Overview

• Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, denied stalking charges at Leicester Crown Court covering June 2022 to February 2025.
• The Crown said Wandelt pursued a years-long campaign targeting Kate and Gerry McCann with emails, phone calls, messages, and visits to their home.
• Jurors heard Wandelt contacted Kate McCann around 60 times in a single day and left voicemails pleading for contact while asserting detailed memories.
• Wandelt allegedly sent altered images to Madeleine’s younger sister to suggest a familial link and, at times, claimed to be two other missing girls.
• Wandelt remains in custody following her February arrest at Bristol Airport, while Spragg is on conditional bail as the trial continues.