How woman who found fame by claiming to be Madeleine McCann harassed missing girl’s family

Julia Wandelt deluged McCanns with calls, messages and letters – and even ambushed them at their home

Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann found guilty of harassing family

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or two years Julia Wandelt ran an Instagram account claiming to be Madeleine McCann – arguably the world’s most famous missing child – who disappeared from the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz in 2007 at the age of three.

Then in January this year the 24-year-old said she no longer believed she was the missing British girl.