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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Matthew Cooper

Stalking of Madeleine McCann’s parents was ‘cruel and unforgiving’ – prosecutor

Julia Wandelt (left) and Karen Spragg at Leicester Crown Court (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Polish woman who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann is extremely manipulative and “tormented” the missing girl’s parents during a “cruel” stalking campaign, the prosecutor at her trial has claimed.

Julia Wandelt is accused of peddling the myth that she is Madeleine, who disappeared aged three in Portugal in 2007, while stalking Kate and Gerry McCann by sending emails, leaving voicemails and turning up at their home between June 2022 and February this year.

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