Overview

• At Leicester Crown Court, Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, deny stalking causing serious alarm or distress between June 2022 and February 2025.
• Prosecutors say scientific testing confirms Madeleine is the McCanns’ biological child and that Wandelt has no familial link.
• Evidence detailed repeated contacts, including more than 60 calls and messages to Kate McCann in one day, and an in-person confrontation at the family home.
• Jurors heard a letter was left at the house signed “Lots of love, Madeleine” and saw messages discussing efforts to obtain the family’s DNA from bins.
• The court was told Wandelt contacted relatives, attended a vigil, and previously claimed to be other missing children; the trial continues, with Wandelt in custody and Spragg on conditional bail.