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Matthew Cooper

Woman accused of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘confused’, court told

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Julia Wandelt at Leicester Crown Court, where they are charged in connection with an investigation into the alleged stalking of Madeleine McCann’s family. Polish national Julia Wandelt, 24, is accused of stalking Kate, Gerry, Sean and Amelie McCann and is alleged to have attended the family home in Leicestershire on May 2 and December 7 last year. Picture date: Tuesday October 28, 2025. - (PA Wire)

Jurors have been urged to acquit a Polish woman of stalking Madeleine McCann’s parents after her barrister argued that she was confused about her parental background and only approached the couple when “at the end of her tether”.

Tom Price KC said Julia Wandelt, who jurors have been told wrongly believed she was Madeleine, behaved politely and had been protective of Kate McCann when she visited her Leicestershire home in December last year.

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