A DNA test on a Polish woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has “conclusively” proved she is not the missing child, a court has heard.
Julia Wandelt, 24, had a sample analysed after she was arrested in February over the alleged stalking of Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry.
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Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell told a court today that when Ms Wandelt’s DNA was compared with Maddie’s the results were clear.
When asked what they proved, Cranwell replied: “A comparison took place and it conclusively proved that Julia Wandelt is not Madeleine McCann.”
The trial over Ms Wandelt’s alleged stalking of the McCann’s is ongoing as a court heard this month she is said to have bombarded Kate and Gerry with calls, letters and messages over almost three years.
She denies the stalking claims.
Leicester crown court was played clips she left after she got the family’s phone number from Portuguese police records.
In one, Polish national Wandelt, 24, tells Kate: “I know you probably think Madeleine is dead, but she is not. I am her.”
The court previously heard Ms Wandelt showed up on the McCann’s drive before Christmas last year and called Kate “mum” to her face – before trying to follow her into the family’s house.
Kate told of her “fright and distress” when Wandelt turned up at her home in front of the court.
She said the final straw was when Wandelt attempted to contact the couple’s other two children Amelie and Sean.
Gerry, 57, added at the trial: “We don’t know what happened to Madeleine. There is no evidence she is dead.
“We hope, and we know it is only a glimmer, that Madeleine is alive and one day we will find her.
“So when people claim to be your daughter it inevitably pulls your heartstrings.”
Madeleine, then three, vanished from Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, in a suspected kidnap.
Wandelt is standing trial along with co-accused Karen Spragg, 61, who also denies any stalking claims.
