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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter

Alleged stalker of parents of Madeleine McCann sent letter signed ‘Madeleine x’

Julia Wandelt, who is alleged to have stalked the McCanns and to have claimed she remembers being abducted from Praia da Luz, in a photograph from her GoFundMe page, with long dark blonde hair, wearing a pink top
Julia Wandelt was described by the prosecution as a manipulative conspiracy theorist. Photograph: Go Get Funding

A woman on trial for allegedly stalking the parents of Madeleine McCann claiming to be their missing daughter sent them a letter signed “Madeleine x” and said she remembered being abducted from their holiday apartment in Portugal.

Julia Wandelt, from Poland, is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann over a period of two and a half years by contacting them hundreds of times and accosting them at their home, leaving them upset and worried about their safety.

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