"Julia Wandelt, 24, turned up at the home of Kate and Gerry McCann and sent sinister letters and messages repeatedly begging for a DNA test. The 24-year-old Polish national gasped and put her hands to her face when jurors returned a guilty verdict for harassment on Friday, but a not guilty verdict for stalking. The jury unanimously decided Julia Wandelt was not guilty of stalking, but guilty of harassment (Go Get Funding)"
"A five-week trial at Leicester Crown Court heard Wandelt claimed to have memories, induced by hypnosis sessions, of being abducted and of living with the McCanns as a child, including feeding Madeleine's younger brother Sean and playing ring-a-ring-a-roses. Jurors heard that Wandelt, who had an emotional outburst while Mrs McCann gave evidence against her, tried to persuade anybody prepared to listen that she was Madeleine, and that she had been kidnapped from Portugal and abused with other girls in Poland."
A 24-year-old woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann was found guilty of harassment against Kate and Gerry McCann and acquitted of stalking. The defendant turned up at the McCanns' home, sent repeated letters and messages, and urgently requested a DNA test. The court heard claims of memories induced by hypnosis of being abducted and living with the McCanns, including specific childhood details. The defendant called and messaged Mrs McCann more than 60 times in one day. A co-defendant was acquitted of both charges. The judge noted the maximum harassment sentence is six months and that the defendant had been in custody since February.
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