4 d. ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker' breaks down in court as she accuses missing girl's mother Kate of 'hiding information from police'

Julia Wandelt, 24, was in tears while telling Leicester Crown Court, 'I didn't do anything wrong' as she was giving evidence.

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5 d. ago Alleged stalker accuses Kate McCann of ‘hiding’ information, court hears

Julia Wandelt, 24, denies stalking Kate and Gerry McCann while claiming to be their missing daughter Madeleine.

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker' still '50/50' on whether she is missing toddler

Julia Wandelt, 24, claimed to be the missing girl, who vanished on a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. She is on trial accused of stalking the McCanns

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5 d. ago Polish 'stalker' who claims to be Madeleine McCann tells court she is '50

Julia Wandelt, 24, told tLeicester Crown Court that a friend, whose wife was a victim in the scandal offered to pay for her DNA test because she is also a 'victim of a miscarriage of justice'.

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5 d. ago Alleged stalker ‘is still 50/50 about whether she is Madeleine McCann’

Julia Wandelt, 24, is on trial accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents while claiming to be the missing girl.

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6 d. ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker' left missing girl's mum Kate 'in tears after visiting home'

Leicester Crown Court heard Kate McCann threatened to call the police after Julia Wandelt, who claimed to be missing Madeleine, turned up at the McCanns' home

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7 d. ago Alleged stalker tells court she persisted with calls to help Kate McCann

Julia Wandelt, 24, denies stalking the McCanns while claiming to be their missing daughter Madeleine.

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7 d. 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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1 week ago Madeleine McCann family 'stalker' 'asked ChatGPT if she could be missing child'

Julia Wandelt, 24, asked ChatGPT if she could be Madeleine McCann, Leicester Crown Court heard, as the Polish national stands trial accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann

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1 week ago Madeleine McCann 'stalker' had to 'be convinced she was not three missing girls'

Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann and claiming she was the three-year-old who went missing during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Everything heard at Madeleine McCann 'stalker' trial as Tapas 7 couple speak out

Julia Wandelt, who claimed to be missing Madeleine McCann, sent 'disturbing and upsetting' messages to a couple who were on the same Portugal holiday when Madeleine vanished, a court heard

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann 'Tapas 7' couple speak for first time after 'Fake Maddie's' Christmas message

A court heard that Julia Wandelt has been contacting David and Fiona Payne - who were on holiday with the McCanns when Madeleine went missing - saying she "truly believes" she is their child

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann family friend opened spam folder to find 'disturbing' messages

Fiona Payne, who was with Madeleine McCann's parents the night she went missing, spoke at the trial of alleged stalkers Julia Wandelt, 24, a Polish national, and Karen Spragg, 61, of Cardiff

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2 w. ago Couple who were part of 'Tapas 7' when Madeleine McCann went missing speak for first time to give evidence against family's 'stalker'

David and Fiona Payne, who were on holiday with Kate and Gerry McCann when Madeleine vanished, gave evidence in court on Wednesday against Julia Wandelt, 24.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann stalker trial LIVE: Probe into Portuguese investigation 'hampered'

Polish-born Julia Wandelt, 24 and Karen Spragg, 61, of Caerau in Cardiff are both accused of stalking the family of missing Madeleine McCann

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2 w. 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 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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3 w. ago Alleged stalker ‘urged McCanns not to think Madeleine is dead in voicemails’

Julia Wandelt sent voicemails and text messages to Kate McCann last year claiming to be her missing daughter Madeleine.

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