A lady who allegedly claimed to be lacking toddler Madeleine McCann pretended to be two different ladies who had additionally vanished, a court docket has heard.
Julia Wandelt, 24, allegedly known as and messaged Kate McCann, Madeleine’s mom, 60 occasions in a day.
The three-year-old disappeared on 3 Might 2007 after her mother and father left her asleep of their vacation condominium within the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz.
In a single message Wandelt allegedly stated she remembered Mrs McCann on the night time of the kidnapping “rubbing my head and said I love you and you would find me”.
As we speak, Leicester Crown Court docket heard that Wandelt didn’t restrict her claims to being Madeleine, however two extra ladies.
The alleged stalker, from Lubin, southwest Poland, is on trial with Karen Spragg, 61, of Caerau Court docket Street, Caerau, Cardiff. They each deny stalking Kate and Madeleine’s father Gerry McCann, inflicting critical alarm or misery, between June 2022 and February this 12 months.
Wandelt contacted a charity known as Lacking Years In the past, which helps with historic lacking individuals instances, in January or February 2023, the court docket heard.
These dates “coincided with Julia Wandelt’s assertion she was Madeleine McCann”.
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Madeleine McCann went lacking in 2007
‘I am not a liar, I am not loopy’
“I know my accent is Polish because I live here, I know I look fat and I know I’m not pretty like Madeleine was in the past, but I know what I know, I know what I remember.
“Please simply give me an opportunity, I am not a liar, I am not loopy – I simply need to know the reality. Name me or message me or no matter please.”
Prosecutor Michael Duck KC told the jury on Monday: “Within the time between 2022 and her arrest in 2025, Julia Wandelt didn’t restrict her claims to be a lacking lady to the tragic case of Madeleine McCann.
“By the latter part of February 2023, she had now asserted she was potentially two different missing girls.”
He added: “The initial contact with the charity was not to contend that she was Madeleine McCann but rather to suggest that she was another missing girl, Inga Gehricke.
“Inga was a younger lady who had disappeared in Germany, however as with Madeleine McCann, Julia Wandelt was precluded from being a practical candidate by advantage of her age and apparent variations.”
The jury heard that, on a separate event, Wandelt claimed to be one other lacking lady known as Acacia Bishop.
The trial will proceed on 14 October.
