Overview
- Forensic scientist Rosalyn Hammond told Leicester Crown Court that Julia Wandelt’s DNA profile does not match Madeleine McCann’s and therefore she cannot be the missing child.
- Hammond testified that Wandelt is not the biological child of Kate or Gerry McCann, nor of either parent individually.
- The court heard the Praia da Luz apartment floor DNA profile matches neither Gerry McCann nor a parent–child relationship with Wandelt.
- Police retained two reference DNA profiles for Madeleine—a pillowcase sample taken on May 14, 2007, and a neonatal blood spot—which were used to compare against Wandelt’s 2025 swab.
- Prosecutors presented ChatGPT logs and testimony from charity and campaign witnesses to outline Wandelt’s repeated identity claims and contacts from 2022 to February 2025 as the stalking trial continues.