Woman told Madeleine McCann’s father ‘I could be your daughter’, stalking trial hears

‘Manipulated images’published at 15:15 BST

15:15 BST

George Torr
BBC News, East Midlands

The prosecutor is continuing the Crown’s case and said Ms Wandelt “sought to manipulate” information, including images, “to back up her unsustainable claims”.

The court heard she “sought information from experts” and “got answers that she liked”.

Why she pursued these “false claims is not a straightforward answer” and something the jury “will not have to answer”, he said.

Mr Duck KC added she used features [images], which were freely available, to support her claims that there were similarities between her and Madeleine McCann.

“The evidence will show she obtained numerous images of Madeleine McCann and memories of the McCann family to support her claim,” he said.

He added this garnered “wide public interest”.

Evidence from this case is of use of images. One powerful example, the court heard, is that Ms Wandelt forwarded images to Madeleine’s siblings.

Those images were designed to persuade that there were similarities between them and “were in some way related”.

“They had been manipulated and features altered,” the prosecutor said.