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Alleged Madeleine McCann family stalker had 'genuine belief' she was missing girl
The alleged stalker of Madeleine McCann's family had a "genuine belief" she was the missing girl, a court heard.
Julia Wandelt, 24, from Lubin, south-west Poland, denied claiming to be Madeleine for attention or financial gain on Monday. She told the trial that she is still questioning her identity now.
Wandelt says she "could only remember abuse" after experiences with her step-grandfather, adding she "could not be able to heal from my trauma if I never fully know who I am". Prosecutors accuse Wandelt of peddling the myth she was Madeleine, who went missing aged three on holiday in Portugal, in 2007, by sending emails, making phone calls and turning up at the address of parents Kate and Gerry McCann.
Madeleine McCann trial latest She says she self-harmed and attempted to take her own life after she was abused by the step-grandfather. Wandelt told the court her father told her, in 2022, that the man who abused her had "been involved in kidnapping.
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