4 h. ago McCanns 'stalker' claims she is 'not surprised police haven't found Madeleine'

Polish national Julia Wandelt, 24, who claimed to be Madeleine McCann, is alleged to have stalked Kate and Gerry McCann by sending emails, making calls and turning up at their home

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6 h. ago Polish woman has ‘sympathy’ for McCanns after alleged stalking, she tells jury

Prosecutors allege Julia Wandelt, 24, claimed to be Madeleine McCann while stalking the girl’s parents Kate and Gerry.

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7 h. ago Alleged McCann stalker denies claiming to be Madeleine 'for attention'

Julia Wandelt, 24, told a court she is still questioning her identity

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19 h. ago There's a burning Celtic weakness hiding in plain sight as Jury tells Brendan Rodgers there are six problems to fix

The Monday Jury run the rule over the four big questions facing Scottish football this week

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4 d. ago Alleged McCann stalker ‘told police she would never do anything bad to them’

Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of claiming she is Madeleine McCann while stalking the girl’s parents and causing them distress.

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5 d. ago Undercover agent tells jury of moment alleged IS fanatic 'believed I was a terrorist'

Walid Saadoui denies terror charges

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6 d. ago Alleged stalker asked ChatGPT if she could be Madeleine McCann, court hears

Julia Wandelt, 24, is on trial accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann while claiming to be their missing daughter.

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6 d. ago Alleged McCann stalker had to be convinced she was not three missing girls, court hears

Iwona Modliborska and Karen Spragg, of Caerau, Cardiff, are both accused of stalking the family of Madeleine McCann

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6 d. ago Asylum seeker accused of murder tells jury he ‘never had a problem with anyone’

Deng Chol Majek claims he was at his hotel in Walsall when Rhiannon Whyte was attacked at a nearby railway station.

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6 d. ago Alleged McCann stalker ‘had to be convinced she was not three missing girls’

Julia Wandelt, 24, contacted a missing person charity claiming to be three different girls, including Madeleine McCann.

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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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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann campaigner ‘feared alleged stalker could affect investigation’

Julia Wandelt, 24, who has claimed to be Madeleine, is on trial with Karen Spragg, 61, accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann.

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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann's DNA 'does not match alleged stalker', court told

A forensic expert told the court about tests that had been carried out

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7 d. ago DNA from Madeleine’s pillowcase ‘does not match alleged McCann stalker’

A genetics expert told a stalking trial that Polish national Julia Wandelt, 24, is not the missing Madeleine McCann.

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1 week ago Polish 'stalker' claiming to be Madeleine McCann suggested to Tapas 7 couple that 'someone tried to murder her', court hears

Julia Wandelt, 24, told David and Fiona Payne, who were on holiday with Kate and Gerry McCann when Madeleine vanished, she was 'given huge doses of medication' when she was a child.

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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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1 week ago Alleged stalker ‘sent disturbing messages to close friends of the McCanns’

Julia Wandelt, 24, is on trial accused of peddling the myth she is Madeleine McCann while stalking the girl’s parents.

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1 week ago Chef at asylum seeker hotel breaks down in tears as she tells jury how migrant stared at staff 'planning something' before 'murdering' her colleague with a screwdriver

Louise Brittle worked in the kitchen of the Park Inn Hotel, Walsall, where Deng Chol Majek had been living in October last year, after it was turned into a migrant hotel.

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1 week ago DNA test confirmed alleged stalker was not Madeleine McCann, court hears

Investigating officer says he went against procedure to test Julia Wandelt, accused of campaign of harassment against McCann familyAn alleged stalker’s claim to be Madeleine McCann was ruled out after a DNA test proved conclusively she was not the missing girl, police have revealed in court.Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of a campaign of harassment against the family of Madeleine, who went missing from Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007 at the age of three. Continue reading...

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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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