A POLISH woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has been arrested as she arrived in the UK, it’s been claimed. Julia Wandelt, 23, has been arrested on suspicion of stalking and harassing Madeleine’s parents as she touched down at Bristol Airport this afternoon, her representative said.
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Having flown from Wroclaw in Poland, she was due to meet with a friend who lives in Cardiff when she was arrested, reports MailOnline. It’s thought the friend was also arrested. Her representative, Surjit Singh Clair, told MailOnline: "I’m trying to find out what’s happened but it appears Julia has been arrested at Bristol Airport this evening just after she got off the plane.
"The police have reportedly arrested her on an allegation of stalking and harassing the McCanns.". 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 McCann, 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.
