The sister of Madeleine McCann has told a court that messages from her family’s “creepy” alleged stalker left her feeling uncomfortable because it was “playing with my emotions”.
Amelie McCann said she did not want to do a DNA test with Julia Wandelt after she told her she wanted to prove she was the missing youngster, saying: “I always knew that she wasn’t Madeleine, so I didn’t need to do one.”
Giving evidence via video link at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday, Miss McCann said Ms Wandelt had sent images of herself which were “clearly altered or edited … to make it look more like her.”
She told the jury she thought there might be something she would recognise if Ms Wandelt was her missing sister Madeleine.
Prosecutors allege Ms Wandelt, from Lubin in southwest Poland, peddled the myth that she was Madeleine, who went missing in
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