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'Fake' Maddie McCann claimed to be two other missing girls, stalking trial hears
Wandelt, who is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, also said she was potentially Acacia Bishop — who disappeared from Salt Lake City in the US in 2003 — and missing German girl Inga Gehricke
An alleged stalker who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann has also claimed to be two other missing girls, a jury has been told. Julia Wandelt, 24, called and messaged Madeleine's mum Kate McCann 60 times in a single day, Leicester Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Michael Duck KC told jurors some of the messages included her alleged memories of the girl’s abduction. But the court heard Wandelt has no familial link to Kate and husband Gerry.
Wandelt, who is on trial accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, also said she was potentially Acacia Bishop — who disappeared from Salt Lake City in the US in 2003 — and missing German girl Inga Gehricke, the court was told.
Prosecutor Michael Duck KC told the jury on Monday: “In the time between 2022 and her arrest in 2025, Julia Wandelt did not limit her claims to be a missing girl 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."
The court heard Wandelt contacted a charity called Missing Years Ago, which helps with historic missing person cases, in January or February 2023, dates which “coincided with Julia Wandelt’s assertion she was Madeleine McCann”.
Mr Duck said: “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 young girl who had disappeared in Germany, but as with Madeleine McCann, Julia Wandelt was precluded from being a realistic candidate by virtue of her age and obvious differences.”
On a separate occasion, Wandelt claimed to be another missing girl called Acacia Bishop, the jury heard. Wandelt called and messaged Kate McCann's phone on more than 60 occasions on one day in April last year, which she did not respond to, the court heard.
In one message Wandelt said she remembered Mrs McCann on the night of Madeleine’s abduction “rubbing my head and said I love you and you would find me”, Mrs Duck said.
A voicemail left on Mrs McCann’s phone was played to the jury in which Wandelt said: “You have nothing to lose, if I’m her then everybody should be okay but if I’m not, as you probably think, then I will leave you alone.
“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 just give me a chance, I’m not a liar, I’m not crazy – I just want to know the truth. Call me or message me or whatever please.”
Mr Duck told the jury: “The refusal to respond by Mrs McCann did not deter Julia Wandelt.” She also claimed to have “flashbacks” from hypnosis sessions, including one memory of spoon-feeding Madeleine’s younger brother.
The court heard Wandelt emailed Gerry McCann in June 2023 and messaged Madeleine’s younger sister on other occasions saying there were “many things” she could remember, and that she would “never lie”.
Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, is on trial with Karen Spragg, 61. Both deny stalking Kate and Gerry McCann causing serious alarm or distress between June 2022 and February this year. The trial will continue on Tuesday morning.
Daily Star Sunday
Wandelt, who is accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, also said she was potentially Acacia Bishop — who disappeared from Salt Lake City in the US in 2003 — and missing German girl Inga Gehricke
An alleged stalker who falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann has also claimed to be two other missing girls, a jury has been told. Julia Wandelt, 24, called and messaged Madeleine's mum Kate McCann 60 times in a single day, Leicester Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Michael Duck KC told jurors some of the messages included her alleged memories of the girl’s abduction. But the court heard Wandelt has no familial link to Kate and husband Gerry.
Wandelt, who is on trial accused of stalking Kate and Gerry McCann, also said she was potentially Acacia Bishop — who disappeared from Salt Lake City in the US in 2003 — and missing German girl Inga Gehricke, the court was told.
Prosecutor Michael Duck KC told the jury on Monday: “In the time between 2022 and her arrest in 2025, Julia Wandelt did not limit her claims to be a missing girl 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."
The court heard Wandelt contacted a charity called Missing Years Ago, which helps with historic missing person cases, in January or February 2023, dates which “coincided with Julia Wandelt’s assertion she was Madeleine McCann”.
Mr Duck said: “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 young girl who had disappeared in Germany, but as with Madeleine McCann, Julia Wandelt was precluded from being a realistic candidate by virtue of her age and obvious differences.”
On a separate occasion, Wandelt claimed to be another missing girl called Acacia Bishop, the jury heard. Wandelt called and messaged Kate McCann's phone on more than 60 occasions on one day in April last year, which she did not respond to, the court heard.
In one message Wandelt said she remembered Mrs McCann on the night of Madeleine’s abduction “rubbing my head and said I love you and you would find me”, Mrs Duck said.
A voicemail left on Mrs McCann’s phone was played to the jury in which Wandelt said: “You have nothing to lose, if I’m her then everybody should be okay but if I’m not, as you probably think, then I will leave you alone.
“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 just give me a chance, I’m not a liar, I’m not crazy – I just want to know the truth. Call me or message me or whatever please.”
Mr Duck told the jury: “The refusal to respond by Mrs McCann did not deter Julia Wandelt.” She also claimed to have “flashbacks” from hypnosis sessions, including one memory of spoon-feeding Madeleine’s younger brother.
The court heard Wandelt emailed Gerry McCann in June 2023 and messaged Madeleine’s younger sister on other occasions saying there were “many things” she could remember, and that she would “never lie”.
Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, is on trial with Karen Spragg, 61. Both deny stalking Kate and Gerry McCann causing serious alarm or distress between June 2022 and February this year. The trial will continue on Tuesday morning.
Daily Star Sunday