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When Madeleine McCann disappeared, it wasn't just her parents Kate and Gerry who found themselves at the centre of the ensuing nightmare.

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17 h. ago 'Daddy, I love you, but you're not my dad, I am Madeleine McCann': Father of Polish fantasist who believed she was missing Maddie reveals their heartbreaking last meeting

Despite a two-year age difference, the insistence of her own Polish family and even the cold, hard evidence of a DNA test - Julia Wandelt remained resolute.

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17 h. ago Social media trolls fuelled delusions of 'Polish Maddie': Million

Julia Wandelt, 24, gasped as a jury convicted her of tormenting Kate and Gerry McCann in a campaign that began on the internet but resulted in her turning up at the family's home.

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24 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann ‘take no pleasure’ after woman convicted of harassing them

Julia Wandelt faces deportation after being found guilty of harassment on Friday.

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25 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann speak out after woman claiming to be Madeleine is found guilty

Julia Wandelt, 24, from Poland, repeatedly contacted the McCanns and even turned up at their home begging for a DNA test.

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25 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann make fresh plea in case of missing Madeleine after court case

It comes after Julia Wandelt has been found guilty of harassing the McCann family

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25 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann say 'we take no pleasure in the result' as Polish fantasist who believed she was missing Maddie is found guilty of harassing them

Kate and Gerry McCann released a statement after a fantasist was found guilty of harassing them - and pleaded for new evidence relating to their daughter Madeleine's disappearance.

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25 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann 'take no pleasure' after fake Maddie jailed for harassment

Julia Wandelt, who falsely claimed to be the missing girl, has been found guilty of harassing her biological parents Kate and Gerry McCann

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25 h. ago Madeleine McCann family harasser Julia Wandelt caught on camera at their home

Doorbell footage caught the moment a woman who insisted she was Madeleine McCann went to Kate and Gerry's home

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25 h. ago Kate and Gerry McCann break silence after fake Maddie jailed for harassing them

Julia Wandelt, who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann, has been sentenced to to six months in prison for harassing her family - now the parents have responded

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26 h. ago Moment 'fake' Madeleine McCann caught lurking outside Gerry and Kate's home in darkness

Julia Wandelt, a Polish national who has been claiming to be Madeleine McCann, was found not guilty of stalking the family of the missing girl, but was guilty of harassing them

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26 h. ago Woman faces deportation after harassing Madeleine McCann’s parents

Julia Wandelt was made the subject of a restraining order on Friday.

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28 h. ago Madeleine McCann stalking trial: 9 key points as Julia Wandelt guilty of harassment

Julia Wandelt, 24, who has repeatedly claimed to be missing Madeleine McCann, was found not guilty of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, but was convicted of harassment

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28 h. ago Moment Polish fantasist who believed she was Madeleine McCann confronts Kate and Gerry on their doorstep

Julia Wandelt, 24, let out an audible gasp as the jury returned verdicts on Friday. Her friend and 'supporter' Karen Spragg, 61, a care worker, was cleared of stalking.

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28 h. ago Woman who claimed she was Madeleine McCann guilty of harassing missing girl’s parents

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

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28 h. ago How Kate and Gerry McCann’s emotional evidence helped to convict their harasser

Julia Wandelt has been found guilty after pretending to be their missing daughter, Madeleine

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28 h. ago Julia Wandelt: Woman who claimed she was Madeleine McCann guilty of harassing missing girl's parents

Wandelt, 24, cleared of stalking as co-defendant Karen Spragg is found not guilty of stalking or harassment

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3 d. ago Jury retires in trial of women alleged to have stalked Kate and Gerry McCann

Leicester Crown Court has heard four weeks of evidence about the allegedly ‘cruel’ behaviour of Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg.

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5 d. ago Stalking of Madeleine McCann’s parents was ‘cruel and unforgiving’ – prosecutor

In his closing speech at Leicester Crown Court, Michael Duck KC claimed Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg cared only about their own agenda.

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9 d. ago Alleged stalker told it was ‘blindingly obvious’ her DNA does not match Madeleine McCann’s

Julia Wandelt also accused Kate McCann, Madeleine’s mother, of ‘hiding information’

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