28 h. ago Polish 'stalker' who claimed to be missing Madeleine McCann says she still questions her identity today and doesn't believe her parents are her real mother and father

Julia Wandelt was in contact with 'journalist' Surjit Singh Clair who told her 'exactly how and when' to post on Instagram , jurors were told.

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29 h. ago Trust did not give ‘safe care’ for girl who died on hospital grounds, court told

Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, died after absconding in the grounds of Worthing Hospital whilst she was a mental health inpatient in March 2022.

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3 d. ago Man 'downed Jägerbombs with girlfriend's brother then killed him', court told

Stephen Bates, 42, is on trial accused of murdering Martin O'Donovan, 42, by running him down with his car during an argument in April, Liverpool Crown Court was told

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4 d. ago Polish 'stalker' claiming to be missing Maddie told police she would 'never do anything bad' to the McCann family, court hears

Julia Wandelt (pictured), 24, from the city of Lubin, south-west Poland, made the promise when told by officers in an interview the missing girl is 'very special' to her mother Kate.

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7 d. ago DNA recovered from Madeleine McCann’s pillow case does not match family’s alleged stalker

DNA recovered from the pillow case of Madeleine McCann does not match that of her family’s alleged stalker, a forensic expert has told a court.  The sample was taken from the white, embroidered bedding at the McCann home, days after the three-year-old vanished in Portugal in 2007.  But it did not match the profile of...

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1 week ago Alleged McCann stalker sent disturbing and upsetting messages to close family friends

Mrs Payne told the court she was "angry" that Wandelt sent friend requests and messages to their daughter.

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2 w. ago Detectives reveal DNA test was carried out on 'stalker' who claims she is missing Madeleine McCann

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell said a sample was taken from Julia Wandelt when she was arrested in February and compared with Madeleine's.

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2 w. ago Alleged stalker breaks down in tears as voicemails left for Madeleine McCann's parents played

Alleged stalker Julia Wandelt repeatedly begged the McCann family for a DNA test, and urged them to think that the missing girl was not dead in voicemail messages

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2 w. ago McCann 'stalker' appeared at village vigil claiming to be missing Maddie

Janet Kennedy, who is Kate McCann's aunt, told Leicester Crown Court she 'could not accept' that Julia Wandelt, 24, was her missing great-niece.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker sent police eight reasons why she was missing girl'

A detective - formerly part of a £13million operation to find Madeleine McCann- said he was contacted by a 'stalker' claiming to be the missing girl, who also sent him apparent 'evidence'

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2 w. ago Alleged stalker’s interactions ‘creepy’, Madeleine McCann’s siblings tell court

Julia Wandelt is on trial accused of targeting McCann family in a two-and-a-half-year harassment campaignMadeleine McCann’s brother and sister have described being stressed and scared by their “creepy” and “deeply disturbing” interactions with an alleged stalker who claimed to be their missing sister.Giving evidence at the trial of Julia Wandelt, 24, who stands accused of targeting the family in a two-and-a-half-year harassment campaign, the twins Amelie and Sean McCann recalled the defendant contacting them a number of times saying she was Madeleine, who disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007 when she was three and they were two. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's sister reveals Polish 'stalker's' sinister messages and 'fake sibling memories'

Miss McCann, 20, gave evidence via video link at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday, in which she revealed the alleged messages by 'stalker' Julia Wandelt.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's brother and sister tell court how Polish 'stalker' harassed them online as she insisted she was their missing sister

Miss McCann, 20, gave evidence via video link at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Man killed pregnant girlfriend after telling her to have abortion, court told

Shaine March, 47, has admitted the manslaughter of Alana Odysseos, 32, by diminished responsibility but denies murder.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's younger sister Amelie gives evidence in court against Polish 'stalker' who claims to be her missing sister

Miss McCann, 20, gave evidence via video link at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Kate McCann tells court ‘final straw’ from ‘stalker’ claiming to be Madeleine was when she targeted missing tot’s sister

KATE McCann today told a court the "final straw" from an alleged stalker claiming to be Madeleine was when she messaged the missing youngster's sister. Julia Wandelt allegedly sent unwanted emails, made multiple phone calls and even turned up at the home of Kate and Gerry McCann. The 24-year-old falsely claimed she was Madeleine, who vanished from...

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3 w. ago ‘Stalker’ who claimed she was Madeleine McCann contacted missing girl’s mother 60 times in a day, jury told

Julia Wandelt, who had previously claimed to be two other missing girls, told the McCanns ‘don’t give up on your daughter’, a court heard

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3 w. ago Alleged McCann family stalker claimed to be two other missing girls, court told

Julia Wandelt, 24, said in a message to Kate McCann that she remembered the night Madeleine went missing, jurors heard.

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4 w. ago Gunman disguised as Deliveroo driver shot girl and dad, court told

Gunman disguised as Deliveroo driver shot girl and dad, court told  BBC

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4 w. ago Gunman shot girl, eight, and father disguised as Deliveroo rider, court told

Jazz Reid allegedly fired 11 shots as the pair sat with other family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove, north-west London, last November.

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