Overview

• Giving evidence by video link, Amelie McCann said messages from Julia Wandelt were “creepy,” “distressing” and carried a “sound of desperation,” and she declined any DNA test because she believed Wandelt was not her sister.
• Kate McCann testified she was left distressed when Wandelt turned up at the family home in December 2024 and later received a letter signed “Madeleine,” after months of emails and up to 60 calls in a single day.
• Prosecutors told jurors there is “unequivocal” scientific evidence excluding any familial connection between Wandelt and the McCanns, noting Wandelt has made similar claims about other missing girls.
• A neighbour’s Ring doorbell captured a white car said to belong to co‑defendant Karen Spragg during the doorstep incident, supporting allegations of in‑person visits alongside online and phone contact.
• Wandelt, 24, and Spragg, 61, deny stalking Kate and Gerry McCann between June 2022 and February 2025, and the Leicester Crown Court trial continues after Wandelt was earlier escorted from the dock during Kate McCann’s testimony.