Overview

• Kate McCann told jurors it was clear from photographs the Polish claimant was not her daughter and described being left distressed during a doorstep encounter in December 2024.
• The court heard Julia Wandelt called or messaged Kate McCann more than 60 times in a single day and left voicemails pleading for a DNA test.
• Prosecutors said the defendants waited outside the family home, banged on the door, and returned to leave a note addressed to “mum” and signed “Madeleine,” with a recording capturing Gerry McCann saying, “You are not Madeleine.”
• Messages shown to the jury included discussions about obtaining DNA from the McCanns’ rubbish, and jurors heard the pair approached a village vigil and contacted relatives.
• The prosecution maintains scientific testing shows no familial link and notes Wandelt had claimed to be other missing children; Wandelt is in custody, Spragg is on conditional bail, and both deny the charge.