DNA Test Carried Out On ‘Stalker’ Pretending To Be Madeleine McCann

I don’t think a DNA test was necessary in order to determine that Polish woman Julia Wandelt is not Madeleine McCann, but investigators have conducted one anyway, and sure enough – the results ‘conclusively’ show that she is not Maddie.

Leicester Crown Court was told that 24-year-old Julia Wandelt’s DNA was taken after she was arrested at Bristol Airport earlier this year.

Giving evidence, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said: ‘I was aware Leicestershire Police were likely to be arresting her at some point. I made the decision that the DNA would be taken upon arrest.

‘A comparison took place. It conclusively proved that Julia Wandelt is not Madeleine McCann.

‘There’s a possibility she will never accept she’s not Madeleine even when provided with scientific proof.’

He also noted that 12 people have claimed to be the missing girl, but their DNA samples were not taken because it may ‘set a precedent’. Although I suppose when you go to the lengths that Julia Wandelt has gone to convince everyone that she is Madeleine, you may as well run a DNA test to at least try to shut her up.

Cranwell added that despite some similarities at first glance, Julia’s eye pigment was in a different place than Maddie’s, she had different coloured irises, and was two years older than the missing girl.

In fact, in April this year, Cranwell personally visited Wandelt in custody and told her that her DNA had been compared to Madeleine’s and that the profiles did not match. Of course, she wasn’t buying it, accusing him of not really wanting to find Madeleine.

When the McCanns were shown a photo of Wandelt, they replied: ‘Confident it’s not Madeleine, although some similarities.’

Wandelt and her co-defendant, 61-year-old Karen Spragg, of Caerau Court Road in Caerau, Cardiff, both deny one count of stalking. The trial continues today (Wednesday, October 15).

For the evidence Madeleine McCann’s sister gave in court, including a testimony over ‘childhood memories’ that Wandelt had sent her, click HERE. Freaky.