4 h. ago Where are the Tapas Seven now? We reveal how their lives are still haunted by that night and plagued by stalkers, conspiracy theorists... and 'disturbing' photos in the post

When Madeleine McCann disappeared, it wasn't just her parents Kate and Gerry who found themselves at the centre of the ensuing nightmare.

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18 h. ago Everything you need to know about fake Madeleine McCann's sidekick Karen Spragg

Karen Spragg, 61, was accused alongside of Julia Wandelt of stalking and harassing Madeleine McCann's parents, but was cleared of the allegations following a two-week trial

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20 h. ago Inside 'fake' Maddie McCann's 'cruel' campaign after telling parents she was missing Brit

Julia Wandelt bombarded Madeleine McCann's parents and siblings with phone calls and messages on WhatsApp and Instagram and even found her dad's work email address to hound him with her false claims

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26 h. ago Woman faces deportation after harassing Madeleine McCann’s parents

Julia Wandelt was made the subject of a restraining order on Friday.

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28 h. ago Woman who claimed she was Madeleine McCann guilty of harassing missing girl’s parents

Julia Wandelt, 24, turned up at the home of Kate and Gerry McCann and sent sinister letters and messages repeatedly begging for a DNA test

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28 h. ago How Kate and Gerry McCann’s emotional evidence helped to convict their harasser

Julia Wandelt has been found guilty after pretending to be their missing daughter, Madeleine

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28 h. ago Julia Wandelt: Woman who claimed she was Madeleine McCann guilty of harassing missing girl's parents

Wandelt, 24, cleared of stalking as co-defendant Karen Spragg is found not guilty of stalking or harassment

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28 h. ago Fake Madeleine McCann found guilty of harassing missing girl's parents

Julia Wandelt, from Poland, who tearfully told jurors she believed she was Madeleine McCann during a trial has been found guilty of harassing the missing girl's family but cleared of stalking

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4 d. ago 'Fake Maddie' jurors 'urged to acquit' Polish woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents

Polish woman, Julia Wandelt allegedly 'peddled the myth' that she was Madeleine McCann and is accused of stalking the missing youngster's family in a relentless and 'cruel' campaign

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4 d. ago Woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘confused’, court told

Julia Wandelt’s barrister also argued that the 24-year-old was polite to Kate McCann during a visit to her home last year.

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4 d. ago Cardiff woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents caused 'significant distress', court told

Karen Spragg is on trial at Leicester Crown Court facing one count of stalking alongside Julia Wandelt, who is accused of falsely claiming to be the missing girl

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4 d. ago Cardiff woman 'tormented' Madeleine McCann’s parents in 'cruel' stalking campaign, court told

Karen Spragg is on trial at Leicester Crown Court facing one count of stalking alongside Julia Wandelt, who is accused of falsely claiming to be the missing girl

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5 d. ago Stalking of Madeleine McCann’s parents was ‘cruel and unforgiving’ – prosecutor

In his closing speech at Leicester Crown Court, Michael Duck KC claimed Julia Wandelt and Karen Spragg cared only about their own agenda.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's parents 'fears for her safety' after jail incident

Julia Wandelt, 24, told a court "someone should finally investigate my claims properly".

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1 week ago 'Stalker' of Madeleine McCann's parents 'even has sympathy' for family

Julia Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, is alleged to have peddled the myth she is Madeleine, who disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann family 'stalker' attacks Gerry and Kate's parenting in court

Karen Spragg is accused of stalking along with Polish-born 24-year-old Julia Wandelt. Spragg told police Gerry McCann was nasty to them when they visited the McCann family home

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2 w. 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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3 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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