Overview

• Giving evidence behind a screen at Leicester Crown Court, Kate McCann said a photo of Julia Wandelt made it clear she was not her daughter and that she chose not to engage with repeated messages.
• Jurors heard recordings and voicemails from alleged contacts, including a day in April 2024 when Kate McCann’s phone received more than 60 calls and messages.
• The prosecution described a December 2024 visit to the McCanns’ home with banging on the door, a confrontation in which Gerry McCann said “You are not Madeleine,” and a letter later signed “Lots of love, Madeleine.”
• Evidence outlined efforts to obtain DNA, attendance at a Rothley vigil, messages to family members, and earlier claims that Wandelt was other missing children.
• Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, deny stalking causing serious alarm or distress; Wandelt is in custody, Spragg is on conditional bail, and the multi-week trial before Mrs Justice Cutts continues.