Julia Wandelt, who claims to be Madeleine McCann, accused Kate McCann of withholding information from investigators and the court during her trial testimony on Thursday. The 24-year-old Polish woman, facing stalking charges alongside co-defendant Karen Spragg, 61, told Leicester Crown Court: «If my memories are wrong, why did Kate McCann hide more contact she had with me when I explained my memories? She didn't tell it in court.»
Wandelt insisted Kate McCann concealed details about their communications, particularly voicemails discussing her alleged memories of abduction. When prosecutor Michael Duck KC asked if she was suggesting Mrs McCann withheld information from the jury or the investigation, Wandelt responded: «Both.»
The defendant maintained she did not consider her contact unwanted, telling the court: «No, because at the end of the day, this is a person looking for their child so I didn't assume this contact was not wanted.» She speculated the McCanns may have been prevented from responding: «Maybe they were not allowed to. I just could not believe, and still cannot believe, the parents of a missing child don't want to follow a lead.»
Emotional testimony and regrets
Wandelt appeared distressed during her fourth day of evidence, stating: «But I wasted three-and-a-half years of my life working out who I am... I think I'm in the wrong place. I should not be in the witness box today.» She admitted sending messages calling Kate McCann "corrupted" and claiming she "never wanted to find Madeleine," but expressed regret: «I was very sad and emotional. I just said a few more things I probably shouldn't have said because it's not my belief.»
She acknowledged the interaction was intimidating for Mrs McCann when asked by the prosecutor. Wandelt explained she came to the UK intending «to then have this DNA profile officially compared to the crime scene DNA and then go to court, to family court, and take legal action.» Both defendants deny one count of stalking. The trial continues.
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