DNA samples taken by police from the alleged stalker of the McCann family have ‘conclusively’ shown that she is not Madeleine.

Jurors at Leicester Crown Court were told that 24-year-old Julia Wandelt’s DNA was taken after she was arrested at Bristol Airport in February this year in an attempt to ‘stop her behaviour’ towards the youngster’s family.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said that 12 people have claimed to be the missing girl, but their DNA samples were not taken because it may ‘set a precedent’.

Giving evidence on Tuesday, Mr Cranwell said: ‘We would not take DNA unless we believed that person was Madeleine because I did not want to set a precedent.

‘If it became known in the media I had taken DNA off an individual quite likely not to be Madeleine, I was concerned I wo

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