Overview

• Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, are on trial in Leicester accused of repeatedly harassing the McCann family through messages, calls and in-person approaches.
• The court heard that Wandelt made dozens of phone calls, appeared unannounced at the McCanns’ home and left a note addressed to Kate McCann and signed “Madeleine.”
• Prosecutors said scientific evidence shows Wandelt is not Madeleine, while testimony detailed messages asserting childhood memories and pleas for a DNA test.
• Reporting from the hearing described alleged attempts to obtain DNA from the family’s rubbish, contacts to daughter Amelie, and February arrests at Bristol Airport and nearby.
• Scotland Yard continues to treat Madeleine’s disappearance as a missing-person case, and German prosecutors still name Christian B. as a suspect without bringing charges.