"It has many effects we don't know what happened to Madeleine. There's no evidence to say she's dead. We really hope, and we know it's only a glimmer, that Madeleine is alive. When so many people claim to be our missing daughter, it inevitably pulls your heartstrings, but there is a wider effect that is more damaging. That's detrimental to any existing investigation, and, obviously, we have always put that [the inquiry] first."
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"a true crime tourist of sorts"
Julia Wandelt, 24, was convicted of harassing Kate and Gerry McCann after claiming to be their missing daughter and repeatedly demanding a DNA test. Wandelt turned up at the McCanns' home and sent sinister letters and messages. The couple gave emotional evidence from behind a curtain so they would not have to see Wandelt, and Mrs McCann heard Wandelt cry, "Why are you doing this to me?" The McCanns said false claims and public vitriol have compounded their trauma, hindered investigations, and intensified trolling. A co-defendant alleged the McCanns arranged the abduction.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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