts about Wandelt’s claims.