Charity says Madeleine claims were 'rubbish'

A POLISH woman accused of stalking the family of Madeleine McCann had to be convinced by a missing person charity that she was not three different girls who have disappeared, a court has heard.

- ELLIE GOSLEY AND SOPHIE ROBINSON

Jurors at Leicester Crown Court were told that Julia Wandelt, 24, "returned with a new story" weeks after being told by the Poland-based charity that she was not a child who had disappeared in Germany.

Iwona Modliborska, who helped set up the charity, gave evidence via video-link yesterday and told the court that Wandelt began sending messages to the organisation's Facebook pages in January or February 2023.