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A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has been found guilty of harassing the missing girl's parents.

Julia Wandelt, 24, was convicted by a jury at Leicester Crown Court following an five-week trial.

The court heard how Polish national Wandelt turned up at the McCann family home and sent sinister letters and messages, while repeatedly begging for a DNA test.

After the jury deliberated for more than seven hours, she was found guilty of harassing Kate and Gerry McCann, but not guilty of stalking. The defendant's co-accused Karen Spragg was cleared of both stalking and harassment.

Wandelt and Spragg held hands in the dock before the verdicts were handed down.

During the trial, Wendelt claimed to have memories, induced by hypnosis sessions, of being abducted and of

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