Overview
- Julia Wandelt, 24, and Karen Spragg, 61, are on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of stalking the McCanns between June 2022 and February 2025, charges both deny.
- Kate McCann told jurors she chose not to engage with the contacts and said Wandelt’s approach to her daughter Amelie was the final straw that led her to involve police.
- Jurors heard Wandelt called and messaged Kate more than 60 times in a single day and left a voicemail pleading to be believed and requesting a DNA test.
- Gerry McCann testified the false-identity claims are distressing and risk damaging the ongoing search for their missing daughter.
- The prosecution described a home confrontation, a letter signed "Lots of love, Madeleine," discussions about obtaining DNA from the family’s bins, attendance at a village vigil, and reported a courtroom outburst in which Wandelt sobbed and shouted as Kate gave evidence; the trial continues without a verdict.