Overview

• At Leicester Crown Court, recordings were played of Julia Wandelt, 24, telling Kate McCann she believed she was Madeleine and asking, "What if I’m her?"
• Wandelt was heard urging the couple not to think their daughter was dead and repeatedly begging for a DNA test, saying she would pay for it and leave them alone if proven wrong.
• Jurors heard Gerry McCann answer a call once before a follow-up voicemail in which Wandelt said, "I won’t give up" and vowed to "prove my point with or without your help."
• Prosecutors allege repeated emails, calls, voicemails, social media messages and visits from June 2022 to February 2025, including more than 60 contacts in a single day and messages to the McCanns’ twins.
• The case includes Kate McCann’s account of a frightening doorstep confrontation and the arrests of Wandelt at Bristol Airport and co-defendant Karen Spragg, 61, who left the dock in tears as audio was played; both deny one count of stalking.