6 h. ago Trial hears women accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's family discussed stealing rubbish for DNA samples

Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg, from Cardiff, deny a count of stalking causing serious alarm and distress to Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year

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6 h. ago Alleged stalker of parents of Madeleine McCann sent letter signed ‘Madeleine x’

Prosecutor tells jury that Julia Wandelt claimed to remember being abducted from Praia da Luz apartment in 2007A woman on trial for allegedly stalking the parents of Madeleine McCann claiming to be their missing daughter sent them a letter signed “Madeleine x” and said she remembered being abducted from their holiday apartment in Portugal.Julia Wandelt, from Poland, is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann over a period of two and a half years by contacting them hundreds of times and accosting them at their home, leaving them upset and worried about their safety. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago 'Polish Madeleine' confronted Kate and Gerry McCann at their home demanding DNA test, court hears

Julia Wandelt and her supporter Karen Spragg also discussed rummaging through Kate and Gerry McCann's rubbish in an attempt to find something the could take a DNA sample from.

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9 h. ago Alleged stalker signed letter addressed to McCanns as Madeleine, court hears

Julia Wandelt, 24, who has claimed to be Madeleine McCann, and 61-year-old Karen Spragg are on trial accused of stalking the missing girl’s parents.

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26 h. ago Julia Wandelt 'is not Madeleine McCann', jury told in stalking trial

Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg are accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February this year in the trial at Leicester Crown Court

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30 h. ago 'She's not Madeleine McCann: 'Polish Maddie' breaks down in tears as she goes on trial accused of stalking Gerry and Kate

Julia Wandelt, 23, has gone on trial accused of stalking the McCanns. Karen Spragg, 60, of Caerau in Cardiff, is also accused of stalking the parents of Madeleine, who vanished aged three.

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31 h. ago Six bombshells from court as two women accused of stalking family of Madeleine McCann

It was heard in court how Julia Wandelt, 24 - who believed she was Madeleine - called and messaged Kate McCann '60 times' in a single day, including about her alleged memories of the girl's abduction

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31 h. ago Seven bombshells from court as two women accused of stalking family of Madeleine McCann

It was heard in court how Julia Wandelt, 24 - who believed she was Madeleine - called and messaged Kate McCann '60 times' in a single day, including about her alleged memories of the girl's abduction

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32 h. ago 'Fake' Maddie McCann claimed to be two other missing girls, stalking trial hears

Wandelt, who is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, also said she was potentially Acacia Bishop — who disappeared from Salt Lake City in the US in 2003 — and missing German girl Inga Gehricke

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32 h. 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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33 h. ago 'She's not Madeline McCann: 'Polish Maddie' breaks down in tears as she goes on trial accused of stalking Gerry and Kate

Julia Wandelt, 23, has gone on trial accused of stalking the McCann family. Karen Spragg, 60, of Caerau in Cardiff, is also accused of stalking the parents of Madeline, who vanished aged three.

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34 h. ago Polish woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann ‘stalked missing girl’s parents’

Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, are on trial accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann.

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35 h. ago 'Fake Madeleine McCann' and woman, 60, on trial accused of stalking tot's family

Julia Wandel, 23, and 60-year-old Karen Spragg deny stalking the missing youngster's family including her parents, Kate and Gerry and siblings, Sean and Amelie McCann

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35 h. ago 'Polish Madeleine' goes on trial accused of stalking Gerry and Kate McCann

Julia Wandelt, 23, has gone on trial accused of stalking the McCann family. Karen Spragg, 60, of Caerau in Cardiff, is also accused of stalking the parents of Madeline, who vanished aged three.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann: where the family are now, from Kate's moving memoir to the brother tipped for the Olympics

Gerry and Kate McCann recently said they and their twin children were grateful to be able to “live a relatively normal and enjoyable life now”, with Maddie’s siblings studying at university and Gerry working as a heart specialist. Katie Strick reports

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2 w. ago Timeline in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case

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