Julia shared new ‘DNA results’ this week
A POLISH woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has been arrested as she arrived in the UK.
Julia Wandelt, 23, was detained on suspicion of stalking and harassing Madeleine’s parents as she touched down at Bristol Airport at around 8pm last night, her representative said.
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Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal in 2007Credit: PA
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Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCannCredit: PA
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Julia Wandelt has reportedly been arrestedCredit: Terry Harris
Julia’s representative confirmed that she remains in custody.
Having flown from Wroclaw in Poland, Julia was due to meet with a friend who lives in Cardiff when she was arrested, reports MailOnline.
Her friend – who is thought to be in her 60s – was also nicked by cops, it is understood.
Julia’s representative Surjit Singh Clair confirmed to The Sun that she was arrested after arriving in the UK yesterday evening.
He said: “She was arrested at around 8pm in Bristol Airport and remains in custody. I’m not prepared to make any further comment.”
The rep told MailOnline earlier: “The police have reportedly arrested her on an allegation of stalking and harassing the McCanns.”
A spokesperson for Leicestershire Police told The Sun: “Last night (Wednesday 19 February) two women were arrested at Bristol Airport as part of an ongoing investigation.
“A 23-year-old woman from Poland and a 60-year-old woman from Wales were arrested on suspicion of stalking involving serious alarm/distress.
“They both remain in custody and enquiries are continuing.”
The real Maddie was three when she vanished without trace in 2007 while on holiday with her parents Gerry and Kate, who were soon made prime suspects by Portuguese police.
But Julia became an internet sensation in February 2023 after claiming to be the missing youngster on Instagram, with the Instagram handle @IAmMadeleineMcCann.
Despite previously publishing DNA test results which concluded she is 100 per cent Polish and therefore cannot be missing Madeleine, Julia has this week shared ‘new’ DNA results which apparently show she is related to Gerry McCann.
She claimed the results were submitted to a “world expert” who compared them to DNA found at the crime scene in 2007, when Madeleine disappeared in Praia de Luz, Portugal.
Julia alleged experts also matched her eyes, teeth and voice with Madeleine.
She also claimed her “source” believes the evidence “strongly supports that Gerry McCann could be Julia’s biological father”.
This particular announcement refutes the claims previously made by private investigator Dr Fia Johansson, who in 2023 shared Wandelt’s DNA results that said she was, in fact, fully Polish.
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She said she had previously been “struggling to understand” those results from almost two years ago, and claimed Dr Johansson was not telling the truth – which the investigator categorically denied.
Earlier this week, Julia shared an audio clip on her Instagram account in which she claims to have tried to speak with Gerry McCann on the phone.
The man hung up on her a few seconds in to the call, saying she must have the wrong number.
Julia previously told the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, how she was sexually abused as a young child.
The Polish national said she first started believing she was Madeleine McCann after seeing resemblances between sketches of suspects and her abuser.
She claimed this led to her suffering from gaps in her memory which caused her to become suspicious about her upbringing after her parents dismissed questions on whether she was adopted.
Julia also said she was never shown photos of herself in her early years or a birth certificate.
However, her parents had quickly refuted this and provided evidence.
Madeleine McCann’s disappearance
MADELEINE McCann vanished on May 3, 2007 – and cops believe Brueckner could have been behind her disappearance.
Almost 17 years on, no one has been charged in connection. These are the key dates
May 3, 2007 – Kate McCann finds Madeleine missing at 10pm
May 14, 2007 – Property developer Robert Murat is named an “arguido” or formal suspect
August 31, 2007 – The McCanns launch libel action against Tal e Qual – a newspaper that claimed the couple killed Madeleine
September 7, 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made “arguidos”
September 9, 2007– Madeleine’s parents return to England with their two-year-old twins
October 2, 2007– Lead detective Goncalo Amaral is taken off the case after criticising British police in a newspaper interview
July 21, 2009 – Portuguese police lift the “arguido” status of both Robert Murat and the McCanns
May 12, 2011 – On Madeleine’s eighth birthday, Scotland Yard launches a review into the case
April 25, 2012 – Scotland Yard officers say they believe Madeleine McCann is still alive
July 4, 2013 – Two years into a review of the case, Scotland Yard launched its own investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance
October 24, 2013– Portuguese police reopen their case after new lines of inquiry are found
November 27, 2013 – Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for British and Portuguese police to work together
October 28, 2015 – Scotland Yard reduces the number of officers working on Madeleine’s disappearance
March 11, 2017 – The Home Office grants Operation Grange an extra £85,000 to continue from April until September
September 28, 2017 – British police are granted £154,000 to keep the probe going until March 2018
November 2017 – Cops moved the search to Bulgaria
May 2018 – Another round of funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted
September 2018 – An extra six months of funding is requested from the Home Office
November 2018 – More funding, thought to be in the region of £150,000 is granted
November 2018 – UK police re-examine a theory Madeleine left the apartment to look for her parents
June 2019 – Another round of funding, believed to be £300,000 of government cash is granted
June 2019 – Portuguese police are probing a “new clue and suspect” after talks with British officers
June 2020 – New prime suspect revealed as a German paedo Christian Brueckner
April 2022 – Brueckner formally made an “arguido”
May 2023 – Police search remote Algarve reservoir Brueckner called his “little paradise”
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